{"id":12274,"date":"2023-11-15T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/?p=12274"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:43:31","slug":"october-2023-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/october-2023-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2023 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12274\" class=\"elementor elementor-12274\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf07b71 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4cf07b71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e03d875 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e03d875\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a21d673 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a21d673\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monthly Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ace9e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ace9e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Throughout October, the team was highly engaged in various collaborations and initiatives. Meetings were held with multiple departments and individuals, such as Janie Kang from the Fashion Department to explore the introduction of micro-credentials, Vanessa Errico to strategize on Military Spouse recruitment, and Dr. Lillian Huerta to discuss integrating micro-credentials into courses.<\/p><p>In addition, the division coordinated the &#8220;Digital Fluency Skills!&#8221; session during Career Week and held a\u00a0 successful end-of-year 1\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m Here for It&#8221; event at the Make It Center, during which the first micro-certificate was awarded.<\/p><p>The team worked on finalizing preparations for the second Fall session beginning October 16th, refining training modules, and creating orientation videos.<\/p><p>In terms of data, enrollments for Opt-In and Co-curricular programs showcased strong numbers, with promising projections indicating anticipated milestone achievements well ahead of schedule.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a65c863 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a65c863\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-302c8ff7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"302c8ff7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Highlights<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47c67850 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47c67850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Outreach<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Met with <\/span><b>Janie Kang<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with the <\/span><b>Fashion Department <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to discuss offering micro-credentials.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Met with <\/span><b>Vanessa Errico<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to review the process for the recruitment of <\/span><b>Military Spouses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with a January start date.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scheduled a virtual event, <\/span><b>\u201cDigital Fluency Skills!\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> during Career Week with Trish Welch.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Met with <\/span><b>Erica Breedlove and Prisca Baker <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">about the payment\/hiring process for Digital Navigators.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Met with <\/span><b>Avance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about offering the first hybrid micro-credentials at the South Austin Campus in January.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tabled at the South Austin Registration event on October 17th and 18th.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Met with Dr. Lillian Huerta to discuss offering micro-credentials in her courses on October 18th.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Held &#8220;I&#8217;m Here for It&#8221; event with 25 people in attendance at the Make It Center on October 26th.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Met with Military Families to continue building the pilot process on October 27th. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Micro-Credentials\u00a0<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continued tweaking all micro-credentials for the launch date of October 16th that includes multiple updates.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continued training in Brightspace Leap for Rubrics, Escape Rooms, and how to add Interactive Media.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rebuilt three videos for orientation: Email Notification Video, Navigation Video, Start Here Video.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li>Awarded our first micro-certificate, &#8220;Fundamentals of Computer Skills for Job Readiness,&#8221; which is equivalent to three credit hours within our Computer Science and Information Technology program.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Began planning for transition from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard. <\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Opt-In and Co-curricular options have enrollments of 633 for Fall 2023 (75% filled) with a potential of 807. Co-curricular has 273 enrollments while the Opt-in has 360 enrollments for Fall 2023. Combined with Summer 2023 of 250 enrollments, total enrollment is 883.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently, for the opt-in sessions, there are 53 enrollments for the Spring 2024 sessions which makes a total 930 enrolllments since inception. The goal for 2022 to August 31st, 2024 is 1410. It is anticipated that this milestone will be easily met<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d57d64e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d57d64e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-189752c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"189752c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Implementation Committee Meetings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37bf5907 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37bf5907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No Implementation meeting was held in October<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61328d5e elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"61328d5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/september-2023-qep-update\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">Sept. 2023 QEP Update<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/november-2023-qep-update\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">November 2023 QEP Update<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout October, the team was highly engaged in various collaborations and initiatives. Meetings were held with mulitiple departments and individuals, such as Janie Kang from the Fashion Department to explore the introduction of micro-credentials, Vanessa Errico to strategize on Military Spouse recruitment, and Dr. Lillian Huerta to discuss integrating micro-credentials into courses.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the division coordinated the &#8220;Digital Fluency Skills!&#8221; session during Career Week and held a\u00a0 successful end-of-year 1\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m Here for It&#8221; event at the Make It Center, during which the first micro-certificate was awarded.<\/p>\n<p>The team worked on finalizing preparations for the second Fall session beginning October 16th, refining training modules, creating orientation videos.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of data, enrollments for Opt-In and Co-curricular programs showcased strong numbers, with promising projections indicating anticipated milestone achievements well ahead of 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