{"id":170,"date":"2024-10-17T14:50:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T14:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/09\/10\/july-2024-qep-update\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:39:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:39:53","slug":"july-2024-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2024\/10\/17\/july-2024-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2024 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"170\" class=\"elementor elementor-170\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6759a8f7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6759a8f7\" 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-66c742c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66c742c5\" 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-15f5d31e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15f5d31e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\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 class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d608f3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d608f3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The month of July included extensive outreach to offer DFI microcredentials within and outside of ACC (including ACC Military Families Center, non-profit organizations, other colleges, and through a platform that facilitates course sharing between academic institutions).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Web Builder microcredential was revamped to include an optional pathway for co-curricular students who want to explore WordPress, using WordPress.com\u2019s free plan. In addition, work on Advanced PowerPoint (12th microcredential) was started.<\/span><\/p><p>Finally, a DFI Data Dashboard was created in Google Sheets to track data internally and to share program progress externally.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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-86fd9da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"86fd9da\" 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-688d0714 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"688d0714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\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 class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51ce2b2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51ce2b2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\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\">July 2 &#8211; Met with ACC GROW Student Kara to discuss script and animation for LMS explainer animations and videos.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 9 &#8211; Met with Foundation Communities to plan an info session.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 9 &#8211; Participated in a Skills Marketplace demo with Acadeum.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 10 &#8211; Planning session with Central New Mexico College for the Connect and Innovation series.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 11-12 &#8211; Participated in a National Science Foundation Pathways panel to review nationwide proposals from other colleges regarding AI subject matter.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 15 &#8211; Collaborated with Military Families for a marketing event to be held in the fall.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 23 &#8211; Met with ACC GROW Student Kara to discuss progress on script and animation for LMS explainer animations and videos.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 24 &#8211; Met with Mary Kohls (Chair, Computer Science and Information Technology) to discuss a potential collaboration for AI microcredentials to articulate to credit-bearing courses that would stack into a Level 1 Certificate.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 26 &#8211; Presented DFI microcredential program to Central New Mexico College for their Friday Innovation series to an audience of ~40 faculty and staff.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 26 &#8211; Final presentation to Dr Umphrey (ACC Provost) of concept for Career and Life Center which includes incorporating DFI microcredentials into all ACC students&#8217; career pathways.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 30 &#8211; Met with Foundation Communities to plan an info session for their staff to take DFI microcredentials to uplevel their skills and support their clients.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 31 &#8211; Presented to ~30 Foundation Communities staff to inform them of the DFI microcredential program.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 31 &#8211; Met with Jessica Listi regarding EDUC 1301 to discuss the benefits of taking DFI MCs.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Microcredentials\u00a0<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Updates were made to several microcredentials to improve the learner experience.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced PowerPoint microcredential development started.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Web Builder microcredential being revamped to include two branching options: a paid version and a free version. Students will have a choice to either build a free, temporary site for the experience of building a website using a web builder (by using WordPress.com and the Gutenberg Blocks web builder), or (for students who want a more permanent solution for their portfolio or business) to build a website using WordPress.org, a web hosting service (BlueHost or similar),\u00a0 a custom domain name, and the Elementor plugin. Both options will give students an understanding of how websites and web builders work and how to set up and create their own website.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kimberly and Nancy created a DFI Dashboard to track data internally and to share program progress externally.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\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-230ab9d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"230ab9d7\" 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-5103347c elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"5103347c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\" 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