{"id":197,"date":"2023-11-15T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/09\/10\/october-2023-qep-update\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:47:40","slug":"october-2023-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2023\/11\/15\/october-2023-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2023 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"197\" class=\"elementor elementor-197\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10099ca0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10099ca0\" 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-7cb59f69 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7cb59f69\" 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-fd04cb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd04cb3\" 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-7426eb77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7426eb77\" 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>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 microcredentials, Vanessa Errico to strategize on Military Spouse recruitment, and Dr. Lillian Huerta to discuss integrating microcredentials 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 Microcertificate was awarded.<\/p><p>The team worked on finalizing preparations for the second Fall session beginning October 16th, refining training modules, 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\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f8e89c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77f8e89c\" 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-29ef5a68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29ef5a68\" 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-43f56e8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43f56e8d\" 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\">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 Microcredentials.<\/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 Microcredentials 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 microcredentials 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>Microcredentials\u00a0<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continued tweaking all microcredentials 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 Microcertificate,\u00a0&#8220;Fundamentals\u00a0of 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\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc0b3da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6cc0b3da\" 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-10c15d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10c15d0c\" 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\">Implementation Committee Meetings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db253a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1db253a2\" 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>No Implementation meeting was held in October<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e2560d8 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"1e2560d8\" 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\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Post Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2023\/09\/19\/august-2023-qep-update\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M31.7 239l136-136c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l22.6 22.6c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L127.9 256l96.4 96.4c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L201.7 409c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-136-136c-9.5-9.4-9.5-24.6-.1-34z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">August 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:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2023\/12\/14\/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\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg><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\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. 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