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MCC Daily Tribune

Our new portal "Did you know" series: Students are at the center of the work with the new portal!

The student perspective was essential as we conducted the needs assessment to determine the requirements for the new portal. Significant time and resources supported learning about the needs of our students. MCC APPLIED reached out to Student Government, we examined the results of current and past focus groups and surveys of our current, new, and past students, we reviewed data provided by Institutional Research including the results of the intake survey and the student satisfaction survey. We also conducted our own surveys, and asked members of the RFP team to reach out to students in their departments and divisions for feedback.

Once the need was established from the student perspective, the student voice continued through the full vetting process for our new portal product. With a focus on supporting a positive student experience at Monroe, we have fully engaged students in the implementation.

We especially want to thank the students that worked directly on many tasks that have come along with developing the new portal. Many thanks go out to the MCC APPLIED student interns: Zachary Syed (Computer Information Systems), Rachel Northrup (Office Technology), and Cassandra Roberts (Office Technology). These students are working directly with our IT Specialist, Colin Canfield, to create the content page templates, document the campuses GPS locations for the integrated map feature, input all of the content onto the intranet pages, test integrations, and create presentations, surveys, and training tools.

Our commitment to student input extends directly into the classroom as well. MCC APPLIED Coordinator, Michael Rehbaum has been the lead working with Graphic Design service learning students to create the marketing materials, the Lean Six Sigma students who are taking a strategic look at the Career Plan to provide feedback and suggestions.

While most of these students will be graduating this semester (YEAH for them, Boo for us!!), this means there are opportunities for other students to get involved. If you teach a co-op, service learning, or other experiential learning course, please reach out to see if we can partner in the coming semesters!

Next Monday there will be even more news on our new portal! Be sure to check the Daily Tribune for some exciting information!

Michael Rehbaum
Academic Services/Title III, MCC Applied
05/19/2022