Conference Program
Monday, June 8, 2009: Web 2009 Conference
Penn Stater Conference Center
The Web 2009 Conference is open to University employees (faculty, staff, and student employees) who support an official Penn State Web site as a server administrator, writer, designer, programmer or manager.
Registration opens at 7:30 at the former Registration Desk.
Breakfast and Poster Sessions
Time: 8:00 - 8:45
Location: Presidents Hall
Poster Sessions
- Canceled: Community as Committee Using Web 2.0 Tools and an Open Philosophy to Design Projects and Events, Allan Gyorke
- Federating Access to AlcoholEdu for College at Penn State, Linda LaSalle and Mark "Max" Miller
- Introduction to Identity and Access Management (IAM) at Penn State, Jim Vuccolo
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) Student Life Cycle, Lynn Garrison and Cheryl Seybold
- Customizing Penn State WikiSpaces Using the Adaptavist Theme Builder Plug-in, Natalie Harp
- Usability Testing on a Budget, George Webster and Tom Klimek
- Web Surveying Tools and Ensuring the Security of the Collected Data, Patricia A. Nordstrom
Opening Remarks and Keynote Presentation
It's All About Simple Access
Mark Malseed, writer, speaker, web entrepreneur, and coauthor of The Google Story
Google revolutionized how we searched the Web and what we could find there. But the future is all about even simpler access to even more information. Any device, anytime. Answers, not search results. The important, the popular, and the random all findable and peacefully coexisting. Mark will take you on a site-seeing tour of the maddeningly complex and the amazingly simple on the web and beyond, noting what it will take to connect with the audiences of tomorrow.
Time: 8:45 - 9:45
Location: Presidents Hall
(Note: Lunch will take place from 12:15 - 1:15pm in President's Hall.)
Conference Session Schedule At-A-Glance
| Track | 10:00-11:00 | 11:15-12:15 | 1:15-2:15 | 2:30-3:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usability, Acessibility, Standards | What 3rd Graders can teach us about Web Accessibility, Mark Greenfield | Accessibility Without Tears? Elizabeth Pyatt | Making a Screencast, Rob Porter and Catherine Williams | Understanding Wireframes and Visual Mapping, James Pannafino |
| Penn State Services/Higher Ed Future Directions | PAWS—The Future of Administrative Computing at Penn State, Eric Helfen |
Design for Non-Designers, Steven Burns and Mike Fleck | Free!, Mark Greenfield | Chat Smarter at Penn State, John Meier and James Vuccolo |
| Web Project and Information Management | Streamlining Publications: Unifying Print and Web Production, Sara Clark | Using SubVersion (SVN) for Source Code Control, Andy Fisher and Mike Hartsock | Optimizing Team-oriented Development Through an Integrated, Task-based Project, Garrick S. Bodine | Actionable Web Analytics for Higher Education, Shelby Thayer and Joshua Ellis |
| Social Networking Integration | “The Facebook Effect”: Breaking Down Barriers and Expanding Your Network, John Patishnock | What's New in Web and Mobile Search?, Mark Malseed | Defining Literacy in the 21st Century, Jeff Swain | Adobe Flash CS4, A New Feature Overview, Tim Plumer, Jr. |
| Progressive Strategies | Wayfinding the Semantic Web, Christian Vinten-Johansen and Brian Panulla | Augmented Reality: Merging the Virtual World into Ours, Daniel Frommelt | An Argument For Semantics—Why Developers Should Give a Hoot About OWL!, Brian Panulla | Streamlining Publications: Unifying Print and Web Production, Sara Clark |
| TechMasters | Getting Started with AJAX, Scott Reid and Jeff Berda | SSIS—Managing SQL Server with Integration Services, Christopher Bellocchio and Larry Kolbe | Firebug & Fiddler: Development Tools for the Web, Andy Fisher and Scott Reid | PHP MVC for Web Application Development, Steven Lewis |
Session Tracks
- Usability, Accessibility, Standards (UAS)
- Penn State Services/Higher Ed Future Directions (PSS)
- Web Project and Information Management (WPM)
- Social Networking Integration (SNI)
- Progressive Strategies (PS)
- TechMasters (TM)
Usability, Accessibility, Standards (UAS)
UAS1: What 3rd Graders Can Teach Us About Web Accessibility
Mark Greenfield, Director of Web Services, University at Buffalo
Take a fresh look at web accessibility through the eyes of 3rd graders. Follow along as a group of 3rd graders help redesign the web site of a world famous, legally blind athlete to improve the site's accessibility. In addition to exploring the issues of web accessibility in the Web 2.0 world, this presentation will provide a whole new perspective on why accessibility matters.
Prerequisite Skills: Basic understanding of accessibility issues
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Location: Room 207
UAS2: Accessibility Without Tears? Simple Examples From a Real Online Course
Elizabeth Pyatt, Instructional Designer, Penn State
This presentation will describe methods used to improve accessibility for a Penn State course which includes multimedia elements. The presentation will also review guidelines and accessibility strategies such as including appropriate ALT tags, CSS formatting and captioning.
Prerequisite Skills: Familiarity with viewing HTML code.
Time: 11:15 - 12:15
Location: Room 108
UAS3: Making a Screencast
Rob Porter, Programmer/Analyst, Penn State and Catherine Williams, Programmer/Analyst, Penn State
This tutorial will show the audience how to make a screencast from start to finish. We will take you on an exciting journey, starting with gathering all your materials together and story boarding. We will show you the software and methodologies we use. Finally we'll examine some post-production tricks like adding captioning to make it more accessible, as well as user testing, and publishing your video for the greater masses.
Prerequisite Skills: No Experience or prior knowledge.
Time: 1:15 - 2:15
Location: Room 108
UAS4: Understanding Wireframes and Visual Mapping
James Pannafino, Assistant Professor, Graphic and Interactive Design, Millersville University
My presentation will cover the various types and levels of wireframing. I will explain how wireframes can be used as a design and communication tool. What is the history and place of wireframes in the web design process? I will also discuss visual mapping terminology, tools and basic techniques. How can visual mapping allow for a better understanding of complex decision based programs and graphics? This will be an introductory presentation but will highlight new information for seasoned professionals.
Prerequisite Skills: Basic understanding of computer and web design process.
Time: 2:30 - 3:30
Location: Room 108
Penn State Services/Higher Ed Future Directions (PSS)
PSS1: PAWS—The Future of Administrative Computing at Penn State
Eric Helfen, PAWS Consultant, Programmer/Analyst, ITS, Penn State
PAWS - http://paws.psu.edu
PAWS support material - http://ais.its.psu.edu/paws/index.html
Prerequisite Skills: While PAWS is Java-based, this presentation will only assume a very limited background in HTML and basic familiarity with some programming language.
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Location: Room 206
PSS2: Design for Non-Designers
Steven Burns, Multimedia Specialist, Penn State
Your boss says, "Can you throw together a website that announces our new program or event? Here, make it look like this postcard, or here are some colors that I think will look good". You panic, wondering how you are going to create high quality, attractive and well designed graphics when you don't know the first thing about design. There will be a large audience visiting your website for more information. You begin to realize that the success of this event now partially rides on your shoulders! Don't panic. This session will explain some of the basic design principles and fundamentals from generating design ideas, color theory, typography and layout. Even though you might have access to high-end design applications, chances are you're not really sure how to use them. That is why this session will highlight designing with only a basic knowledge of design software. If you have found yourself in this situation in the past, then this session is for you!
With the budget cuts departments are facing this fiscal year and next, chances are growing that you may need these skills in the future!
Prerequisite Skills: Basic knowledge of photo editing and page layout software.
Time: 11:15 - 12:15
Location: Room 208
PSS3: Free!
Mark Greenfield, Director of Web Services, University at Buffalo.
Based on the Chris Anderson article from Wired Magazine (and upcoming book), this presentation will focus on the new gift economy and how "Every industry that becomes digital eventually becomes free".
The current economic downturn is a warning shot across the bow. For a variety of reasons, the marketplace will demand more efficiency and accountability in higher education.
As we deal with this new reality, the good news is there are many ways to become more efficient and still provide excellent service. From leveraging free social media tools to cloud computing, we will explore strategies and tactics to thrive in this new paradigm.
Prerequisite Skills: None.
Time: 1:15 - 2:15
Location: Room 207
PSS4: Chat Smarter at Penn State
John Meier, Science Librarian, Penn State and James Vuccolo, Manager, Research Programmer, Penn State
In the past few years, more and more web sites have been adding live chat to assist users or customers. The primary groups that offer this service in academia are libraries, so there have been many examples and some research on how to provide such services on a web site. Many departments and administrative units on campus have a user-centered strategic goal. One way to provide better service to users over the web is to use instant messaging and chat widgets. Attendees will learn how to provide online help to users of their web site using instant messaging. A number of different commerical solutions will be described.
Bringing it closer to home, attendees will be given an overview of Penn State's chat service (chat.psu.edu). The chat service is Jabber (XMPP)-based like Google Talk. Penn State chat provides secure, authenticated chat that utiltizes the Penn State Access Account. Set up for various chat clients will also be presented.
Prerequisite Skills: Experience with Web editing.
Time: 2:30 - 3:30
Location: Room 206
Web Project and Information Management (WPM)
WPM1: Streamlining Publications: Unifying Print and Web Production
Sara Clark, Director of Web and New Media, Missouri State University
Ever had a cumbersome production process where you needed to produce both a print and web publication? This session will show how Missouri transformed one production process from bottlenecked chaos to a unified system that reduced cost, saved time and allowed the client to make rapid changes.
Prerequisite Skills: Knowledge of a typical web site development process is helpful.
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Location: Room 108
WPM2: Using SubVersion(SVN) for Source Code Control
Andy Fisher, Lead Programmer/Analyst, Penn State and Mike Hartsock, Programmer/Analyst, Penn State
This session will highlight a short-term and long-term implementation of SubVersion. Best practices will be noted along with lessons learned. The Tortoise SVN client will also be discussed.
Prerequisite Skills: Understanding of the need for source control. Experience using a folder/file- based source code structure.
Time: 11:15 - 12:15
Location: Room 105
WPM3: Optimizing Team-oriented Development Through an Integrated, Task-based Project Management Approach
Garrick S. Bodine, IT Manager, Penn State
The Undergraduate Admissions Office at Penn State University has a small team of web developers charged with creating and maintaining dozens of applications and web sites designed to interact with the University's admissions-related data. This presentation explains how our development environment has leveraged several free and open source development and project management tools, including Eclipse, Trac, Mylyn, and Subversion, to increase transparency, efficiency, and communication among programmers, managers, and office stakeholders.
Prerequisite Skills: Some knowledge of web development and/or programming practices and project management is required, and knowledge of a modern integrated development environment, source control, and the software development lifecycle would be useful.
Time: 1:15 - 2:15
Location: Room 206
WPM4: Actionable Web Analytics for Higher Education
Shelby Thayer, IT Training Specialist, Penn State and Joshua Ellis, E-Marketing Manager, Penn State
Web analytics is the study of online behavior on a web site. Traditionally, web analytics has been a marketing function to help web site owners target sales pitches (web content) more effectively.
Today, however, web analytics is an essential player in web site usability. Studying your web site analytics can help you proactively increase and maintain the usability of your web site.
Time: 2:30 - 3:30
Location: Room 105
Social Networking Integration (SNI)
SNI1: The Facebook Effect: Breaking Down Barriers and Expanding Your Network
John Patishnock, Digital Media Specialist, Penn State
A variety of communication tools will be discussed that people of all ages and technological backgrounds can use to expand their personal and professional networks. In addition to Facebook, the presentation will also discuss blogs, podcasts, Twitter, and video portfolios, and how these avenues have been affected by Facebook. Additionally, the audience will learn different ways in which they can make their materials available to their target audience through these mediums.
Prerequisite Skills: Basic knowledge of the above mentioned communication tools would be a bonus to attendees, but it is not necessary.
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Location: Room 208
SNI2: What's New in Web and Mobile Search?
Mark Malseed
A review of what's hot (and what's not) in the world of search, ten years after Google changed the world. In this era of smart phones, smarter apps, and almost human-like intuition by the leading engines and platforms, we'll look at what the semantic web, social networking, "answers" engines, and other potential Google-killers have to offer. We may even answer the question everybody wants to know, "Who is the next Google?"
Prerequisite Skills: No experience or prior knowledge is necessary.
Time: 11:15 - 12:15
Location: Room 207
SNI3: Defining Literacy in the 21st Century
Jeff Swain, Innovation Consultant, Penn State
What does it mean to be a literate person in the new millennium? 21st Century Literacy is an understanding of how we communicate where conversations are very likely to take place in multi-modal formats using personal, mobile devices in conjunction with collaborative webs tools. This session explores what it means to be literate in the learning 3.0 world and how we as educators need to adjust our models of communication to meet the expectations of our students.
Prerequisite Skills: Knowledge of web-based collaborative tools and social networking sites a plus but not needed.
Time: 1:15 - 2:15
Location: Room 208
SNI4: Adobe Flash CS4, A New Feature Overview
Tim Plumer, Jr., Sr. Solutions Engineer, NA Education Sales Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Flash CS4 is a tool for creating web-based animations, applications, and video players. Come see the new ways you can create engaging animations using the newly-retooled animation interface that will make it faster and easier for you to create Flash projects that allow you to stand out. Whether you are new to Flash or a Pro, you will see how to best leverage Flash with your work. Come, bring your questions, and prepare to take some good notes!
Prerequisite Skills: Basic understanding of HTML and CSS.
Time: 2:30 - 3:30
Location: Room 208
Progressive Strategies (PS)
PS1: Wayfinding the Semantic Web
Christian Vinten-Johansen, Information Technology Manager, Penn State and Brian Panulla, Director, Extreme Events Lab Center for Network-Centric Cognition and Information Fusion, Penn State
Resources designed for the Semantic Web describe the properties and relationships of content in a way that agents, spiders and computers can understand. The Semantic Web will play a big role in the next big thing in Web innovation — Web 3.0. Practical applications are beginning to emerge now. We'll look at the emerging Semantic Web from two points of view: floating in the cloud looking down (formal syntax and ontologies), and lying on the pavement looking up (marking up XHTML and social tagging). As is often the case with competing styles, we'll see that both have a place in the Web professional's toolbox.
Prerequisite Skills: XHTML and Web standards is recommended, HTML is required.
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Location: Room 105
PS2: Augmented Reality—Merging the Virtual World into Ours
Daniel M. Frommelt, University World Wide Web Coordinator, University of Wisconsin, Platteville
On November 4, 2008 the nation elected the 44th president. That evening on CNN, the network revealed their new 'hologram' technology. Funny thing is that it is NOT a hologram… it was a demonstration of Augmented Reality. Learn how it works, see examples of how to utilize this technology for communication and get samples to do your own experimenting.
Prerequisite Skills: No experience or prior knowledge is necessary.
Time: 11:15 - 12:15
Location: Room 206
PS3: An Argument For Semantics—Why Developers Should Give a Hoot about OWL!
Brian Panulla, Director, Extreme Events Lab, Center for Network-Centric Cognition and Information Fusion, Penn State
In the push to integrate tagging and other forms of Web 2.0 technologies into applications, developers often overlook the value of adding semantics, or contextual meaning, to information served and syndicated from Web sites and applications. The addition of microformats to a site's coding can further the exchange of semantic information—such as contact information for people and events—but for the most part Web sites and applications are still composed of largely non-semantic text organized in large blocks of HTML.
Even when the information on the Web is stored in a relational database, there are still only rough, brittle ways to show that data in multiple tables represent the same values, leading to redundancies—why does every database across the university have it's own tables with states, countries, or campuses? Isn't there a better way to share information across multiple applications without dealing with the security implications of crossing organizational boundaries?
While everyone agrees that HTML isn't going away anytime soon, several markup standards have arisen over the last few years to help developers store, serve, and distribute information with ever-increasing levels of semantic encoding. The current pinnacle of the Semantic Web pyramid is OWL—the W3C's Web Ontology Language. In this talk I will describe the basics of OWL and how it can be used to power the next generation of smart, data-enabled Web applications at Penn State.
Prerequisite Skills: Intermediate knowledge of relational database design, object oriented programming, and XML syntax are assumed.
Time: 1:15 - 2:15
Location: Room 105
PS4: Streamlining Publications: Unifying Print and Web Production
Sara Clark, Director of Web and New Media, Missouri State University
Ever had a cumbersome production process where you needed to produce both a print and web publication? This session will show how Missouri transformed one production process from bottlenecked chaos to a unified system that reduced cost, saved time and allowed the client to make rapid changes.
Prerequisite Skills: Knowledge of a typical web site development process is helpful.
Time: 2:30 - 3:30
Location: Room 207
TechMasters (TM)
TM1: Getting Started with AJAX
Scott Reid, Lead Programmer/Analyst, Penn State and Jeff Berda, Programmer/Analyst, Penn State
What is it, what can you do with it, why you should or shouldn't use it, and where you can get started
- What is AJAX?
- What can you do with it?
- Why should/shouldn't you use it?
- Resources to get you started.
Prerequisite Skills: Basic knowledge of HTML. Some Javascript experience is helpful.
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Location: Room 106
TM2: SSIS—Managing SQL Server with Integration Services
Christopher Bellocchio, Web Designer/Developer, Penn State, and Larry Kolbe, Programmer/Analyst, Penn State
This session will provide an overview of what SQL Server Integration Services is, as well as outline some beginner examples such as populating tables from flat files, data transormations, and migrating from DTS.
Prerequisite Skills: Experience with relational databases helpful, but not necessary.
Time: 11:15 -12:15
Location: Room 106
TM3: Firebug & Fiddler: Development tools for the Web
Andy Fisher, Lead Programmer/Analyst, Penn State and Scott Reid, Programmer/Analyst, Penn State
Firebug and Fiddler are browser plugins that allow a user to interact more closely with a web application. They can be used to modify nearly everything on a web page dynamically (forms, cookies, css, etc.) They aid in tracking down difficult to diagnose problems and can quickly track down javascript errors.
Prerequisite Skills: Basic understanding of the stucture of a web page. Knowledge of javascript and CSS would be helpful.
Time: 1:15 - 2:15
Location: Room 106
TM4: PHP MVC for Web Application Development
Steven Lewis, Web Manager and Information Security Coordinator, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
Many applications repeat the common add-view-edit-delete functions, which can be timely to code and repetitive to enforce data rules. How can we speed the process and reduce errors? The Model-View-Controller is a popular paradigm to simplify application development. A foundational principle is the separation of business logic (controller) from formatting (view) and data rules (model). This session will review the principles of MVC, discuss the specifics of CakePHP's implementation, and identify lessons learned from our own use of it in a student-development environment at The College at Brockport.
Prerequisite Skills: Web application development experience, PHP helpful but not required.
Time: 2:30 - 3:30
Location: Room 106
Closing Keynote Presentation
Town Meeting
The Perfect Storm
Penn State is facing challenges from many different directions, as are most colleges and universities. The most serious market crash in 80 years, a future of declining high school graduates, convergence of technological and social networks, rising consumer expectations and commodification of education, are some of the disruptive trends that are shaking up our community of Web professionals.
Higher Education also faces Globalization 3.0, the arrival of the technically adept Millennial Generation, and the ongoing Communications Revolution which will create a perfect storm that will forever change the college campus and the way we work. Mark Greenfield postulates that, “The true paradigm shift is just around the corner. The tipping point will happen shortly when stealth fighter parents will replace helicopter parents on college campuses. Gen X parents are coming and they will demand that colleges reexamine their entire operation from a price and value perspective. They will look at the college their children attend as a calculated market choice. They will view colleges as one of many providers in a large marketplace as new competitors emerge providing alternative choices for much of what college provides.
All of these trends will put increasing pressure on colleges to provide value and to focus on efficiencies. Our panel of Higher Education Web professionals will describe the signs of the coming storm on their campus and recommend how we may approach this perfect storm proactively. Your questions will drive the focus of the conversation. This link will take you to a tool you may use to suggest questions and/or vote on which will be presented to our panel of Higher Education Web professionals.
Panelists will include invited speakers from HighEdWeb including Mark Greenfield - Director of Web Services, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Daniel Frommelt - World Wide Web Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Steven Lewis - Web Manager/Information Security Coordinator at The College at Brockport, State University of New York, Sara Clark - Director of Web and New Media, Missouri State University, and Christian Vinten-Johansen - Information Technology Manager, Penn State.
Time: 3:45 - 5:00
Location: Presidents Hall
Tuesday, June 9, 2009: Web 2009 Workshops
The Business Building
Negotiation for the Web Professional
Steven Lewis, Web Manager and Information Security Coordinator, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
Negotiation is a basic skill. We do it every day, whether we think about it or not. Studying negotiation yields a toolbox of techniques one can draw upon to navigate everyday human interactions. As professionals, the goal is to get along, find agreement, and get what we need to get our jobs done. After all, command-and-control is for the business sector, and when are we Web people ever in charge? Returning again this year, this tutorial is designed to cover some of the basic tools every negotiator should have, with several in-class scenarios to illustrate key points.
Prerequisite Skills: no prior experience is necessary.
Time: 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Room 125 Business Building
A Web Workflow with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
Tim Plumer, Jr., Sr. Solutions Engineer, NA Education Sales Adobe Systems Incorporated
Prerequisite Skills: no prior experience is necessary.
This hands-on workshop will demonstrate the way to best use Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium 4 in a web workflow. Whether you are creating a web site from scratch, adding to an existing site, or looking to expand the ways you use the web to communicate, CS4 Design Premium is a toolset that will make your work faster and more efficient. Because of the integration in the tools, you can easily move from Photoshop to Dreamweaver to Flash with a few clicks of the mouse. You can also quickly repurpose printed material for use on the web, so you don’t need to complete recreate all of your work. In this hands-on session, you will learn how to:
- Manage your various assets in Bridge
- Optimize graphics from Photoshop and Illustrator for the web
- Convert printed material for use on the web with InDesign
- Add Photoshop files directly to a web page and quickly re-edit your work
- Create a CSS-based web page and use it to standardize the look and feel of a site in Dreamweaver
- Build an animated web-banner in Flash
- Add a movie to your website with Flash video (FLV)
Come prepared to roll up your sleeves and learn how to effectively use the tools in CS4. Whether you plan to teach the application to others or use them for your own projects, you’ll come away with a broader and deeper understanding of the ways you can make web work easier and faster to produce.
Prerequisite Skills:
Time: 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Room 206 Business Building
Advanced CSS Workshop
Daniel M. Frommelt, University World Wide Web Coordinator, University of Wisconsin, Platteville
A hands-on opportunity to play with some advanced CSS concepts. Bring an open mind. We'll cover many of the current hot design techniques: multi-column layout, faux-column layout, advanced image replacement techniques, advanced list manipulation, rounded corner boxes, son-of-suckerfish dropdowns, cross-column pull-outs, CSS hacks, and customized CSS for alternate devices.
Prerequisite Skills: Working knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets and HTML.
Time: 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Room 207 Business Building
OWL and the Semantic Web
Brian Panulla, Director, Extreme Events Lab Center for Network-Centric Cognition and Information Fusion, Penn State
Are you bored with RSS? Already microformatted your Web site to near collapse? The Web Ontology Language (OWL) may be the next step in your progression towards a fully-realized Semantic Web. OWL is a W3C standard and is currently the state of the art in semantic information modeling for Web-based systems.
Prerequisite Skills: Knowledge of information modeling, such as database design or object oriented software design necessary. Knowledge of XML syntactical rules and experience with Java or Python very helpful.
Time: 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Room 108 Warnock
Leveraging Penn State Digital Identity to Secure Your Web Application
Jeremy Hill, Systems Design Specialist, Penn State
This session will go over how to use general principles with the Penn State Access Account to secure your web application. This includes using WebAccess for authentication and variables set by WebAccess to make calls to Penn State Directory Services to make authorization decisions in application code. These decisions may be based upon UserIDs, status types, or membership in User Managed Groups (UMGs). This session will utilize PASS and PASS tools, but can be applied to department specific web services.
Prerequisite Skills: Knowledge of a programming language of your choice (PHP, Perl, C, Java, ASP, etc.) is necessary. The exercises will be in PHP and/or Perl, but can be applied across any language that is LDAP aware.
Time: 1:00 - 5:00
Location: Room 207 Business Building
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Birds-of-a-Feather
Christian Vinten-Johansen, Information Technology Manager, Penn State
Birds Of a Feather (BOF) are informal gatherings at conferences organized to discuss an issue or plan initiatives. They encourage high levels of interaction among attendees. Advance preparation such as development of draft agendas and position statements can enhance the user experience and quality of the outcome. BOFs have a long and distinguished history in the computer and internet community.
SPECIAL NOTE: This is a no cost workshop. Therefore, no lunch will be included. However, an afternoon snack will be provided.
Prerequisite Skills: Passion about a proposed topic. If your favorite topic has not been proposed, then propose it yourself!
Time: 1:00 - 5:00
Location: Atrium/Lobby
Creating Effective Web Tutorials with Screen Capturing Software
Nikki Massaro Kauffman, Technology Training Coordinator, Penn State and Bonnie Imler, Reference Librarian, Robert E. Eiche Library, Penn State Altoona
While face-to-face and one-on-one training can't be replaced, Web tutorials have the benefit of offering just-in-time training that can be paused and replayed when the individual is ready for it. In our session, we'll give participants some general tips on creating tutorials, have participants create tutorials in two different screencapturing tools, and then offer a comparison of features of several tools available.
Prerequisite Skills: Basic knowledge of PC or Mac computing platform.
Time: 1:00 - 5:00
Location: Room 108 Warnock
Social Media Summit
Mark Greenfield, Director of Web Services, University at Buffalo
The Social Media Summit will explore the challenges and opportunities of social media in higher education.
The format will be much different than a typical workshop. Following the principles of an unconference, we will leverage the wisdom of the crowd in an open environment where everyone's participation is encouraged. In addition to those attending in person, we will be utilizing social media to create a backchannel to let people from across the globe participate virtually.
Discussion topics will be chosen by participants, so come prepared with your ideas.
NOTE: Due to the nature of this workshop, the formal program will run for two hours. No computers will be provided, so if you wish to participate online, please bring your own laptop.
Information on participating virtually will be available in this space prior to the time of the workshop.
Prerequisite Skills: General familiarity with social media tools.
Time: 1:00 - 3:00
Location: Room 125 Business Building