Schedule
The WPCampus planning team and community is proud to present the schedule for our inaugural conference. Our program consists of a variety of topics, presenters, and formats for our attendees, all dedicated to the confluence of WordPress in higher education.
Sessions times are in EST from Sarasota, Florida.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
7:00 pm (EDT)
9:00 pm
7:00 - 9:00 pm (EDT)
WPCampus Welcome Extravaganza
Office Bar SRQ
Friday, July 15, 2016
8:00 am (EDT)
9:00 am
8:00 - 9:00 am (EDT)
Registration and Coffee Networking
Rotunda
9:00 am (EDT)
9:15 am
9:00 - 9:15 am (EDT)
Opening Remarks
Auditorium
9:30 am (EDT)
10:15 am
9:30 - 10:15 am (EDT)
Web Publishing with WordPress Across the Curriculum
Room A221
General Lecture Session
Todd O’Neill
Content, Teaching
9:30 - 10:15 am (EDT)
Connecting Content Silos: One CMS, Many Sites With The WordPress REST API
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Josh Pollock
Development
9:30 - 10:15 am (EDT)
How To Create A Multilingual Website In WordPress
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Shawn Hooper
Content, Development
10:30 am (EDT)
11:15 am
10:30 - 11:15 am (EDT)
Helping Faculty Figure Out Where WordPress Fits
Room A221
General Lecture Session
Bruce Caraway
Teaching, Strategy
10:30 - 11:15 am (EDT)
Introducing WordPress Multitenancy
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Cliff Seal
Development
10:30 - 11:15 am (EDT)
WordPress Masterclass
Room B226
Workshop
Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Themes, Development
11:30 am (EDT)
12:15 pm
11:30 - 12:15 pm (EDT)
WordPress Masterclass
Room B226
Workshop
Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Themes, Development
11:30 - 12:15 pm (EDT)
WPaaS: A Centralized Approach to Managing WordPress At Boston University
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Andrew Bauer
Inder Singh
Multisite, Strategy
11:30 - 12:15 pm (EDT)
Varying WordPress Development Environment
Room A221
General Lecture Session
David Brattoli
Development
12:15 pm (EDT)
1:45 pm
12:15 - 1:45 pm (EDT)
Lunch
Cafeteria
2:00 pm (EDT)
2:45 pm
2:00 - 2:45 pm (EDT)
The Art and Science of Storytelling: Idea to Execution (Plus 12+ Story Ideas for Your Campus)
Room A221
Workshop
Donna Talarico
Content, Strategy
2:00 - 2:45 pm (EDT)
Case Study: UIC WordPress Homepage Extends Into a Campus Multisite
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Jason Berg
Kimberly Charles
Multisite, Strategy
2:00 - 2:45 pm (EDT)
Right Level, Right Access: Extending User Roles and Permissions to Support Higher Ed Workflows
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Jonathan Brinley
Security, Development
3:00 pm (EDT)
3:45 pm
3:00 - 3:45 pm (EDT)
Higher Ed WordPress Showcase
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Shane Pearlman
Strategy
3:00 - 3:45 pm (EDT)
The Art and Science of Storytelling: Idea to Execution (Plus 12+ Story Ideas for Your Campus)
Room A221
Workshop
Donna Talarico
Content, Strategy
3:00 - 3:45 pm (EDT)
12 Powerful SEO Hacks for Your Higher Ed WP Site
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Elaine Shannon
Accessibility, Content, Strategy
3:45 pm (EDT)
4:15 pm
3:45 - 4:15 pm (EDT)
Snack Break
Rotunda
4:15 pm (EDT)
5:00 pm
4:15 - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Access Denied: Keeping Yourself off an Attacker's Radar
General Lecture SessionPaul Gilzow
Security
4:15 - 5:00 pm (EDT)
WordPress ePortfolios
General Lecture SessionErica Reifer
Malik Singleton
Teaching, Development
4:15 - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Organizing Your First Website Usability Test
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Anthony D Paul
Usability
5:00 pm (EDT)
5:00 pm (EDT)
Dinner on Your Own
6:00 pm (EDT)
9:00 pm
Saturday, July 16, 2016
8:00 am (EDT)
9:00 am
8:00 - 9:00 am (EDT)
Coffee Networking
Rotunda
9:15 am (EDT)
10:00 am
9:15 - 10:00 am (EDT)
Books and Blogs: Developing the Digital Humanities with WordPress
Room A221
General Lecture Session
Alexandra Martines
Content, Teaching
9:15 - 10:00 am (EDT)
The Balancing Act: Maintaining a Secure, Usable Multisite Network
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Ryan Brazell
Multisite, Security, Usability
9:15 - 10:00 am (EDT)
Techniques, Tools and Resources for Making WordPress Website WCAG 2.0 Compliant: Accessibility Does Not Have to Be Overwhelming
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Dave Wynne
Accessibility
10:15 am (EDT)
11:00 am
10:15 - 11:00 am (EDT)
Getting to WordPress
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Stephanie Leary
Development
10:15 - 11:00 am (EDT)
JavaScript Applications Powered by WordPress and AngularJS
Auditorium
Workshop
Roy Sivan
Usability, Development
10:15 - 11:00 am (EDT)
Learn to Love Documentation
Room A221
General Lecture Session
Ashley Kolodziej
Usability
11:15 am (EDT)
12:00 pm
11:15 - 12:00 pm (EDT)
JavaScript Applications Powered by WordPress and AngularJS
Auditorium
Workshop
Roy Sivan
Usability, Development
11:15 - 12:00 pm (EDT)
We Don’t Need No Education: Web Governance Through On-Demand Online Training
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Shelley Keith
Content, Strategy
11:15 - 12:00 pm (EDT)
BuddyPress and Higher Education
Room A221
General Lecture Session
David Bisset
Development
12:00 pm (EDT)
1:30 pm
12:00 - 1:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch
Cafeteria
1:30 pm (EDT)
2:15 pm
1:30 - 2:15 pm (EDT)
Lightning Talks
Auditorium
1:30 - 1:45 pm (EDT)
Designing an Easy-to-Configure Template for Online Scholarly Journals
Auditorium
Lightning Talk
Kerri O’Connell
Megan O'Neill
Development
1:45 - 2:00 pm (EDT)
Deployment and Workflow Tips and Tricks
Auditorium
Lightning Talk
Mike Corkum
Development, Strategy
2:00 - 2:15 pm (EDT)
Extending WP-Signup Form to Allow Users to Create Sites Effectively
Auditorium
Lightning Talk
Neel Shah
Multisite, Development
1:30 - 2:15 pm (EDT)
Building a WordPress Sandbox
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Joe Querin
Development
1:30 - 2:15 pm (EDT)
Cat Memes and Creativity: Using WordPress to Remix the First Year Experience Course
Room A221
General Lecture Session
Kasandrea Sereno
Content, Teaching
2:30 pm (EDT)
3:15 pm
2:30 - 3:15 pm (EDT)
WordPress Accessibility: Where We Are and Where We're Going
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Adam Soucie
Accessibility
2:30 - 3:15 pm (EDT)
Securing Your Code - Advanced WordPress Security for Developers
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Chris Wiegman
Security, Development
2:30 - 3:15 pm (EDT)
Case Study: Using WordPress in our Classes
Room A221
General Lecture Session
Kiera Howe
Shanta Nathwani
Teaching, Strategy
3:30 pm (EDT)
4:15 pm
3:30 - 4:15 pm (EDT)
Paper-Free Academic Catalogs in WordPress
Room A221
General Lecture Session
Chris Flannagan
Sarah Fayard
Multisite, Strategy
3:30 - 4:15 pm (EDT)
Speed Up Your Process - Frameworks Double Time IT!
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Shelly Peacock
Development
4:30 pm (EDT)
5:00 pm
4:30 - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Closing Remarks
Auditorium
5:00 pm (EDT)
5:00 pm (EDT)
Dinner on Your Own
8:00 pm (EDT)
10:00 pm