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
9:30 - 10:15 am (EDT)
Connecting Content Silos: One CMS, Many Sites With The WordPress REST API
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Josh Pollock
9:30 - 10:15 am (EDT)
How To Create A Multilingual Website In WordPress
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Shawn Hooper
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
10:30 - 11:15 am (EDT)
Introducing WordPress Multitenancy
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Cliff Seal
11:30 am (EDT)
12:15 pm
11:30 - 12:15 pm (EDT)
WPaaS: A Centralized Approach to Managing WordPress At Boston University
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Andrew Bauer
Inder Singh
11:30 - 12:15 pm (EDT)
Varying WordPress Development Environment
Room A221
General Lecture Session
David Brattoli
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
Hands-on Workshop
Donna Talarico
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
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
3:00 pm (EDT)
3:45 pm
3:00 - 3:45 pm (EDT)
The Art and Science of Storytelling: Idea to Execution (Plus 12+ Story Ideas for Your Campus)
Room A221
Hands-on Workshop
Donna Talarico
3:00 - 3:45 pm (EDT)
12 Powerful SEO Hacks for Your Higher Ed WP Site
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Elaine Shannon
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
4:15 - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Organizing Your First Website Usability Test
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Anthony D Paul
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
9:15 - 10:00 am (EDT)
The Balancing Act: Maintaining a Secure, Usable Multisite Network
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Ryan Brazell
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
10:15 am (EDT)
11:00 am
10:15 - 11:00 am (EDT)
JavaScript Applications Powered by WordPress and AngularJS
Auditorium
Hands-on Workshop
Roy Sivan
10:15 - 11:00 am (EDT)
Learn to Love Documentation
Room A221
General Lecture Session
Ashley Kolodziej
11:15 am (EDT)
12:00 pm
11:15 - 12:00 pm (EDT)
JavaScript Applications Powered by WordPress and AngularJS
Auditorium
Hands-on Workshop
Roy Sivan
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
11:15 - 12:00 pm (EDT)
BuddyPress and Higher Education
Room A221
General Lecture Session
David Bisset
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
2:00 - 2:15 pm (EDT)
Extending WP-Signup Form to Allow Users to Create Sites Effectively
Auditorium
Lightning Talk
Neel Shah
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
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
2:30 - 3:15 pm (EDT)
Securing Your Code - Advanced WordPress Security for Developers
Room B226
General Lecture Session
Chris Wiegman
2:30 - 3:15 pm (EDT)
Case Study: Using WordPress in our Classes
Room A221
General Lecture Session
Kiera Howe
Shanta Nathwani
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
3:30 - 4:15 pm (EDT)
Speed Up Your Process - Frameworks Double Time IT!
Auditorium
General Lecture Session
Shelly Peacock
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