Ideas for Presentations and Discussions

This is the place to propose and discuss ideas for presentations, BOFs, panels, tutorials, or any other venue that we can make happen for the 2008 Spring Conference.

Ideas from the Fluid Folks

There has been a lot of discussion amongst the Fluid Project members of what they can bring to the conference, and what sorts of things the members of other projects and communities would find most valuable. Some of the following activities have already been proposed, and some are just ideas for things that could be offered, depending on what people think. Comments and suggestions are invited from everyone.

UCamp Session

The UCamp sessions held at Sakai conferences and the Rutgers Unconference have been very well received. A UCamp session is planned for the Wednesday afternoon BarCamp period. This is partly in response to interest expressed by the Kuali Student folks, but we expect it to attract interest from the other projects as well.

Technical Seminar on JavaScript and DHTML for Portal and Portlet Developers

Writing client-side code for "Rich Internet Applications" is not for the faint of heart, especially within a portlet container. The objective is to describe techniques for ensuring that your code is safe and sane, as well as being effective and meeting accessibility requirements.

Introduction to User-Centred Design

A session on user-centred design would be based on the very popular presentation given by Allison Bloodworth and Gary Thompson at the Rutgers Unconference.

User Research

User needs assessment