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Lightning Talks were very successful at the JA-Sig Unconference and so we are hosting them at the uCamp. Lightning Talks are short 10 minutes or less talks with or without slides. You discuss a topic of interest to you that you want to share with the community.
How do I give a "lightning talk"?
Mark Fowler's article has advice on effectively structuring lightning talks.
How quick should my Lightning Talk be?
Your lightning talk should last no more than ten minutes. A five-minute lightning talk is totally fine. A two-minute lightning talk is totally fine. Your talk should take as long as it needs to take to make a point, and no longer. Make a point. But if you need a few minutes to motivate your point, and then make it, and it takes nine minutes, that's okay too.
Potential Ideas for Lightning Talks
This section is for lightning talks that people are interested in hearing, but for which we don't have a committed presenter yet. If you're planning to give a lightning talk, please move your topic into the "Planned Lightning Talks" section above.
Topic |
Who could give this talk? (You can suggest other people here) |
Who's interested in hearing this talk? Comments? |
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Topic idea |
nominated person who could give this talk |
anyone who wants to hear the idea |
Design Patterns |
Allison |
Barbara, Paul |
What is User Research and How to do it? |
Allison, Gary |
Paul, Erin |
Contextual Inquiries vs. Interviews |
Allison, Gary |
Muzaffer |
Hallway User Testing |
Colin |
Muzaffer |
Quick User Testing for Everyone |
Colin, Erin |
Paul |
Intro to Kuali Student Designs |
Tim, Cindy |
Allison, Paul, Erin |
Intro to uPortal Designs and upcoming ideas |
Gary |
Allison, Paul, Erin |
Designing for small form factors (i.e cell phones) |
Erin |
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Accessibility checking tools and techniques |
Colin |
Allison, Paul |
Support for multiple languages and character sets |
Tim or Wil or Cindy |
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Challenges of Rich UI (AJAX) in Portals, i.e. are |
Tim or Wil or Cindy |
Paul |
Using GWT as UI framework |
Wil |
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