Spring 2008 Saint Paul - uCamp Planning
Exploring UX issues and techniques for open source communities
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uCamp Theme
Our theme is: "uCamp: Exploring UX issues and techniques for open source communities". Time is fast approaching for the Saint Paul uCamp and we need to start planning what talks and design projects we want to include. We need a list of suggestions for talks and also, any design projects, the design team will need to prepare ahead of time so we need to select something.
Check the link to see general ideas for Presentations at the conference Conference Presentation Suggestions page . Scroll down here to a add your ideas for uCamp Suggestions.
uCamp Goals
We see the uCamp as an opportunity to share best practices for design, show developers and others how to add usability to their designs and to leverage the face to face time to best advantage.
(uCamp is a "camp" so it should be interactive, educational and fun (think summer camp with a User-Centred-Design focus).
Planning Meetings:
March 7 2008 uCamp Planning
March 18 2008 uCamp Planning
April 23 2008 uCamp Planning
When and Where
uCamp
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Time: 1:30pm - 5pm
Location: Conference Hotel
Venue: Banquet room space with tables, projector, whiteboard, presentation area, power outlets, wireless
General
Schedule
Wednesday Afternoon Schedule
Location: BarCamp Space or Breakout Room
Time | Duration | Activity | Format | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1:30pm | 5 mins | Welcome | talk | uCamp Coordinator and everyone |
2:30pm | 55 mins | Lightning Talks (anyone can participate! Add a Lightning Talk topic) | discussion | uCamp Coordinator and everyone |
2:30pm | 45 mins | Processes for Creating Personas (including some information on User Needs Assessment and & using personas to inform the design & development process) | talk | Allison |
3:15pm | 15 mins | Use Cases in the Context of the Fluid Project (What has been working.) | talk | Allison & Erin |
3:30pm | 15 mins | Evolution of Use Cases in the Kuali Student Project (What is Kuali Student? What purposes are Use Cases serving in this SOA environment; How are use cases created?) | talk | Cindy,Doris, James, Tim |
3:45pm | 60 mins | Panel discussion about using user research, use cases, & scenarios in application design in the context of JA-SIG projects (feel free to sign up if you'd like to be on this panel...you can also contact Gary (gary@unicon.net) or Allison (abloodworth@berkeley.edu) with any questions) | panel discussion | Gary, Allison, Kuali team members TBD, other JA-SIG project team members |
4:45pm | 15 mins | Wrap-up | discussion | uCamp Coordinator and everyone |
Who will be attending
Presentation/Workshop Topic Ideas
Topic | Presenter | Who's interested in participating? |
|---|---|---|
Personas (what they are, how to create them, how they add value) | Allison | @Gary Thompson (Deactivated) |
User Needs Assessment |
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Use Case documentation - what the right level of detail, what are the best collection methods, i.e. paper, databases, etc; how to link use cases w/ wireframes / prototypes |
| Tim |
Prototype techniques and tools | Allison, Gary | Tim |
Widgets - what are they, best way to find them, make them and share them |
| Tim |
Accessibility checking tools and techniques | Colin | Tim |
Portal basics (working w/ portals) | Gary | Tim |
Designing for small form factors (i.e cell phones) | | Tim |
Any Google Web Toolkit stuff |
| Tim |
Lightning Talks
Lightning Talks have been very successful at other conferences and so we are hosting them again at the uCamp.