Schedule

Our three-day conference event was filled with sessions, networking, and social events, covering a variety of topics, all focused on the growth of higher education, WordPress, and its people.

Visit each session to access its recording, slides, and submit questions for the presenters.

All times are listed in the following timezone:

Thursday, July 12, 2018

12:00 pm (CDT) 1:00 pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm (CDT)

Workshop registration

Simon Hall Foyer

All workshops require registration in order to attend.

You will need to check-in to receive your conference ID badge. Your badge is your golden ticket of admission to all the fun! Your ID badge must be worn at all sessions and conference events.

We will provide a snack break during workshops.

1:00 pm (CDT) 5:00 pm
1:00 - 5:00 pm (CDT)

Gutenberg 101: An exploration of the new WordPress editor

Workshop
Joe McGill
JavaScript, Gutenberg, Site building, Publishing
1:00 - 5:00 pm (CDT)

Cozying up to chaos and other life lessons: Getting started with governance in higher ed

Workshop
Shelley Keith
Content, Governance, HighEdWeb Member, Communication
1:00 - 5:00 pm (CDT)

Building a solid foundation: Introduction to content strategy workshop

Workshop
Jamie Schmid
Content, Governance, Strategy
6:30 pm (CDT) 10:00 pm
6:30 - 10:00 pm (CDT)

Welcome gathering at the arcade

All are welcome to attend. Join us for a drink, hors d'oeuvres, and unlimited arcade game play!

Friday, July 13, 2018

8:00 am (CDT) 9:00 am
8:00 - 9:00 am (CDT)

Registration / Light breakfast

Simon Hall Foyer

You will need to check-in to receive your conference ID badge. Your badge is your golden ticket of admission to all the fun! Your ID badge must be worn at all sessions and conference events.

We will also provide a light breakfast to start the day.

9:00 am (CDT) 9:30 am
9:00 - 9:30 am (CDT)

Opening Remarks

9:30 am (CDT) 10:15 am
9:30 - 10:15 am (CDT)

Lightning Talks

9:30 - 10:15 am (CDT)

Keeping everyone in the loop

Lightning Talk
Shawn Hooper
Governance, Management, Change management
9:30 - 10:15 am (CDT)

Enterprise level scale: lessons learned in real estate

Lightning Talk
Lacy Paschal
Multisite, Governance, HighEdWeb Member, Content strategy
9:30 - 10:15 am (CDT)

Dare to share: Design principles for using CMSs in academic research

Lightning Talk
Eric Sembrat
Deployment, Development, Research, HighEdWeb Member, Professional Development, Project Management, Content design
9:30 - 10:15 am (CDT)

All work and no fun? Nonsense! — How creativity, curiosity, surprise and play help us work

Lightning Talk
Donna Talarico
Management, Personal development, HighEdWeb Member, Work-life balance, Being human
10:30 am (CDT) 11:15 am
10:30 - 11:15 am (CDT)

Accessibility and life beyond the ALT tag

General Lecture Session
Robin Smail
Accessibility, Usability, Design, HighEdWeb Member, Being human
10:30 - 11:15 am (CDT)

Delivering great presentations (and helping others do it too!)

General Lecture Session
David Needham
Professional Development, Communication, Writing, Diversity, Being human
11:30 am (CDT) 12:15 pm
11:30 - 12:15 pm (CDT)

The synergistic intersection of WordPress, the LMS and Domain of One's Own in teaching

General Lecture Session
Keegan Long-Wheeler
Curriculum, LMS, Domain of One's Own
11:30 - 12:15 pm (CDT)

Moving their cheese: a case study

General Lecture Session
Elaine Shannon
Analytics, User interface, Strategy
11:30 - 12:15 pm (CDT)

Nobody puts WordPress in a container: Docker, GitLab and continuous integration

General Lecture Session
Mike Henderson
System administration, HighEdWeb Member, Continuous integration
12:15 pm (CDT) 2:00 pm
12:15 - 2:00 pm (CDT)

Lunch

2:00 pm (CDT) 2:45 pm
2:00 - 2:45 pm (CDT)

What I've learned from five years of WordPress at a public university

General Lecture Session
Jeremy Felt
Multisite, Platform Selection
2:00 - 2:45 pm (CDT)

Creating community through student recognition

General Lecture Session
John Stewart
Communication
2:00 - 2:45 pm (CDT)

Transformations of a team workflow

General Lecture Session
April Ebacher
Cathy Riley
Change management, Communication, Project Management, Agile, Continuous integration
3:00 pm (CDT) 3:45 pm
3:00 - 3:45 pm (CDT)

Case study: Carleton University - managing 600+ single installs

General Lecture Session
Mike Corkum
Deployment, Development, System administration, Performance, Change management, Automation, DevOps, Monitoring
3:00 - 3:45 pm (CDT)

Leading effective WordPress projects with limited resources

General Lecture Session
Sean M. Brown
Management, Professional Development
3:00 - 3:45 pm (CDT)

A content modeling workflow for planning custom post types

General Lecture Session
Amy Grace Wells
Development, HighEdWeb Member, Project Management, Content design
3:45 pm (CDT) 4:15 pm
3:45 - 4:15 pm (CDT)

Snack Break

4:15 pm (CDT) 5:00 pm
4:15 - 5:00 pm (CDT)

Higher ed plugin roundup

General Lecture Session
Stephanie Leary
Plugins
4:15 - 5:00 pm (CDT)

An API for open educational resources

General Lecture Session
Ned Zimmerman
Multisite, Plugins, Back-end development, APIs, Open Educational Resources, Development, REST API, Integrations, Publishing
4:15 - 5:00 pm (CDT)

Future-proofing against the next big change

Panel Discussion
Malik Singleton
Robin Smail
Jeremy Felt
Donna Talarico
Shelley Keith
Governance, Management, System administration, HighEdWeb Member, Change management, Strategy, Agile, Continuous integration, Upgrades
7:00 pm (CDT) 10:00 pm
7:00 - 10:00 pm (CDT)

All fun and games at Delmar Loop

Join us for a casual gathering with drinks and hors d'oeuvres. We'll chat and play games.

There is a variety of nearby restaurants if you want to grab a bigger meal with friends before or after. Delmar Loop has a lot going on so feel free to come and go from Three Kings during the night and check out what the area has to offer.

Saturday, July 14, 2018

9:00 am (CDT) 10:00 am
9:00 - 10:00 am (CDT)

Light breakfast

Simon Hall Foyer

We will provide a light breakfast to start the day.

10:00 am (CDT) 10:45 am
10:00 - 10:45 am (CDT)

The what and why of WordPress security

General Lecture Session
Paul Gilzow
Security, HighEdWeb Member
10:00 - 10:45 am (CDT)

Create accessible navigation from scratch with WordPress

General Lecture Session
Adam Berkowitz
Accessibility, Development, HighEdWeb Member, User interface
10:00 - 10:45 am (CDT)

Where creativity works: building a student recruitment blog with WordPress

General Lecture Session
Sue Jenkins
Marketing, Teaching, HighEdWeb Member, Project Management
11:00 am (CDT) 11:45 am
11:00 - 11:45 am (CDT)

A recipe for success: Kubernetes in higher education

General Lecture Session
Matt Lauer
HighEdWeb Member, Strategy, Continuous deployment, Cloud
11:00 - 11:45 am (CDT)

Boon companion: content strategist as sidekick

General Lecture Session
Jeff Stevens
Content, Governance, HighEdWeb Member, Communication, Collaboration with faculty, Content strategy
11:00 - 11:45 am (CDT)

Designing for reuse: Taxonomies, tagging, and plugins for modular lesson content

General Lecture Session
Kate Reynolds
Plugins, Content, LMS, Content strategy
12:00 pm (CDT) 1:30 pm
12:00 - 1:30 pm (CDT)

Lunch

1:30 pm (CDT) 2:15 pm
1:30 - 2:15 pm (CDT)

The grass is always greener: What do other CMSs offer higher education?

General Lecture Session
John Eckman
Marketing, Development, Strategy, Platform Selection
1:30 - 2:15 pm (CDT)

Access granted: Working with an accessibility mindset

General Lecture Session
Kevin Fodness, PhD
Pattie Reaves
Accessibility, Usability, Development, Monitoring
1:30 - 2:15 pm (CDT)

Using multitenant WordPress to simplify development

General Lecture Session
Aaron Graham
Back-end development, Development, System administration
2:30 pm (CDT) 3:15 pm
2:30 - 3:15 pm (CDT)

Faculty visions meet WordPress' information architecture

General Lecture Session
Joe Bacal
Curriculum, Teaching, Content design, Collaboration with faculty
2:30 - 3:15 pm (CDT)

GutenReady for the Gutenpocalypse

General Lecture Session
Brian DeConinck
Jennifer McFarland
Usability, HighEdWeb Member, User interface, Gutenberg, Change management, Communication
2:30 - 3:15 pm (CDT)

Code is poetry — why code quality really matters

General Lecture Session
Guillaume Molter
Governance, Management, Development, Performance, Professional Development, Change management, Communication, Project Management, Strategy, Testing, Agile
3:30 pm (CDT) 4:15 pm
3:30 - 4:15 pm (CDT)

Scaling with student workers (yes, we give them admin access)

General Lecture Session
Peter Arbaugh
Project Management, Agile
3:30 - 4:15 pm (CDT)

Engaging accepted students through WordPress

General Lecture Session
Joel G Goodman
Development, HighEdWeb Member, Integrations, Strategy
3:30 - 4:15 pm (CDT)

Documentation for developers

General Lecture Session
Katherine White
Development, Project Management, Writing, Support
4:30 pm (CDT) 5:30 pm
4:30 - 5:30 pm (CDT)

Closing Remarks / Door Prizes/ Trivia

7:00 pm (CDT) 11:00 pm
7:00 - 11:00 pm (CDT)

After Party / Karaoke

Karaoke is the name of the game at the WPCampus after-party so be sure to warmup those vocal chords. If singing isn't your forte, no worries. Singing is not required and there's no pressure whatsoever.

Check out the list of songs from our karaoke DJ and see if your song is available.

Whether you like to break out the Bon Jovi or not, we hope you'll join us for drinks, hors d'oeuvres, karaoke, games, and hanging out with new friends.

Sunday, July 15, 2018

1:15 pm (CDT)
1:15 pm (CDT)

Cincinnati Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals baseball game

You do not have to attend the WPCampus conference to go to the game. We welcome the St. Louis WordPress community to join us! You do, however, have to register for this event. Space is limited.

All times are listed in the following timezone: