Update: Sakai UCamp planning

[Barbara Glover]

Hi all,
Just back from a successful UCamp at JA-Sig and have some ideas to  
share.  We have the Sakai Design meeting this evening at 5pm EST/ 2pm  
PST and so this may be a topic there.

Tomorrow Sakai UCamp Planning Meeting: - Thursday, November 15th,   
1pm PST/ 4pm EST
> ** This meeting can go over a few minutes as most people were open  
> for the 2pm PST / 5pm EST time slot as well.  I have to leave by  
> 5:30pm EST.
** This time seemed to work for the most people.  Feel free to join  
late if you need to as well.  Or email ideas if you cannot attend.

General Thoughts & Suggestions:
- UCamp is a "camp" so it should be interactive, educational and fun  
(think summer camp with a UCD focus).
- if you want to do a talk, make it interactive (have the group do a  
mini UX walkthrough in small groups or contextual inquiry).  People  
learn by doing.
- make a "talk" into more of a "workshop" with some small exercises  
prepared ahead of time if possible

Format:
 From our recent brainstorming talk last week we received a lot of  
great ideas for the UCamp.  And came up with a basic format of talks/ 
workshops in the morning focused around more advanced UCD topics (UX  
walk-throughs, contextual inquiries, etc) and the afternoon  
collaborating with the developers on a project.

Draft Timeline;
8:30 - 8:45 - greetings and coffee - everyone
8:45 am - Welcome to the Sakai UCamp and Overview - Barbara
9am - 12 - various talks/workshops about UCD topics - Interested  
presenters needed
12:30-1:30 pm - lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm - collaborative (Sprint) - Developers + Designers
4:30pm - 4:45pm - Wrap up

Collaborative (Sprint) Topic:
- Colin has a good idea for the sprint project, namely redesigning  
the Preferences tool for Sakai and tying in some of the work for  
Fluid More Tabs component.  Colin will include a more definitive  
description at meeting.

Conclusion:
- If you cannot make today's meeting (as many are traveling or out of  
town) we will recap any new details for the Sakai UCamp at tomorrow's  
meeting.

cheers
Barbara



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