WPCampus 2020 Online is an online conference for the WPCampus community, a gathering of web professionals, educators, and people dedicated to the confluence of WordPress in higher education.
The event will take place on July 29-30, 2020. The event was rescheduled from its initial dates.
The two-day online conference event will cover a variety of topics, all focused on the growth of higher education, accessibility, WordPress, and its people. Our event will include a variety of formats, including general lectures, lightning talks, sponsor demonstrations, and trivia!
Our entire program is focused on higher education and accessibility, which allows for a richer and more fine-tuned experience for our community and attendees. You’ll never want to miss a session because they’re tailored just for you, a web professional who builds WordPress websites for higher education.
Take advantage of online discussions with presenters and fellow attendees who know what it’s like to build websites in higher education. Share with, learn from, and be inspired by, your peers.
We will provide live captioning for all conference programming.
Visit the WPCampus conferences page to learn more about our previous conferences: WPCampus 2019 (in Portland, Oregon), WPCampus 2018 (in St. Louis, Missouri), WPCampus 2016 (in Sarasota, Florida), WPCampus 2017 (in Buffalo, New York), and our annual virtual conference, WPCampus Online.
Status of the event
WPCampus 2020 has pivoted to an online conference due to COVID-19 and re-scheduled to convene in New Orleans for WPCampus 2021. We are extremely grateful that Tulane University IT in New Orleans has agreed to continue to be our in-person venue sponsor. Subscribe to our newsletter for updates.
The schedule
The schedule will run from 9:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time on Wednesday, July 29, and Thursday, July 30.
How to attend the online event
Attending WPCampus 2020 Online will be as simple as visiting the WPCampus 2020 online website.
Registration is required to access the event. We will provide live captioning for all conference programming.
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How much will the event cost?
WPCampus 2020 Online is a free event thanks to the generous support of our sponsors.
Who will be there?
Members of the Higher Education, Accessibility, and WordPress communities from all over the globe. We welcome faculty, staff, students, and professionals dedicated to Accessibility and Higher Education.
Join us for WPCampus 2021
WPCampus 2020 was supposed to take place in New Orleans at Tulane University. We plan to travel to New Orleans for WPCampus 2021 and hope you can join us!
Accessibility statement
Accessibility is a top priority at WPCampus. We build our own website platform to ensure all of our experiences are accessible to all users who wish to participate. All videos will include captioning. If, at any time, you find an experience inaccessible to you, or you have any questions, please let us know.
Code of Conduct
WPCampus seeks to provide a friendly, safe environment. All participants should be able to engage in productive dialogue. They should share and learn with each other in an atmosphere of mutual respect. We require all participants to adhere to our code of conduct. This applies to all community interaction and events.
If you are being harassed, or have any other concerns, please locate a conference organizer or volunteer. You can find all organizers on Slack if needed. If preferable, you can submit a report online, which allows for anonymity. Visit our Code of Conduct page for more information.
Why WPCampus?
Thus far, there have been numerous niche WordPress conferences aiming toward for-profit initiatives and geared toward businesses, marketers, or eCommerce site owners. The concept for WPCampus is an education-focused, non-profit event that will allow people to share and learn about WordPress in the world of Higher Education.
Much like online businesses or blogging, higher education is a world of its own with unique challenges, content, stakeholders, and target audiences. Higher education is WordPress at the enterprise level but we don’t worry so much about which e-commerce plugin is best. Instead, we’re more concerned with managing large-scale networks of faculty blogs, abiding with FERPA and accessibility regulations, and implementing tools to promote research data.
WPCampus members are using WordPress to power learning management systems, intranets, large university websites, and whatever else is needed to support their institution.
The world of higher ed is a great candidate for utilizing WordPress to its full potential, whether it’s using the powerful CMS to stretch limited resources or using its API capabilities to share information and break down silos.
How WPCampus began
This conference (and community) is the brainchild of Rachel Cherry, a web engineer with a passion for all things WordPress and higher education. She loves going to WordCamps but there was never content focused on the topics she wanted to discuss as a higher education web specialist. The idea for the conference all started with a tweet in August 2015 and has since formed into a widespread community of over 1000 members and 7 conferences.
Ooh. Dream with me: "#WordCampus: A WordCamp for folks using #WordPress in Higher Education." I like it. #heweb https://t.co/m1zEkpkP4B
— Rachel Cherry (@bamadesigner) August 3, 2015
How to get involved
If you are not already a member of the WPCampus community, we invite you to follow @wpcampusorg on Twitter and visit the main WPCampus site to learn more about how to get involved. We have a thriving Slack channel and would love to have you join the conversation.
WPCampus events are not WordCamps and are not affiliated with the WordPress Foundation.
Our sponsors
Our event will be free thanks to the generous support of our sponsors. Check out their services and let them know how grateful we are for their support.
