All sessions were recorded and are available via the schedule on this page and the WPCampus Learning Library.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Opening remarks
Bring a cup of coffee (or whatever you like) and start the day with WPCampus Director, Rachel Cherry, for a few pro tips and remarks about the event.
Lightning talks
Lightning talks are short presentations designed to pique your interest on a topic. Talks will be back to back and not concurrent.
Automation Tools Can Help Your Sprints Work Smarter, Not Harder
Who is this session for?
scrum masters, product owners, project managers, developers, programmers, engineers, server managers, change managers, strategists, UX/UI
Extending the REST API
Who is this session for?
Developers
See What I Mean?: Data Visualization in WordPress
Who is this session for?
Javascript developers
15-minute break
End to End Accessibility Testing
Who is this session for?
Engineers and product owners
Using Neurodesign to Increase RFI Conversions
Who is this session for?
Marketing Professionals, Web Developers and Designers
15-minute break
The Future of WordPress
Who is this session for?
University IT Department and Developers
Using Google Classroom to teach a community WordPress course
Who is this session for?
Educators, folks who teach WordPress to others, support staff.
15-minute break
How to Easily Manage Multiple WordPress Sites
What is “Hijack” and how does it help prospective students when they can’t visit campus?
Who is this session for?
Those interested in marketing and recruitment. The solution offered is based on WordPress, so those seeing how WP used with a React front-end may also be interested.
Waiting for the Host: Campus Events and the Pandemic Pivot
Accessibility For Non-Developers
Update on Gutenberg accessibility audit
Who is this session for?
Content editors, creators, and technology procurement specialists
15-minute break
How I Learned to Stop Worrying About My Theme, and Love WordPress
Who is this session for?
All audiences in higher ed - faculty, staff, and students
The new Mobile Site and Native App Accessibility Testing Guidelines
Who is this session for?
Accessibility people
15-minute break
Telling Geospatial Stories with WordPress
Who is this session for?
developers, instructional technologists, or anyone involved in creating tech for teaching/learning
The Five Ws of Decoupled Websites
Who is this session for?
This presentation will be most beneficial to developers and tech leads considering decoupled architectures
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Five Ways To Make Your Projects and Events More Diverse
Who is this session for?
Any person who cares about making their community or environment a better place.
15-minute break
The Evolving Role of the WordPress Administrator
Who is this session for?
WordPress administrators (i.e. anyone responsible for rolling out updates to core or themes/plugins to end users)
Improving Website Performance: A Case Study and Steps You Can Take
Who is this session for?
Developers
15-minute break
Anatomy of a Great Faculty Website
Who is this session for?
Marketing and communications teams. The talk is focused more on content development than the code behind our faculty theme. (Although I'll have some good code examples sprinkled in for good measure.)
Writing for Atomic Design: How to Create Content in a Pattern Library
Who is this session for?
Content designers, web team managers, content owners/subject matter experts
15-minute break
Collaboration: There Must Be a Better Way
AI 101: How artificial intelligence can help educators publish more, publish faster, and publish better
Who is this session for?
Technical leaders, content creators, and marketers excited to explore how machine learning and artificial intelligence can simplify content creation, accelerate authorship, and eliminate painful manual tasks
Trivia game
Join our official game maker, Brian DeConinck, for an exciting round of trivia and prizes.
The trivia game will be hosted in Zoom. The Zoom URL is available via your account page.
Practical Ethics for the Modern Web Designer
Who is this session for?
This is for everyone
Feeling Good: Why Positive Relationship-Building is The Critical Outcome of WordPress Documentation, User Support, and Training
Who is this session for?
anyone involved in a distributed web publishing environment
15-minute break
Digging Into Privacy
Who is this session for?
Anyone interested in privacy, but especially site managers, developers, and those that choose plugins or build sites.
Object-Oriented Strategies for Custom WPGraphQL Extensions
Who is this session for?
Web Developers of all kinds, Server Administrators
15-minute break
Building a self-publishing platform with Multisite
Who is this session for?
University Website Administrators and IT Managers who want to streamline website management.
Be an Accessibility Anti-Hero
Who is this session for?
This session is geared towards both marketing teams and PMs who are faced with the challenge of justifying the budget for accessibility initiatives.
Happy Hour Game Night
Join us and the team at Pantheon for a Happy Hour Game Night!
We'll socialize and play games. Grab your favorite snack (or meal), water, soda, or cocktail. Whatever makes you comfortable.
Leave when you need to. We'll hang out on the Zoom until everyone has gone.
Everything will take place in Zoom. The Zoom URL is available from your account page.