September 2008 Authoring Summit

Summit Overview

The Content Authoring Summit is a chance for Sakai community members to get together in a working session focused on project planning, design and development brainstorming, and general participation in the next "big thing" for Sakai!

Summit Outcomes

To-Do List:

Get model descriptions for: (Peter to organize results)
- Portfolio
- SRG
- OpenSyllabus
- Simple Page
Experiment to try to render models and flex model
Draft a statement/summary of agreement on page assembly functionality (Michael)
Document/describe the "three levels" (Michael)
"Entitize" current high priority tools/items (Michael to provide list)
- Aaron to document existing steps, Anthony to clean up
- Agree on criteria that need to be met (select and create) & circulate on dev
- Work on high priority entity types (who? Cambridge, ASU, Michigan, Indiana)
Start UX work on widgets and item picking (Nathan, Mathieu)
- User testing with prototypes
Next call Friday, 17 Oct 2008 (Peter to schedule)

Proposed Agenda

The proposed agenda is posted on the page named (wait for it) Proposed Agenda. This is based on items that were suggested in several other pages:

September 2008 Authoring Summit suggested label (tag): SakaiAuthoring08

See also, Michael's document .
And also, Enhanced Web View of Resources

Travel & Lodging

Suggested hotels:

Both are walking distance to campus and there is a shopping center nearby so a car isn't necessary.

If arriving by plane:

The campus and hotels are about 15 miles from Detroit Metro Airport (DTW). The airport lists sample prices for two taxi services at airport transportation. One-way price (DTW to Dearborn) for Checker Sedan is listed as $45. One-way price (DTW to Dearborn) for Metro Airport Taxi is listed as $31. Both Checker and Metro say up to four people can ride for the price of one.

If arriving by train:

The campus is about 2.4 miles from the Dearborn Amtrak station (map). The hotels are about 2 miles from the station. Three trains arrive from Chicago each day (2:46 p.m., 6:22 p.m. and 11:59 p.m.). Taxis will be waiting at the station. Email Jim if you're arriving by train and I may be able to pick you up at the station (be sure to tell me how many bicycles you'll be bringing).

Sharing rides from airport/train station:

If you are interested in connecting with other people at the airport or Amtrak station to share a ride (rental car, taxi, etc) to one of the hotels, please add your arrival times and other information to the RideShare page.

Sign-Up List

Please add your name or your institution's name to these meetings if you're interested in attending.

Name	Organization	Attending?	Comments/Expectations/Ideas	Technology/Design
Michael Korcuska	Sakai Foundation		Not sure who we would send
Aaron Zeckoski	CARET, Cambridge			Technology

Noah Botimer	University of Michigan	Clickable prototypes	Technology
Jim Eng	University of Michigan		Technology
Anthony Whyte	Sakai Foundation/University of Michigan		Technology
Colin Clark	Fluid Project, University of toronto		Both
Joshua Ryan	Arizona State University		Technology and a touch of design
Nicolaas Matthijs	University of Cambridge	Depends on progress before meeting, agenda and attendance	Technology and design
Ian Boston	University of Cambridge	Depends on progress before meeting, agenda and attendance	Technology
John Norman	University of Cambridge	Depends on progress before meeting, agenda and attendance	Design and planning (resources)
Antranig Basman	CARET, University of Cambridge		Technology
Sacha Lepretre	CRIM	I come	Both
Mathieu Plourde	University of Delaware		Design
Mark J. Norton	Self		Technology
Peter A. Knoop	Sakai Foundation University of Michigan		Design/Technology
Steve Smail	Sakaibrary, Indiana University		Technology
John Leasia	University of Michigan		Technology, UX
Beth Kirschner	University of Michigan		Technology
Tiffany Marra	University of Michigan		Design and Pedagogy
Matthew Jones	University of Michigan		Both
Erica Ackerman	University of Michigan		Design
Zhen Qian	University of Michigan		Both
Savitha Prakash	University of Michigan		Both
Clay Fenlason	Georgia Tech
Claude Coulombe	Université de Montréal	I will be here!	Technology/Design
Salwa Khan	Texas State University	I plan to attend	Design
Yuanhua Qu	Texas State University	I plan to attend	Technology
Sean Michael DeMonner	University of Michigan	Other commitments may preclude attendance	Design
Steven Githens	Indiana	The Future	Technology
Nicola Monat-Jacobs	New York University	We would try to send someone	Technology/Design
Barbra Mack	New York University	I plan to attend	Technology/Design
Maggie Lynch	Oregon Health & Science University	Need to evaluate budget	Pedagogy & UI
Damian Sobieralski	Sakaibrary, Indiana University	Polycom or Skype enabled would be nice to have as an option if a traveling budget cannot be had	Technology
Nathan Pearson	Sakai Foundation	Would like a committed team to a project. Project details are secondary.	Design
Martin Ramsay	CEATH Copany (LAMP Project)	the Appalachian College Association LAMP project has seen this as an issue	Design

Pages tagged with "SakaiAuthoring08"

Authoring Prototype Demos (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: planning, sakaiauthoring08, entitypicker, simplepage, opensyllabus, sakaibrary, prototype, sousa

Authoring Summit - Desired Outcomes (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: sakaiauthoring08, expectations, outcomes, projectmanagement

Authoring Summit - Project Planning (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: planning, process, sakaiauthoring08, topics, structure, list, projectmanagement

Authoring Summit - Proposed Agenda (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: requirements, planning, conferencecall, sakaiauthoring08, expectations, event, projectmanagement, agenda

Authoring Summit - Technical issues (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: fluid, planning, sakaiauthoring08, widget, technical, linking, projectmanagement

Authoring Summit - UI and UX issues (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: brainstorming, ux, ui, requirements, sakaiauthoring08, projectmanagement

Authoring Summit - Use Cases (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: contauthreq, requirements, planning, sakaiauthoring08, expectations, usecases

Authoring Summit RideShare (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: sakaiauthoring08

Authoring Taxonomy (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: definition, taxonony, terms, sakaiauthoring08, list

Authoring Use Cases (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: planning, sakaiauthoring08, expectations, usecases

Conditional Release of Entities (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: entity, ux, ui, requirements, mockup, release, sakaiauthoring08, sequencing, conditional

Document Structure (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: requirements, planning, mockup, sakaiauthoring08, technical, prototype

Drag and Drop (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: entity, ux, ui, requirements, planning, mockup, sakaiauthoring08

Enhanced Web View of Resources (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: contauthreq, folders, requirements, resources, sakaiauthoring08, usecases

Entity Picking Mockup (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: entity, ux, ui, requirements, mockup, sakaiauthoring08, list

How Fluid Can Help With Sakai Authoring (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: fluid, ux, ui, requirements, sakaiauthoring08, technical, accessibility

Mark's Authoring Concepts (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: contauthreq, requirements, planning, sakaiauthoring08, expectations, list

OpenSyllabus Home (Contrib: OpenSyllabus) Labels: sakaiauthoring08, opensyllabus, osyl, contauthreq, home

Page Ordering and Hierarchy (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: ux, ui, requirements, resources, mockup, sakaiauthoring08, prototype

Sept 12, 2008 Minutes (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: planning, minutes, conferenccecall, sakaiauthoring08, expectations, projectmanagement

September 2008 Authoring Summit (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: travel, overview, sakaiauthoring08, lodging, home, projectmanagement

Session Time-Out Alert (Release Management) Labels: wysiwyg, timeout, sakaiauthoring08

Simple Entity Linking (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: entity, ux, ui, requirements, mockup, sakaiauthoring08

Sousa Learning Design (Contrib: Sousa) Labels: sakaiauthoring08, ux, ui

Task List (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: entity, requirements, planning, sakaiauthoring08, expectations, technical, list, projectmanagement

Three Authoring Levels (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: contauthreq, framework, overview, sakaiauthoring08, outcomes

What Should an Entity Look Like? (DG: Development (Building Sakai)) Labels: 3akai, contauthreq, entity, ux, ui, requirements, planning, vignette, sakaiauthoring08, list

Summit Details

When: September 23-25
Where: University of Michigan - Dearborn Campus (maps and directions), in the Professional Education Center (building marked "PEC" at left side of Campus Map). You are invited to view and edit this custom Google map to help visitors get around the UMich Dearborn campus.

Remote Participation

We will attempt to enable remote participation using the Sakai Web Bridges. Sessions in the Proposed Agenda marked as "Full Session" and the Wednesday afternoon session on Requirements and Project Planning will be in Sakai002. The Wednesday afternoon session on Technical Issues and any ad hoc sessions on Tuesday or Wednesday will be in Sakai001.

Connection information for Sakai002:
- IP Address: 156.56.240.9
- Telephone: 812-856-7060
- Conference Code: 350
- PIN: 72524

Connection information for Sakai001:
- IP Address: 156.56.240.9
- Telephone: 812-856-7060
- Conference Code: 348
- PIN: 72524

It's likely that remote participation will be mostly one-way (essentially broadcast of the proceedings to anyone who chooses to connect), but if a remote participant wishes to speak, we will try to make that work also. If you are participating remotely and want to be heard, we encourage you to maintain an IM session with someone in the room who can help you get the floor or relay comments for you.

Proposed Discussions (Agenda Items)

Please add your thoughts within the following pages: