Has anything about the Unconference been decided?

[kmeeusen]

Just trying to plan my adventure in Kumbayah land.

[jamely]

Although there isn't a whole lot of action at the moment, there is a group for the InstCon Unconference 2016​. There is also a poll that you can take part of if you are interested 😜

[kmeeusen]

Yep, been there, done that, bought the souvenir T-shirt and coffee mug. Just waiting for an announcement.

[mhintze · Accepted solution]

Yes, the UnConference/EdCamp will be Tuesday, July 19, 8am-3pm with a break for lunch. More details soon

[KristinL]

Sounds fun!! Hopefully we can get flights out Monday night so we can catch most of EdCamp!

[sbeck1]

What exactly is the unconference agenda? We are just moving to Canvas, so very curious about this.

[kmeeusen]

Hi Shandy!

First, welcome to Canvas and the Canvas Community!

Last year's InstructureCon was the first time they experimented with the concept of an "Unconference". It is called an "unconference" because there is no set agenda. Instead, participants throw out topic ideas, then they vote on the top 4 or six topics (can't remember the number exactly), find champions for those topics, and everybody bugs out to separate meeting rooms for their topics of choice. The topic discussions are typically 2+ hours long, and everybody participates by sharing ideas, asking questions, answering questions etc. Then everybody rotates out to the next topic session of choice. The Unconference is held all day during the day of Pre-conference sessions at InstructureCon.

In other words, it is a partially organized and directed series of networking sessions, which is typically one of the most valuable activities at any conference.

Oh yah, and they are a hoot, they're free, and you get lunch!  Life is good!

As a Canvas newbie, I strongly recommend that you attend InstructureCon 2016 if you can. We first migrated to Canvas in 2012, our college had not yet even been hooked up with its instance of Canvas, and my office partner and I attended InstCon '12. Best decision we could have made. We went there knowing next to nothing about Canvas, and left there as knowledgeable Canvas devotees. We have gone every year since.

I hope this helps.

Agent K

[kona]

My recommendation is to join the InstCon Unconference 2016​ group in the Community and then check out the following two discussions about how it worked/functioned last year - InstCon UnCon 2015 - Setup and Discussions? & Reviewing InstCon UnCon 2015

My guess is that it will probably be similar (but even more amazing) to last year! Overall the Unconference was probably one of my favorite things at last year's InstCon and I highly recommend attending it this year!

[kmeeusen]

Thanks Kona! I knew there was something I was forgetting!