This PDF gives you a quick visual overview of the exciting web enhancements EDUCAUSE has made to our website to assist Annual Conference participants.

1. In 2010, EDUCAUSE responded to member feedback and enhanced our annual conference
website to provide a robust, user‐friendly, website.
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2. Beginning with the conference program pages, you can now filter and sort the annual
conference schedule by specific topics you are interested in. Selecting a topic from the filter
will provide you with a list of sessions, meetings, and special events that have been tagged
as related to that topic.
These schedule items can then be added directly to your personalized itinerary builder by
clicking the “Add me” button next to the corresponding item. (PLEASE NOTE: You must be
logged into the EDUCAUSE web site and have created a web profile to take advantage of
logged into the EDUCAUSE web site and have created a web profile to take advantage of
this functionality.)
To create a web profile, please go to: https://www.educause.edu/user/register.
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3. In addition to the “Topics” sorting functionality, you can explore the annual conference
program by “Type” of activity. Limit the program elements by the specific types of activities
you are looking for (ex: “General Sessions”, “In the Hot Seat”, “Meeting”, “Poster Sessions”,
etc.)
Then, print out or add the items you want to your schedule.
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4. To connect conference attendees who are attending in Anaheim, we created an interactive
Affinity Finder. Participants can sort through the registered list of attendees and find
colleagues who share a variety of traits with them. If you’re interested in finding some one
who shares your geographic location, topical interests, same functional role, or of a specific
Carnegie Class, the results are just a few clicks away.
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5. Perhaps some of the most exciting enhancements this year take place on the session
specific pages.
Each session’s page contains tabs that offer you access to related videos or media files (if
applicable), bios on the session speaker, a list of attendees who have added that session to
their personal itinerary, and an interactive map of the actual site location to help you
identify where the session will take place.
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6. Also on the session page are two tabs (visible only when you’re logged in) that allow you to
get involved in the discussion thread specific to that session. Comment or Tweet directly
from the page. Twitter posts include the session specific tag to provide for easy monitoring.
Aggregated comments and Tweets appear below the tabs so you can directly follow the
conversation.
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7. 2010 also marks some significant enhancements to our mobile program. Bookmark the
mobile program site above to interact with the annual conference web pages in a format
optimized for your mobile device.
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8. Comment and Tweet on session pages from your mobile phone, while you’re taking part in
the discussion, or find out more about the sessions you’re interested in.
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9. Interactive maps with room locations for each session and conference activities are also
available on your smartphone.
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10. Finally, signs outside of each session room will contain QR codes. Download any one of a
variety of QR code reading apps to your smartphone and scan the sign as you enter the
session. The QR codes will help you quickly identify the session and provide you with more
information.
To find out more about QR codes, read the “7 Things You Should Know About QR Codes” at
http://www.educause.edu/qr.
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