[ARCHIVED] Please upvote our South by Southwest (SXSW) EDU Conference PanelPicker Proposal

[jsowalsk]

Hi everyone,

The Division of Information Technology’s Learning Technology Strategy group at the University of Maryland submitted a proposal to South by Southwest (SXSW) EDU Conference PanelPicker entitled “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow: Open Catalog.” This proposal discusses how over the past three years, we have designed, deployed, and supported an institutional Open Catalog platform (Canvas Catalog) which allows for non-credit based, world-wide, professional development offerings. By strategically marketing this service to colleges and departments across campus, we have experienced 500% growth in enrollment, and a completion rate greater than 98%, such that Open Catalog has been embraced as the de facto University-wide standard for non-credit based extended studies.

We would appreciate your votes to be able to present at this conference on March 9 - 12, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

To vote:

• (If you already have an account skip to the section below titled If you already have an SXSW EDU PanelPicker Account. 

1. If you don’t have an account: Please create a PanelPicker account here: https://id.sxsw.com/sign_up.
2. Check your email for an SXSW Account Confirmation email and within the email please select the Confirm my account link 
3. Once you select the Confirm my account link in your email you will be directed to the SXSWEDU PanelPicker platform and search for by typing in or copying or pasting our proposal title: Mighty oaks from little acorns grow: Open Catalog on the left-hand side and then select the Search button
4. A link to the proposal, Mighty oaks from little acorns grow: Open Catalog presentation will appear on the right-hand side and select the link to upvote our talk under Cast Your Vote on the left-hand side navigation
5. Post a comment to your upvote of our proposal at the bottom of the webpage and select the Enter button on your keyboard to submit the comment. “It is important for the community to learn about Open Catalog because _________”
6. Then, you are done.

If you already have an SXSW EDU PanelPicker Account:

1. Please Sign in to your PanelPicker account here: https://id.sxsw.com/sign_in (Links to an external site.)
2. Underneath the sentence: You may now sign in to these applications: Select the PanelPicker button. You will be directed to the SXSWEDU PanelPicker platform
3. Once you are in the platform, search for by typing in or copying or pasting our proposal title: Mighty oaks from little acorns grow: Open Catalog on the left-hand side and then select the Search button
4. The link to the proposal, Mighty oaks from little acorns grow: Open Catalog presentation will appear on the right-hand side and Upvote our talk under Cast Your Vote on the left-hand side navigation
5. Post a comment to your upvote of our proposal at the bottom of the webpage and select the Enter button on your keyboard to submit the comment. “It is important for the community to learn about Open Catalog because _________”
6. Then, you are done.

Community voting and commenting are open from August 5 - 23, 2019, and your strongest words of support will go a long way. You can only vote once per proposal.

Thank you in advance for your support,

Jessica