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I was a first-time attendee this year, and I had a wonderful time at InstructureCon! I learned a lot, met some great people, and really enjoyed the experience overall. A few more specific pros/cons/suggestions below (imho): Sessions Pro: Lots of great topics to choose from in the various breakout sessions. Con: All of the sessions I went to were pretty talky and not very interactive. There wasn't generally much time for Q&A or for more in-depth engagement with the speakers where they could show you in more detail HOW they were accomplishing some of the various things they were doing. Pro & Con: I'll also say that in the sessions led by instructure folks (roadmap, quizzes, etc.) it was great to see more details about what is on the horizon. But, while I totally get that timelines have to be flexible, even wide windows of potential release dates were hard to come by. It would be great if some of that could be worked out in advance, so the presenters can feel comfortable sharing at least tentative timelines for changes/ new features. Suggestion: Maybe sessions with a potential interactive/hands-on component could be given a longer timeslot and maybe a room with tables to accommodate people bringing laptops? Maybe you could use one of the booths or rooms to set up a few computers and schedule some small-group follow-up discussions/work sessions with willing presenters. The "open lounge" could have been a good spot for this, but it was nearly empty any time I wandered over there. Staff Pro: Plenty of staff on hand to point you in the right direction, hand out ponchos, give you a demo in one of the booths, etc. and everyone was super friendly. Special shout-out to the dev folks in the UX tent! They were all very nice, willing to share what they're working on, and really receptive to feedback. Con: None. Everyone was lovely. Location Pro: It was frickin beautiful in Keystone. The mornings were lovely, and there is no way to control the monsoons, so I wasn't bothered by the rain itself. The rooms were generally large enough to accomodate the audience, and while travel between buildings was sometimes a hassle, I think it was a reasonable tradeoff for the location. Con: Not enough places to get out of the rain during meals/events. Handing out ponchos was a great idea, and I had rain gear, but by the last night, I was a little tired of standing in the rain. Social Media Pro: I use Twitter pretty heavily when attending conferences, because it's how I document the experience for later review and share it with colleagues in real-time. The social media folks seemed to be pretty on top of sharing things via twitter and retweeting interesting posts, so I appreciated that. Con/Suggestion: It would be great to have an easy way to find the presenters on Twitter (if that's something they use). Not everyone is searchable by name, so maybe social media links from the session info in the app or from the event page on the community site would be helpful? ... View more

Hi there! I had to miss this session nuras196, but I am SUPER interested in using this tool or something similar at our university. Is there any chance you'll be sharing your slides or some other details from your presentation? I would love to know what other options besides WalkMe you evaluated, and what made it your top choice? I'd also be interested in which topics you created walkthroughs for  first (i.e. what was the lowest hanging fruit for your audiences?). Thanks! ... View more

I agree! This was great, and  I don't have tableau, but I'd love to examine some of the data visualization examples from the session in more detail. ... View more

FYI: The link to instructions for what to do if badges don't show up on your profile is broken (at least for me). It says "Access to this place or content is restricted. If you think this is a mistake, please contact your administrator or the person who directed you here." ... View more

Thanks to everyone who was willing to chat and share your super cool course hacks last night! Even though some of it is totally Greek to me, it was great to see what folks are working on! ... View more

I had a lovely time at game night, and made a couple of new friends in the bargain!! This is a great event, so thanks to everyone who brought games and helped us n00bs learn how to play! ... View more

I've noticed this too because of the HUGE spacing that would happen whenever a header had to wrap around (especially on smaller screen sizes). So, I started using the "line-height" attribute to fix it, and it's been working out pretty well. Here's the link to W3 school's section on line-height if you're interested in playing around with your HTML on the page. ... View more