LibreFest2021
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LibreFest2021 July 19-23 2021 Schedule (all times EDT)
July 19: Day 1 — Intro & Remixing
12:00-12:10 pm– Welcome to LibreFest (Dr. Brent Krueger)
12:10-1:00 pm — The Evolution of the Textbook (Dr. Justin Shorb)
1:00-2:00 pm — LibreTexts 101 (Dr. Delmar Larsen)
2:00-2:30 pm — Success Stories — Arts & Social Sciences
Crystal Scheib (Anthropology/Archaeology)
Laura Williamson Ambrose (Literature)
2:30-3:00 pm — Break
3:00-3:30 pm — How to Make Remixing Maps (Dr. Josh Halpern)
3:30-4:15 pm– Make Your Own Remixing Map (breakout rooms)
4:15-5:00 pm — Success Stories
July 20: Working day/office hours
2-3 hours of office hours during the 12-5pm range
Homework: Work on your remix. Try to complete 5+ chapters.
Prepare a 2-3 min presentation on the project you are working on this week. You will present this to your peers in a breakout room at the beginning of the workshop on Weds.
July 21: Day 2 — Editing & Advanced Editing
12:00-12:10 pm — Welcome to Day 2/Recap Day 1 and Day 2 preview (Dr. Brent Krueger)
12:10-12:55 pm — Discussion/Presentation – breakout rooms (6-8 per room)
1:00-1:45 pm – Introduction to Page Layouts, Structure, and Accessibility (Dr. Tom Neils)
1:45-2:30 pm — Hands-on Page Layouts, Structure, and Accessibility (breakout rooms)
2:30 – 3:00 pm — Break
3:00 – 3:45 pm — Success Stories – Languages
Caren Parrish (French)
Cristina Moon (Spanish)
3:45-4:45 pm — Advanced Editing Vignettes
Intro to Vignettes: Dr. Brent Krueger
Brian Lindshield (Nutrition)
Paul Seeburger (Math)
Bob Belford (Jupyter/Hypothesis)
July 22: Working day/office hours
1:00-3:00pm — Office hours
Homework: work on editing your page
Prepare a 2-3 min presentation about your page. You will show this to your peers in a breakout room at the beginning of the workshop on Friday.
July 23: Day 3 — ADAPT
12:00-12:05 pm — Welcome to Day 3/Day 2 Recap and Day 3 Preview (Dr. Amber Dood)
12:05-12:50 pm — Discussion/Presentation of your progress on your project (breakout rooms)
12:50-1:40 pm — Introduction to ADAPT (Dr. Delmar Larsen)
1:40-2:20 pm — ADAPT breakout #1
2:20-2:45 pm — Break
2:45-3:45 pm — Licensing (and small group exercise) (Dr. Delmar Larsen)
3:45-4:30 pm — More Advanced ADAPT (Dr. Delmar Larsen)
4:30-5:00 pm — ADAPT breakout — Meeting closing thoughts, reminder of further resources for using LibreTexts
Please note this schedule is subject to change.
Instructional Videos
And for some useful instructional videos for editing/remixing/etc on the LibreTexts YouTube Channel.