Walkthroughs are presenter-led demonstrations, e.g. live-coding or running through a Jupyter notebook. Walkthroughs will last 30 minutes, with an additional 15 minutes for questions. There will be 2 walkthroughs per 90 minute session.
A Walkthrough’s aim is to educate the audience about a tool or technique that would be of interest to the community. Ideally, walkthroughs should provide enough detail to enable the audience to walk through themselves in their own time after the conference. It’s important to note that the audience is not expected to follow-along live using their own laptop. Whilst primarily intended for technical topics please don’t be put off from making submissions on non-technical topics if you believe something is suitable.
Planning your submission
Our most successful walkthroughs have been an engaging experience containing a mix of slides and demonstrations. Past presentations have involved swapping between slides and live coding or a demonstration of code, or a notebook or other interactive session.
When planning your walkthrough the goal is to keep your scope narrow and focus on depth of content over breath. For example, focus on leaving attendees with a good understanding of one particular aspect of a tool rather than presenting a broad insight into a range of features but no understanding of where to start.
Note that this conference is a hybrid event and participants will be able to attend your walkthrough remotely. It is expected that walkthroughs should provide an equivalent experience for online and in-person participants (guidance will be provided for accepted submissions). We may not be able to broadcast video of the speakers from all rooms and may be limited to audio and the projected screen (i.e. slides or other software presented).
Consider the following details:
- Title: Make this informative and eye-catching as this will be used in the conference programme.
- Audience: Would your target audience be required to have any prerequisite skills/background knowledge e.g. knowledge of a particular language or software package?
- Outcomes: How will your attendees benefit from your session? What do you expect them to gain/learn?
- Accessibility: We have a complete accessibility guideline set to ensure you make your walkthrough successful. Some key pieces to consider are:
- Have you thought about how accessible your session will be to a diverse conference audience (i.e. different skill sets, different work backgrounds)?
- Visually, have you considered the colors chosen as well as the shape and size of graphics and fonts?
- Will someone who views a recording of your event be able to contact you in future?
You can also use automated accessibility checking tools to help ensure that you haven’t missed anything.
Mentorship
We are happy to provide mentors who can help you put together your session. Mentors can help by reviewing draft slides, listening to a rehearsal, providing advice on making material engaging, reviewing adherence to accessibility guidelines, advising on hybrid delivery etc. You can let us know if you would like a mentor if your submission is accepted.
Resources and accessibility needs
If you have any accessibility requirements for yourself or your walkthrough then please indicate this in the submission.
Wider dissemination after the conference
All materials will be published on the conference website, and recordings will be shared via YouTube. All material will be shared under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence unless an alternative open licence is agreed in advance with the conference committee. Recordings, subtitles, slides, and any additional Q&A will also be made available via Zenodo.