UPA 2007 Call for Participation: Tutorials
Important Dates
- March 30, 2007
- Conference Proceedings material due from presenters
Description
Tutorials are formally prepared sessions at which instructors teach conference participants specific usability or design skills. One-third to one-half of each session must involve audience participation. Session sizes range from 10 to 100 participants. For 2007, we invite new submissions, submissions from previous years and encourage a variety of state-of-the-art topics.
Duration
Full-day (6 hours of instruction) or an evening session (2.5 hours of instruction).
Benefits of Presenting
- UPA pays an honorarium to tutorial instructors based on the number
of registered participants:
Up to 30 registered participants - Base rate of $1,000 for one full-day tutorial, $2,000 for a two-day tutorial, $500 for an evening tutorial. - 31 to 50 participants - Base rate plus $75 for each additional participant in a full day, $37.50 for evening tutorials.
- 51 to 100 participants - Base rate plus $50 for each additional participant in a full day tutorial, $25 for evening tutorials.
- When registration falls below a break-even point (which may be 5 to 10 participants), the tutorial is subject to cancellation by UPA.
- UPA provides printed copies of your tutorial booklet for participants.
Preparing Your Submission
- All submissions must include a description with examples of presentation, handout materials, and background information about the instructor(s) (use templates below).
- Submissions must be 4-10 pages and include a representative example of handouts, such as a 6-10 slides embedded in the proposal or a bullet-point list with brief description of the content of the slides and handouts.
- The maximum file size for submissions is 3 MB. For help in reducing file size, see Microsoft's Reduce the Size of Your Power Point Files (opens in a new window).
- If there is a minimum number of participants needed for an effective tutorial (perhaps a minimum needed to complete exercises), your submission should indicate acceptable minimums, and we will monitor this and keep you posted.
Example Proposals
Thank you to Ellen Story, Kate Gomoll and Sarah Agarwal for permission to use these.
How to Submit
- Download the Tutorials Checklist to ensure that your submission meets the requirements.
- Download and complete the Tutorials Submission Template.
- Download and complete the Presenter Biography Template.
- Submit your proposal on-line. Submissions are closed.
Other Information
- UPA does not cover expenses for any other instructional materials, such as exercises and handouts.
- Tutorial instructors do not receive free or discounted registration for the UPA conference.
- If a tutorial has two or more instructors, the honorarium will be shared among them (unless otherwise arranged).
Tutorials Contacts
- Sheila Carey - scarey@chin.gc.ca
- Deborah Hinderer Sova - deborah@teced.com