Etherpad

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Etherpad is an open source, real-time, collaborative document editing tool that the IndieWebCamp community often uses to take notes during IndieWebCamps at https://etherpad.indieweb.org/.

How to take notes during IndieWebCamp

• During session scheduling, each session should have a hashtag. Use that hashtag to add a link to the session grid, following the format: https://etherpad.indieweb.org/hashtag
• Open the link to that session's etherpad.
  • If the etherpad has not been used before, copy/paste the template below to start it.
  • Otherwise, if the etherpad has been used before, leave archived notes of previous sessions, enter a few blank lines at the top, then copy/paste the template.
• Fill in the IndieWebCamp city, year, session name, session time, and participants names/URLs. Note the session facilitator beside their name.
• Start taking notes collaboratively under the "Notes" heading.
  • Use * for bulleted lists
  • Use # for numbered lists
  • Avoid indenting for nested lists, instead use multiple, e.g. ** is a second-level bullet

Etherpad Template

IndieWebCamp [city] [year]
Session: [name]
When: [start date and time]

== Participants ==
* [facilitator URL and name] (session faciliator)
* {{addyourself}} or [URL and name]

== Notes ==
* ...add notes

== See Also ==
* ...

[[Category: year]]
[[Category: year sessions]]
[[Category: other]]
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Please note that all contributions to this pad and other IndieWebCamp documents are considered to be released under the public domain according to CC0.

Dumping IndieWebCamp notes

At the end of an IndieWebCamp, the notes will be moved from their etherpads to their respective session’s wiki page. This means moving the contents verbatim and leaving a link to the wiki behind for future visitors. The wiki page should also include a link to the original etherpad. The wiki pages can then be elaborated on and edited to fit the style of the wiki instead of freehand notes.

• Add a one-line dfn naming the session and linking to the IndieWebCamp event page.
  • For example: '''<dfn>Why IndieWeb</dfn>''' was a session at [[2017/Bellingham|IndieWebCamp Bellingham 2017]].
  • This first sentence will appear in the this-week newsletter.
• Add the etherpad URL: Notes archived from: [etherpad url]
• If video is available, add a link to it: Video: {{videoduration|link=https://video.example.com/|duration=12:59}}
  • See Template:videoduration

The following snippet can be put on the etherpad after moving its contents:

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IndieWebCamp [city] [year]
Session: [name]
When: [start time]
Dumped to: https://indieweb.org/[year]/[city]/[tag]
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The tag for a session can be found on the IndieWebCamp’s schedule page.

An example of a session wiki page and etherpad after dumping: 2017/Bellingham/why

See Also

• MediaWiki