Preparing the campus community:

1. Make it possible for campus members to experiment on a limited basis with the system

• Organize a "Sakai Day" (open house, with presentations, demos, interactions with faculty participants, access to computers, etc.)
• Offer on-site demos
• Provide public access to demo/prototype
• Provide publicly joinable courses for individuals
• Share best practices
• Encourage 'baby steps'

2. Make results of planning efforts visible to others

• Develop public informational Web site
• Set up feedback/inquiry mechanisms
• Publicize availability of pilots, outcomes and recommendations
• Find opinion leaders or early adopters and engage them/work through them

3. Develop the perception that this new system is not complex, is easy to understand and use

• Testimonials and case studies (e.g., podcasts of students and faculty who've used the system)
• Online documentation, self-run tutorials, brief demos
• Peer Support

4. Emphasize the familiar

• Similarities with traditional teaching methods
• Resemblance to the MyUCDavis CMS

5. Show the relative advantage of the new system

• "One-stop shop" for educational, collaboration and research tools
• Support pedagogical innovation
• Shared learning and collaboration environment
• Research environment

6. Engage the campus community

• Needs assessment (focus groups, online surveys, listservs, etc.)
• Recruit vital departments
• Use mass media, interpersonal communications (esp. to address concerns late adopters may have)
• Identify and engage faculty 'champions'