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'