1. Willingness to take risks.

 2. Clear support from top administration.

 3. An institutional mission that values teaching and that is student-centered.

 4. A small staff of hard-working, dedicated, flexible, creative, and patience staff.

5. Strong working relationship with your technical infrastructure team.

6. Good working relationships with Registration and Library teams.

7. Confidence in the strength of the World-Wide-Web as an instructional medium. 

8. Financial Support (MONEY). 
 

 
A. Get necessary approvals and buy-ins. 

          C. Develop a consistent 'look & feel' by identifying:

          * a graphic artist (can outsource)

          * fonts, colors, and screen width standards

          * HTML site management software (like FrontPage2000)

          * navigational strategies with a general course template (like BlackBoard or WebCT)

          D. Simultaneously identify courses and services to be offered for version 1.0, such that:

          * the courses have adequate enrollment

          * services offered (tech-support, registration, bookstore, library, & advising) are simplified

          * the instructors are ready and eager to go

 
• Get version one done ASAP - Change and revision are inevitable

 
• Don't reinvent the wheel - Take advantage of the mistakes and successes of others

 
• Get started without delay and keep moving forward

 
• Collect lots of evaluation and feedback data - use it to upgrade the presentation

 
• Take a global long-term view so you can adjust to the many challenges you will face