With numerous users to please, a budget to meet and an exciting array of available technology options, there are many considerations when building an Intelligent Classroom solution. These eight steps will help ensure that you meet the needs of your stakeholders and optimize the placement and use of your technology:

1. Obtain faculty buy-in and input: They are the ones who will use the technology you implement.
2. Keep it simple: Implement the technology you need and make it easy to manage.
3. Provide support: Do you have the staff needed to support the technology you are implementing?
4. Stay current: Regularly review the quality, currency and usefulness of your Intelligent Classroom tools.
5. Be informed: Stay up on the latest technology; it will help you conduct realistic assessments of your equipment.
6. Motivate interaction: Incorporate technology to enable collaborative learning and facilitate movement around the classroom.
7. Make it user-friendly: Make classroom technology simple, friendly and non-intimidating to encourage use by all.
8. Sweat the details: Ponder a variety of scenarios in which your technology will be used and account for the details of each scenario.