Arijana , I strongly agree with almost everything you said. Setting the expectations for instructors as well as students as definitively as possible can go a long way toward a successful completion of the course. The only point you mentioned on which I may diverge, is the "log in 2-3 times per day." In my experience, asynchronous environments can vary greatly on the expectations for instructor login. While some may require logins more than once a day, most of the undergraduate programs of which I am aware have a 24 to 48 hour response window for instructors. In some graduate courses, the response time may be within a week. As I indicated above, I completely agree with your focus and priorities as described. I think you're level of expectations are high, but accurate. Keeping expectations high for students and modeling that behavior is also part of our calling. Thank you for your contribution. I hope that adequately responded. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt