Hi Prof. Elliott, Thank you for this excellent outline of procedures for starting up a new online course. Each step helps get the students settled in the flow of the course as well as showing them how they fit within the course. Having taught online courses for a number of years I remember stumbling through all of the procedures and techniques that I slowly discovered as being successful. With any newly emerging format without much history there has to be development. With the extensive experience you have the learning curve won't have to be so sharp for other instructors as they move to online instruction. Again thank you for this guide. Gary