Hi Brenda, You have captured the beginning of your courses. Inform, inform, inform. You are taking the mystery and/or surprise out of the requirements of your courses. I am continually surprised at the number of students that at the end of the course say “You never told me this was required” and you point to the syllabus and course outline, “Oh but I did”. I have found it helpful to revisit throughout the course the requirements, in two ways, what we have done and what we are going to be doing. They get to see growth and also the challenges that are coming. Gary