I am a new instructor at my institution. One of the classes I am teaching was previously taught by the department director. I have heard from our Dean how fabulous she was in the course and how much previous students loved her. Well having me teach the course came late in the planning as the dept. director was needed to teach another course related to certification issues. I did speak at length with the prior instructor about her talent and it turns our she has a natural talent and almost photo-graphic memory. Neither of which I have for this subject. To make matters worse, my first session of this class was a bomb! I had the worse AV & computer difficulties (not my fault but still-ugh). So rotten first impression. I was prepared for some disappointed students then I added to it with a bomb class. What I thought would be a fun class for all has been rather anxiety provoking for me. Any tips for recovering? BTW 2nd class was really good.