This article presents some tips to help students in taking their classes online. Online participants must allow the content, instructor, peers and requirements to permeate their lives. To help students manage their time, they should be provided a Web-based syllabus that details the class. The instructor should always be there for his students, even when he can't be. Some other helpful techniques may be as follows: develop assets that fill the void between the instructor and the student; create relevant, thought-provoking requirements; take advantage of technology and start online classes and meetings with a dose of small talk.