Create a title page for the survival guide that outlines the course name and professor's contact information. Provide all of the professor's contact information for the online class on the title page. Include information such as telephone numbers, email addresses and office locations that the student can use for the online class. Achieve good communication between the professor and the student with a thorough student survival guide.
Outline details of how the student can practice good time management and study skills. Include various websites the student can visit for information on learning time management and study skills. Give the student as many resources as possible to be successful. Enforce the importance of time management and study skills within the student survival guide.
Construct course assignments and objectives that are clear to the student, and provide detailed information on how to complete the course. Create steps in the student survival guide to help the student complete the online class successfully. Include assignment due dates and the specifications of the assignment. Establish clear rules for late and incomplete assignments.
Provide ways the student can give feedback and monitor class progress. Designate areas where the student can give feedback and respond to other students. Achieve goals in the class by fostering healthy relationships between professor and student. Include methods in the student survival guide that allow the student to improve in weak areas.