The popularity of distance education courses is growing. Administrators see DE as a means to improve enrollment figures, increase revenue, and be a part of a "growing" movement. Instructors are being asked to teach distance education courses, but are not being given the training needed.

What should you do when you have spent hours preparing your Web site and syllabus, including notes, bulletin board assignments, and collaborative learning projects but your class is disentegrating before your eyes? Students cannot access the material; they fail to understand assignments; frustration levels rise as students and instructor seek to find solutions to the myriad of difficulties. These occurences are not uncommon. In fact, for many first time distance education instructors, this frustration is part of the process. But, how do you salvage your course?

Based on personal experience as a course designer and on-line educator at Faulkner University, and utilizing information provided by instructors at other institutions, this presentation provides some solutions on how to prevent your class from dismantling before your eyes, and offer tips on what to do if this dismantling process begins.