Many schools provide an orientation program for new or returning students as well as directions for using online campus resources. Whatever the format of your course, you are expected to have or to gain technical skills sufficient to meet course requirements. Find out how to tap campus resources for immediate crises, self-help tutorials, and technology consultation. In addition, your instructors will supply a syllabus, course policies, assignments, assessment criteria, and other information for each course. Especially for online work, remember these two essential survival skills: read first, and then ask questions.