As online instructors, we are pretty much all there is for a student in terms of the school; there are no offices, no student unions, no landscaped acres, no cafeterias, no dorms, and no sports teams that help in enticing students to stay enrolled. Thus, the student’s experience with the school falls especially heavy on us. (If you teach for a school that also has a traditional campus, this does not minimize your role in retention; one negative learning experience by a student can quickly overshadow all other positives.) Lose a student and not only will the student’s learning for that course be lost but this can also trickle down to the school’s reputation, fewer courses—and less need for instructors! To do all you can to keep your students involved and retained, consider the following.