I read with great interest Chapter 5 of the book Teaching Online, focused on creating an effective online syllabus. I was particularly grateful for the author's insistence on effectiveness, and for dividing the chapter in sections that tied that effectiveness to time management: calendaring, specific dates, managing student expectations, late assignments, mapping both geographical and time issues, among others. Great resource. http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415997263/pdf/Teaching_Online_Ch_5.pdf