"S.I.D.E. Road - Success in Distance Education" project aims at assisting current and prospective Distance Learning (DL) students in having a successful distance learning experience and maximizing their comfort level when taking DL courses. "S.I.D.E.Road" is an original Long Beach City College (LBCC) Instructional Technology Development Center (ITDC) project, available on the Web or as a CD. The project addresses the well-known DL challenges of retention and success by providing students with tools that they can use to develop skills necessary for success in a DL environment. At the same time, "S.I.D.E. Road" helps students to increase their motivation, confidence and sense of accountability by assigning them an active role in understanding their own role and responsibility prior to, and during, their DL experience. More specifically, the challenges that DL students face may include procrastination, short concentration span, difficulties in following written text/media generated directions, or insufficient Internet or technology skills. In order to succeed in their classes, the most significant skills that DL students need to acquire in order to succeed in this mode of learning are (1) learning skills: tools and behaviors that keep the students motivated, disciplined, and in charge of their own learning, (2) basic Internet skills: working with computers and browsers to access the Internet; this includes the ability to identify resources both on campus and online that would help students handling academic and administrative issues throughout their distance learning experience, and (3) communication and collaboration skills: interacting with other students in the course, the course instructor, and other course resources.