The author will present a small collection of strategies for face-to-face and synchronous online courses that run in half-session, summer half-session, May-mester, and other shortened formats. All strategies can help mitigate the “drinking from a firehose” effect of accelerated content pacing and long class meetings. These strategies range from big to small, including a game-changing structural shift in content delivery, a few ways to help students manage their progress and feel empowered, and some “grab-and-go” ideas that can be implemented easily in any course.