The author explores the extent to which online learning resources help level the playing field through mediating the effects of grade point average (GPA) and gender in determining course grades. Study findings reveal that a greater use of online resources can fully offset the effects of gender and partially offset the effects of GPA on the grades that students earn in a blended course combining face-to-face and online components. Implications for future research and practice in fully online and blended course contexts are outlined.