Best Practices - Technology Tools
Technology for teaching (Learning and Scholarly Technologies, UW Seattle)
The teaching guides suggest options for using technologies to support your teaching goals. Also check out the Profiles of Technology Use for stories of innovation about educators who are using technology in creative, effective ways.
- Address diverse learning styles
- Promote student collaboration
- Involve students in research
- Organize and manage your course
- Support active learning
- Encourage responsibility for learning
- Enhance presentations
- Facilitate student course evaluation
- Electronic Portfolios and Catalyst Tools: FAQ
- Teaching with e-Portfolios: Technology Tips
- Designing a Portfolio Assignment
- Helping Students Create Successful Portfolios
Blackboard Learn On Demand Learning Center
Best practices
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Balancing Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning in a Blackboard System Brian Morgan, Marshall University Read It! |
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Beginning of the Semester Check List Kevin Reeve, Utah State University Read It! |
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End of Semester Checklist for your Online Course Kevin Reeve, Utah State University Read It! |
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Getting Started with Scholar Dirk Funk, Amarillo Independent School District Read It! |
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Using Blackboard for Problem-based Learning Brian Morgan, Marshall University Read It! |
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Increasing Adoption: Using Wordle for Open Ended Survey Eric Kunnen, Grand Rapids Community College Read It! |
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Delivering Documents to your Students Kevin Reeve, Utah State University Read It! |
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Audio and Video Standards for Online Learning Kevin Reeve, Utah State University Read It! |

