Resources and Guides

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A compilation of resources, best practices, tutorials, and guides to help in the design, development, and delivery of online courses, including creating accessible content, engaging students, and the use of technology to support teaching and learning at UIC.

Course Quality and Universal Design

Accessible Teaching Guidelines

Best practices to make online and remote courses more welcoming and inclusive for students with disabilities.
Blackboard Course Template Import Request

Start the development of your Blackboard course with the proper elements by requesting this template.
Teaching Modalities

Course instructional methods: Reminders, tips, dos, and don'ts.
Quality Matters Design for Digital Accessibility

Using QM to ensure accessibility in courses: Practices and Tools for faculty, administrators, and course developers
Quality Matters Course Design Guide

Bridge to Quality: Phased, iterative guide best applied during a multi-week period set aside for course design.
Quality Matters Course Design Rubric

Specific Review Standards from the QM Higher Education Rubric, Sixth Edition.

Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence

Resources and Guides

Course Quality and Universal Design

Online Teaching Strategies

Tutorials and Online Courses

Search UIC's Learning Objects Repositories

Read Copyright Restrictions on Digitizing Video

Access Teaching Toolkits

Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence (CATE)