Teaching Toolbox :: Educational Technologies at Missouri, Mizzou

Teaching Toolbox

ET@MO hosts a variety of events and informational sessions on a breadth of topics impacting teaching and learning. Below, we have assembled a range of handouts, guidelines, and recommendations for your convenience. Note that some materials are presented during face-to-face discussions while others are meant to serve as stand-alone resources. We are pleased to work one-on-one or with your entire department on any of these topics.

Supporting Teaching During a Pandemic Flu Season

FAQ for MU Instructors [PDF]
FAQ for Department Chairs [PDF]

Faculty Guide to Teaching and Learning with Technology

The ET@MO Faculty to Guide to Teaching and Learning with Technology [PDF format] is a comprehensive guide that compiles tips and recommendations including guides that illustrate pedagogical design issues. The chapters are listed below:

Planning a technology-enhanced course
Online program planning
Legal issues: copyright, accessibility and FERPA
Developing course materials and documents
Classroom technology
Customizing your Blackboard course site
Digital media
Assessment
Building a community in the cyber classroom
Course and program evaluation
Survival guide to teaching online

Planning and Teaching with Technology

Using Student Response Systems
Six Things to Think About When Planning Web-Assisted Courses - Tips and guidelines to consider when preparing a course for online offering
Concept Mapping in the Virtual Classroom - Guidelines and recommendations on using concept mapping in your teaching
Discussion Board Rubrics - Helpful guideand sample rubrics for grading discussion board postings in your online course
Teaching with the Case Study Method

Sample Statements for your Syllabus

Our sample syllabus is available in rich text format (.rtf) for you to download and use. It contains sections on the following topics:

Online course site access
Classroom performance system (clickers
Expectations from a Web-enhanced course
Grading rubric for discussion board posts
Online class ettiquette (Netiquette)
Academic Integrity
Intellectual pluralism
ADA
Grievance policy

Digital Citizenship: Legal Issues Affecting Teaching & Learning

A condensed overview of legal issues affecting teaching and learning is in the Faculty Guide to Teaching and Learning with Technology. More detailed handouts on these topics are linked below.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) – Overview of FERPA guidelines and links to related resources
FERPA Considerations in Blackboard – Overview of how the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 applies to tools and methods in Blackboard
Important Information for Using Third Party Resources – Overview of considerations when using off-campus resources for students. Third-party sites, such as those promoted by book publishers, are often not secure and may use students' data for non-approved purposes. Posting grades on an outside server is a possible FERPA violation
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights – Overview of copyright rights and responsibilities and how it applies to digital media
Helping Students Respect Copyright Law – Practical tips for helping students understand that they also have rights and responsibilities
Permission and Release Form Examples - Ready-to-use forms for general release, video release, personal contributions, and use on the Web
Academic Honesty Recommendations and Resources – Handout summarizing practical tips to encourage academic honesty including links to online resources
Universal Design and the American Disabilities Act (ADA) – Overview of ADA issues for instructors and suggestions for planning usability