Resources

Districts may collect digital accessibility compliance documentation from third-party vendors. This template helps district leaders initiate this process and communicate action items to vendors.

What does an accessible page look like? This infographic illustrates key web accessibility best practices in action, including heading structure, meaningful links, alternative text, color contrast.

These checklists can support a thorough digital audit and help your school track if its PDFs, videos, interactive learning tools, and website comply with WCAG 2.1 best practices.

Developing and maintaining digital accessibility means more than checking a box. This primer offers school leaders a simple starting point for understanding relevant best practices and current accessibility mandates.

Assess your K-12 district’s cybersecurity preparedness with a free self-evaluation. Get scores, gap analysis, and a clear roadmap in under an hour.

This cheat sheet offers a succinct look at slicing settings you or your students can use to ensure their 3D print comes out stable, strong, and accurate.

This framework for K-12 technology leaders and district stakeholders defines the structured lifecycle for responding to and recovering from cyber incidents within an educational environment.

The Salary Explorer is an interactive tool that lets K–12 IT staff in Illinois view self-reported average salaries by role and region, using data from the Learning Technology Center’s 2025 Technology Workplace Survey.

Intentional and strategic integration can ensure technology enhances, not replaces, student-centered learning. This resource highlights five tech integration principles that can amplify authentic tech-powered learning.

Digital balance and digital wellness start at home. This parent-focused guide offers actionable insight and strategies for recognizing signs of excessive tech use, fostering self-regulating tech habits, responsibly managing social media use, and more.

This report offers a detailed look at relevant K-12 workforce trends as well as the professionals who keep school technology operations running smoothly—from managing networks and cybersecurity to leading district technology teams.

Curated by the LTC’s Technology Services team, 11 templates and example playbooks for developing comprehensive incident response plans based on core objectives, actions, and communications.

Conversations from the heart of education and technology with Brian and Linda.

The District Website Checklist is a component of the more extensive Legal Reference Guide published by the Learning Technology Center and is designed to assist school districts in navigating the landscape of legal obligations.

Strengthen your district’s cybersecurity posture with this free guide for technology leaders, which includes step-by-step instructions on how to implement auditing, professional development, incident response and disaster recovery planning, and much more.

What is cooperative purchasing? How can it help your district select trusted tech vendors while saving time, effort, and money? This white paper offers answers + an intro to Illinois’ cooperative purchasing program, ILTPP.

Technology Integration is fundamental for an effective digital learning experience, here’s an Infographic with 8 digital skills every teacher needs to know along side with the best programs to support them!

This document is an adaptation of ISBE’s Computer Literacy guidelines, with added columns for resources and notes. It includes breakouts by grade band (K-1, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12).

Using Google Drive and Docs, this Technology Documentation Guide can help districts more effectively organize critical technology-related documents in a single digital repository.

LTC resource for communicating with vendors about SOPPA and the IL-NDPA.

LTC Resource sharing information about getting started with SOPPA.

LTC Resource sharing a workflow for managing SOPPA in your District.