Professor Zhang Zutao has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to teaching and curriculum development. He is an integral member, lecturer, and partial course leader of numerous national teaching platforms and course resources, including the pioneering national boutique courses, national boutique resource sharing courses, national network courses, national boutique online open courses, national first-class undergraduate courses, and national demonstration centers for experimental teaching of basic mechanics. Within these platforms, Professor Zhang plays key roles such as overseeing the first batch of national quality online open courses in "Mechanical Design," managing the second batch of national quality online open courses in the "College Students' Science and Technology Innovation Series Courses" (consisting of 8 national quality online open courses), leading the first batch of national first-class undergraduate courses in "College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practices," and supervising the national blended first-class undergraduate course in "Mechanical Design." Additionally, he is responsible for the initial English courses in "College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practices" on the international platform "iCourse."

Under his guidance, Professor Zhang has presided over and lectured in 11 national first-class undergraduate courses, emphasizing a teaching approach that combines theoretical instruction with practical guidance to foster innovative talent. His team's efforts have been recognized with accolades such as the second prize in National Teaching Achievement in 2022, two special prizes in Sichuan Teaching Achievement in 2021 (ranking first and fifth), and a first prize in Sichuan Teaching Achievement in 2017 (ranking first). Over the past two decades, Professor Zhang's team has mentored students in competitions like the "National College Students Mechanical Innovation Design Competition" and the "China-US Youth Creative Competition," garnering over 190 awards, including an international first prize, a national special prize,33national first prizes,37national second prizes, and more than 70 provincial, ministerial, and institutional level awards. The team's achievements in fostering student innovation and creativity were highlighted on CCTV News on July 13,2015, as part of the program "National Comprehensive Implementation of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform."