Job Description

Job Overview
The instructional designer is a member of the Course Success team and is responsible for ensuring that courses offered by the SoIT are aligned with the SoIT’s ambitious goal of being a global destination for information technology education. We are looking for a mission driven, team oriented, ambitious individual who wants to serve, make a difference, and strives to perform at competitive levels of excellence. The instructional designer will support the various sectors of the SoIT including program and course outcomes’ assessment process, faculty, and student engagement with recent technologies, and be responsible for developing and auditing course modules following the Quality Matters rubrics. This position will help develop course assessments and associated evaluation rubrics and instructional resources for all undergraduate and graduate courses. Further duties include attending meetings as needed statewide and potentially nationwide, maintaining relationships with the College Instructional Design Office, coordinating, and contributing to training sessions, and ensuring the course content meets university accessibility standards.

Essential Functions
Work as part of a team to manage online courses, program development, and resolve Learning Management System (LMS) issues.
Assist faculty and subject matter experts (SMEs) in the development of online and technology-facilitated courses.
Conduct faculty training and develop “best practice” webinars and training materials.
Support the academic programs to implement new technologies and approaches for online learning.
Assist faculty with utilizing web-based resources, multimedia technologies, and instructional software and systems for online course development; collaborate with internal and external business partners that are critical to the success of the course such as faculty, technology/multimedia staff, virtual learning management staff, and department academic support staff to assist with course development, implementation, and problem resolution.
Develop and support current and new online courses according to established procedures; ensure that the developments of instructional materials for online courses are consistent with sound instructional design principles and standards; utilize a variety of software development tools.
Assess the effectiveness of the experiences and revise in response to feedback.
Contribute to ongoing research, evaluation and design of online courses and programs.
Maintain a collaborative relationship and open communication with business partners.
Research, evaluate and integrate new and emerging educational technologies for improving student learning within online courses.
Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at any time.
Required Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Six (6) years of relevant work experience and/or other specialized training can be used in lieu of education requirement.
Required Experience
Two (2) years of experience in course building or course design.

Additional Qualifications Considered
Background in Information Technology content.
Working knowledge in data analytics and outcome reporting, specifically within Learning Management Systems (LMS).
Understanding of the administrative functions, academic programs, and requirements of a university.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Strong experience with implementing the Quality Matters’ rubric.
Proficient in the different software packages needed to develop learning modules.
Proficient in Office Applications such as (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.).
Proficient in accessibility remediation, particularly with Word, PowerPoint, and PDFs.
At least one semester young adult or adult teaching experience.
Physical Requirements/Work Environment
Sitting - Continuously
Application Process
Please submit an online application. Applicants should submit:

Cover letter
Resume
Three references