Job Description

Instructional Designer

Position Type: Admin/Professional
Department: Office of Graduate Education
Full or Part Time: Full Time
Pay Grade: MN9

Summary:

This position supports the college or department’s instructional design/technology initiatives by informing and training faculty and staff of current instructional technologies, providing support to faculty in their use of technology and media, providing instruction on the effective implementation of technologies within the curriculum, developing effective multimedia content, and designs intended course structure to each individual learning objective and breaks those into component skills, practice activities, and assessments.

Principal Functional Responsibilities:

Instructional Design and Academic Projects: Collaborate in the design, development and support of curricular projects which involve the use/application of instructional technologies in alignment with adult learning theory. Assist with learning management systems such as course shell creation and customer support. Assist with troubleshooting course creation, roster uploading, training, upgrading systems and the creation of documents, as necessary. Collaborate with faculty to find academic technology solutions to various needs/challenges within the curriculum and classroom technologies. Identify best practices to further the academic excellence of each of the colleges and promote exceptional student experience.

Instructional Technology Training and Resources Development: Design, develop and deliver workshops to introduce faculty to emerging instructional technologies and their effective application in teaching and learning (student response system, desktop recording, web conferencing, etc.) Design and develop online training materials for students, faculty, and staff for utilizing various educational technologies which are specific to the university’s implementation.

Video Production and Multimedia Development: Design and produce professional quality instructional videos throughout all stages of production.

Project Management: Work in conjunction with assigned supervisor to evaluate, disseminate, and manage academic technology projects

Educational Research: Research, evaluate, and recommend instructional technologies, software applications and best practices. Stay current with new and emerging technologies that support learning.

Other Duties: May oversee the work of student assistants and interns. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Educational Media, Visual Communications Technology, Instructional Design/Technology or related field.
• Minimum three years’ experience producing videos with professional video production equipment.
• Experience developing and maintaining web sites, educational technology, education, etc. to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ( WCAG ) 2.1 Level AA standards.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and cloud-based applications such as desktop recording, lecture capture, web-based video conferencing, student response, and learning management systems.
• Proficient with Articulate products and Adobe Creative Cloud video editing products for instructional design and academic projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Quality Matters (QM) guidelines and their application in instructional design.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree.
• Experience with online course design and developing online courses that are QM certified.
• Experience with online and/or hybrid course delivery in higher education.

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to utilize a phone, computer and other office equipment.

Department Specific Information:

Starting salary range $53,650 – $61,637, commensurate with experience. 

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Job Tags

Full time, Part time, Work at office, Immediate start,

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