Instructional Designer I
About The Position
The Center for Online Innovation and Production (COIP) collaborates with University of Florida faculty to create innovative, engaging, and relevant online courses. This role works with faculty, instructional designers, graphic designers, videographers, and educational technologists throughout course design and production. It helps ensure courses have a modern appearance, meet accessibility expectations, use research-based pedagogical strategies, and incorporate technologies that enhance learning. The position also works independently on complex course builds and mentors and trains junior staff in course production. The Instructional Designer I supports maintenance and technical needs for existing UF Online courses, assists faculty with course preparation and updates, and provides training and production support. The role also contributes to new course development by designing synchronous and asynchronous learning activities and materials, following production processes, maintaining project documentation, meeting deadlines, and recording time in the project management tool.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in an appropriate area; or a bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience.
Nice To Haves
- Background in online learning, learning theories, instructional design, graphic or visual design, or computer-based training.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with members of the instructional design team.
- Flexibility and ability to adapt and work in a rapidly changing environment.
- Ability to communicate professionally and effectively in writing and in person.
- Ability to problem solve.
Responsibilities
- Assist faculty each semester with preparing UF Online courses, including setting up Canvas course shells and copying course content.
- Evaluate and update existing online courses using ADA compliance guidelines, U.S. copyright guidelines, and UF Standards and Markers guidelines.
- Assist faculty in updating course content, including quiz and discussion questions, lectures, readings, and activities.
- Provide assistance and training to online faculty as needed and serve as the single point of contact for faculty regarding UF Online course production.
- Assist faculty in the recording studio and provide assistance with mid-semester surveys.
- Write instructional copy, instructional text, and audio/video scripts.
- Use color theory and user-interface design principles to provide basic graphic design using tools such as Photoshop and Canvas Design Tools.
- Maintain proficiency in Canvas, Photoshop, project management, Adobe Suite, and Office to support course maintenance.
- Develop technically and pedagogically sound synchronous and asynchronous activities, surveys, assessments, and learning objects using instructional design principles.
- Provide production support for new UF Online courses and follow each stage of the production process.
- Maintain project documentation, assets, and course folders; meet deadlines; follow internal protocols; and log time in the project management tool.
- Lead complex course builds and mentor and train junior staff in course production.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
