Instructional Designer
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Instructional Designer developing AI-enhanced Canvas courses for SFBU’s Pro+ degree programs. Designing assessments, accessibility, course QA, and faculty learning support.
Responsibilities:
- Plan Pro+ courses across programs using module and lesson blueprints
- Map program, course, and module outcomes to activities, resources, assessments, and assignment milestones
- Write and edit learner-facing Canvas content, including overviews, lesson pages, and assignment directions
- Develop and review assessments, rubrics, quizzes, and formative checks
- Design scaffolded preparation for major assignments
- Review courses against the course learning model and blueprint, documenting findings and recommendations
- Review courses built by external development partners and confirm fixes before release
- Test AI coaching activities from confident and struggling learner perspectives
- Maintain Pro+ Canvas templates, design guide, and QA checklists
- Build and edit Canvas pages and test course packages in sandbox courses and the Canvas Student app
- Check accessibility against ADA and WCAG 2.1 AA standards
- Review technical and quantitative materials with faculty
- Contribute to student onboarding and faculty development, including UDL and AI-pedagogy trainings
- Use learner feedback, course analytics, and assessment results to recommend improvements
- Provide instructional design support for other SFBU courses
- Coordinate timelines, documentation, and communication across multiple program launches
- Perform other responsibilities as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Instructional Design, Learning Experience Design, Educational Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 3–5 years of experience in higher education instructional design, online learning, or a closely related area
- Experience designing and reviewing online courses in Canvas or a comparable learning management system
- Experience mapping outcomes to activities and assessments, and developing aligned rubrics and formative checks
- Experience applying course-review standards or structured QA processes such as Quality Matters, OSCQR, or an institutional rubric
- Working knowledge of Universal Design for Learning, transparent assignment design, and WCAG accessibility
- Experience using generative AI in instructional design and critically evaluating AI-generated materials and AI coaching
- Ability to turn complex technical or quantitative concepts into sequenced activities and worked examples
- Experience collaborating with faculty and subject matter experts on course design
- Clear writing and ability to give specific, prioritized feedback
- Experience working effectively on a remote team
- Ability to manage several connected deliverables and parallel course builds
- Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and student success
- Preferred: Master’s degree in a related field
- Preferred: Experience with DesignPLUS or similar Canvas design tools
- Preferred: Experience designing courses for business, professional, or graduate programs
- Preferred: Experience reviewing or directing work produced by an external vendor or development team
- Preferred: Experience supporting faculty development or UDL training
- Preferred: Experience with AI-supported, adaptive, or competency-based learning models
- Preferred: Experience launching new online programs or scaling a course design model
- Portfolio showing course page design, assessment design, or course review work
- Must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae or resume, portfolio link or two work samples, and contact information for three professional references
- Finalists must complete a short course-review exercise
- Regular availability during Pacific Time business hours
Benefits:
- Eligible for a remote, hybrid, or on-site work arrangement, subject to University policies and business needs
- Full-time, 12-month contract position, renewable contingent upon performance review
- Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities
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