Instructional Design

I have have been developing and teaching online courses since 2007, and I have managed Instructional Technology for higher education since 2017. I am the primary LMS administrator at my institution, and I help design online courses. I help instructors develop their own online courses, I explain course design standards, and I review online courses for quality and accessibility.

I also design online courses that I teach. I am knowledgeable of instructional design scholarship and standards, online pedagogy, universal design for learning, and internet accessibility. When designing online courses, I use a course development template that promotes the following instructional design standards and principles for online instruction:

• Consistent and clear organization of content through weekly or unit modules.
• Alignment of content and assessments to student learning objectives.
• Engaging and personalized instructional content through videos and interactive content pages.
• Formative, low-stakes practice activities that prepare students for larger course assessments.
• Opportunities for regular and substantive feedback on student work.
• Student engagement through multimedia, announcements, discussions, and office hours.
• Attention to accessibility, especially with videos and images.
• Links to academic resources and support services for students.

I am skilled with the following software:

• Canvas and D2L-Brightspace
• Integrated LMS products: Respondus, Turnitin, Portfolium, Bongo Virtual Classroom, Big Blue Button, Canvas Studio
• Course Evaluation Software: Campus Labs, Scantron
• Student Testing Software: Respondus, ExamSoft, Accuplacer, Turnitin
• Student Information Systems: Ellucian, Colleague, Banner
• Institutional Surveys: Noel-Levitz and NSSE
• Enterprise Software: Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, etc.) and Google Applications
• Articulate Storyline
• Video Conferencing: Zoom, Teams, Google Meets, Skype,
• Screen Recording and Video Editing software
• Some Data Analytics platforms and software
• HTML, some CSS, WordPress

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Instructional Technology & Design Services

• Design new online courses, or convert in-person courses to an online format.

• Review online courses for quality assurance and accessibility.

• Help institutions develop their own course design standards.

• Help institutions develop a plan for using course design standards (such as Quality Matters) as a framework for continuous quality improvement of online programs.

• Create an in-house “Orientation to Online Teaching” for new online instructors.

• Create an “Online Orientation to Online Learning” for students in online programs.

• Create written documentation and video tutorials for instructional technology.

• Integrate external links and learning tools into the LMS.

• Create assignments and grading rubrics in an online class.

• Create quizzes and exams in an online class, and analyze exam analytics.

• Setup the Gradebook in an online class.

• Provide faculty development workshops about any of these topis.

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