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Bob Jones University
Instructional Designer
Canvas
LMS
Edtech.com's Summary
Bob Jones University is hiring an Instructional Designer. The role involves developing and maintaining SCOPE courses by collaborating with course developers and applying best practices to create a high-quality online learning experience with a biblical worldview. The Instructional Designer also incorporates AI tools responsibly, ensures ADA compliance, and manages multimedia course content within the LMS.
Highlights
- Design and develop SCOPE online courses in collaboration with course developers.
- Evaluate course content alignment with learning outcomes and biblical worldview.
- Incorporate AI tools ethically to enhance course design and content creation.
- Prepare, proofread, and format materials ensuring ADA compliance and proper research documentation (MLA, APA, Turabian).
- Manage video trimming, captioning, and multimedia assets.
- Work independently with strong organizational and communication skills.
- Experience preferred with LMS platforms, especially Canvas, and video management software.
- Background in education or liberal arts knowledge preferred.
- Applicants must be born-again Christians who affirm Bob Jones University's creed, mission, and biblical doctrines.
Instructional Designer Full Description
Instructional Designer
POSITION SUMMARY: Develops and maintains SCOPE courses as assigned by the Lead Instructional Designer.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Works in collaboration with course developers to design SCOPE course offerings following the parameters outlined in the course development/revision contract.
- Evaluates content to ensure alignment with course learning outcomes
- Makes decisions that support overall course development according to best practices to provide online learners with a high-quality learning experience from a biblical worldview promoting student success
- Applies the principles of teaching and learning to the materials, lesson pages, discussions, learning activities, assessments, etc., for the online environment and places course content, images, and recordings in the BJUOnline LMS
- Uses AI tools appropriately to support course design, drafting, content review, and the creation of instructional assets, while exercising professional judgment to ensure academic quality, accuracy, and alignment with a biblical worldview.
- Prepares, proofreads, edits, and formats course materials according to educational standards, ensures ADA compliance, and upholds appropriate research documentation formats (MLA, APA, and Turabian)
- Trims and captions videos
- Performs other tasks as specified by the Lead Instructional Designer
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Strong interpersonal skills, team player
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills; detail-oriented
- Ability to learn and apply new technologies
- Willingness to learn and apply AI tools in instructional design, with sound judgment about their appropriate and ethical use.
- Liberal arts education or broad knowledge in a variety of academic fields
- Experience or background in education preferred
- Experience with LMS (Canvas preferred)
- Experience with video management, lecture capture, and authoring software
An applicant must be a born-again Christian who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Each applicant must agree with and affirm the Bob Jones University creed, mission (see https://www.bju.edu/about/creed-mission.php) and core biblical doctrines regarding areas such as the Bible, the triune God, man and salvation, etc. Employees are expected to maintain a conservative lifestyle and support Bob Jones University’s positions on issues such as beverage alcohol and addictive substances, creation, marriage and human sexuality and the sanctity of life, etc.,
(https://www.bju.edu/about/positions.php). Employees are to be active members of a local Bible believing church which holds orthodox theology. Applicants must be committed to providing students an excellent, world-class education from a biblical worldview.
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