Role Snapshot
The Instructional Designer collaborates with faculty and creative services teams at UNC Chapel Hill's Graduate School to develop technology-rich, accessible online learning content and courses within the Learning Management System. This role is central to ensuring high-quality e-learning delivery aligned with faculty needs and institutional accessibility standards.
Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, test, and maintain online courses and learning modules in Canvas while meeting with faculty to discuss course design and specifications. Provide LMS technical expertise, troubleshoot functionality, resolve technical issues, identify new educational technologies, and ensure compliance with UNC's Digital Accessibility Standards.
Skills & Tools: Strong expertise in Learning Management Systems (Canvas), instructional design principles, multimedia content development, and digital accessibility standards. Excellent communication, project management, and problem-solving skills with ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, or related field with 2-3 years of instructional design or LMS administration experience. Experience with Canvas, course development, and accessibility compliance preferred.
Compensation: $65K–$95K/yr (estimated)
Job Description
This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.
The Instructional Designer collaborates with faculty content experts and members of The Graduate School's instructional design and creative services team to develop technology-rich teaching and learning materials, create new e-learning content, and build courses within the School's Learning Management System (e.g., Canvas). Working closely with team members, this role helps plan, organize, implement, review, and deploy online learning modules in alignment with faculty needs and instructional design specifications. The Instructional Designer is responsible for meeting with faculty to discuss course design according to the program design guidelines, developing the courses, testing and maintaining deployed content, with a strong emphasis on ensuring compliance with UNC's Digital Accessibility Standards, resolving technical issues, and regularly updating course materials. The position also involves identifying and supporting new educational technologies and tools to ensure a seamless user experience, including troubleshooting new features and verifying that course sites function correctly. In addition, the Instructional Designer provides LMS technical expertise and supports instructional, educational, and multimedia content development for students, faculty, and staff. This position reports directly to the Executive Director of Instructional Design.