Remote Associate Instructional Designer (Canvas & Accessibility)

University of Tennessee; Knoxville (TN); Remote; USD 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

UT Benefits

Job summary

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks an Associate Instructional Designer to prepare online and hybrid courses, respond to course support needs, and enhance accessibility and usability of materials. You will work with instructional designers, faculty, and campus partners to prepare courses for each term and ensure timely delivery.

Responsibilities include configuring Canvas sites, supporting course content updates, and coordinating with teams to resolve issues by launch deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, technology, learning science, or related field.
• Experience providing educational technology development services or formal/informal education.
• Knowledge of online course design, accessibility, and LMS workflows.
• Strong editing, organization, and attention to detail in digital content.
• Ability to follow procedures, manage deadlines, and seek guidance.
• Ability to collaborate with faculty, instructional designers, and support teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Canvas course sites for upcoming terms using templates and established workflows.
• Check navigation, modules, LTI links, dates, assignments, gradebook settings, and student access before courses.
• Copy and update reusable course content while identifying items needing faculty review.
• Coordinate with instructional designers and faculty to resolve issues by launch deadlines.
• Coordinate captioning and accessibility enhancements as needed.
• Utilize ticketing and project management systems to ensure timely deliverables.

Skills

Online course design

Accessibility & inclusive design

Editing digital content

Written communication

Procedures & deadlines

Collaboration with faculty & teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in instructional design

Bachelor's degree in education

Bachelor's degree in technology

Bachelor's degree in learning sciences

Job description

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks an Associate Instructional Designer to prepare online and hybrid courses, respond to course support needs, and enhance accessibility and usability of materials. You will work with instructional designers, faculty, and campus partners to prepare courses for each term and ensure timely delivery.

Responsibilities include configuring Canvas sites, supporting course content updates, and coordinating with teams to resolve issues by launch deadlines.