Instructional Designer (On-Campus)

Position Number: 998501 | Department: Center for Digital Learning and Instruction | Salary: $50,000 | On-campus role

About the Role

The Instructional Designer at Angelo State University partners with faculty across disciplines to design accessible, engaging, and effective online and digitally enhanced courses that support student success. Through consultation, professional learning, and evidence-based instructional design practices, the role identifies course goals, supports faculty throughout the design and development process, evaluates course quality, and integrates technologies that enhance teaching and learning.

Responsibilities

• Actively contribute to the daily operations of the Center for Digital Learning and Instruction by monitoring communication and support channels, responding to faculty needs in a timely manner, collaborating with team members, and delivering high-quality service that strengthens the Center’s effectiveness and reputation.
• Consult with faculty and academic units to plan, design, redesign, and evaluate online and technology-enhanced courses by aligning learning outcomes, assessments, learning activities, and instructional materials through evidence-based instructional design practices and inclusive teaching principles that support academic rigor, student engagement, and equivalency across instructional modalities.
• Create, facilitate, and assess professional development opportunities and faculty-facing resources, including individual consultations and design guides, related to course design, online and digitally enhanced pedagogy, accessibility, and the purposeful integration of instructional technologies.
• Advise faculty on Universal Design for Learning, accessibility requirements, ADA-related considerations, copyright, and open educational resources to promote equitable access and compliance in course materials.
• Conduct course design reviews and contribute to institutional quality assurance and continuous improvement efforts by applying established standards, documenting recommendations, analyzing feedback, researching emerging practices, and collaborating with campus partners.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in instructional design, instructional technology, educational technology, or a closely related field.
• Minimum one year of experience in the role of instructional designer in an institution of higher education.
• Experience collaborating directly with faculty on course design, redesign, or course quality improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in instructional design, instructional technology, educational technology, or a closely related field.
• Three to five years’ experience in the role of instructional designer in an institution of higher education.
• Experience providing instructional design using the Blackboard LMS.
• Quality Matters (QM), Online Learning Consortium (OLC), or similar current certification in online course design.

Skills

• Instructional design models, adult learning principles, course quality standards, and effective practices for online and digitally enhanced teaching and learning.
• Accessibility, Universal Design for Learning, copyright, and open educational resources in course design.
• Assessing course quality, recommending appropriate educational technologies, and managing collaborative projects across disciplines.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and excellent writing, facilitation, presentation, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Managing multiple complex projects simultaneously, including multi-year initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
• Translating AI-related and technical concepts into accessible, learner-centered educational experiences for faculty and students.

Benefits

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Angelo State University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to employment opportunities for qualified individuals with disabilities.