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Instructional Production

The Instructional Production Specialist provides administrative, technical, and production support to instructional designers, faculty, and educational technologists; manages, maintains, and updates course information including schedules, assignments, assessments, and learning resources within online management systems; and provides input in the selection and enhancement of learning applications.

• Execute all administrative, technical, production and project management aspects of repeat, revision, and new course development cycles
• Utilize course management system tools to set-up assessments, assignments, syllabi, drop boxes, course materials, exams, media, links, and learning resources as directed by the Instructional Designer
• Prepare third party educational tools and applications for faculty use
• Facilitate material migrations between systems, permission requests for copyrighted materials, and ensure course accommodations are available
• Provide quality control for course content including graphics, links, and web pages; support instructional design teams with formatting, embedding, and web editing tasks
• Consults with instructors to demonstrate system capabilities and features; provide technical support to faculty and students of online courses; develop and provide training to others on effective use of course tools
• Participate in the development and enhancement of processes and tools used in support of course development
• Identify, research, pilot, evaluate, implement new educational technologies
• May supervise staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management

Level:

– Support

Base Description:

– Completes administrative activities and tasks of a technical or functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates baseline working knowledge of routine tasks. Follows the standard principles and practices. Acts under direct and frequent supervision using established procedures with detailed instructions. Participates as a team member and actively contributes to completion of team goals. Clearly communicates information.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– None

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Typically none
– May handle routine financial transactions

Problem Solving:

– Encounters routine problems
– Follows recommended course of action and procedures to resolve problems
– Demonstrates working knowledge of institutional policies and procedures

Independence of Action:

– Work is closely monitored by supervisor
– Detailed instructions and procedures are provided
– Applies standard operating procedures with limited guidelines for deviation

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates mostly internally within working unit
– May communicate with external audiences for scheduling/coordination
– Collaborates closely with team members
– Clearly communicates information, ideas, or instructions verbally and in writing

• Comp Grade – 3
• Minimum – $31,600.00
• MidPoint – $38,700.00
• Maximum – $45,800.00