Title: LMS Design Support Specialist
Department: Global- Teaching & Course Dev
Reports To: Associate Provost for Online Programs Office of the Provost
Position Type: Staff
Position Summary: Under the guidance of the Associate Directorfor Online Teaching and Course Development, the LMS Design Support Specialistis principally responsible for supporting the Office of Online Programs withthe implementation and maintenance of online courses developed in alignmentwith NJIT's Quality Assurance in eLearning Rubric, ensuring that courses areprepped for delivery each semester. Additionally, the LMS Design SupportSpecialist will manage course content, working closely with other members ofthe Office of Online Programs and faculty to ensure that course materials areup-to-date and aligned with learning outcomes.

Essential Functions:
- Address faculty requests to update existing courses in ServiceNow, ensuring that Canvas Master Courses continue to meet accessibility and quality standards.
- Prepare OOP Canvas course shells for delivery each semester and track the status of online program courses as they are prepared for publishing.
- Maintain accurate records of course updates, design decisions, and project progress, and report regularly on project status and timelines.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of instructional design templates, guides, and other resources to support faculty in course design. This includes revising existing Master Courses to reflect changes that are made to the Canvas template.
- Collaborate with other members of the instructional design team to ensure that courses are developed and delivered according to established quality standards and guidelines.
- Assist with the administration of surveys and other assessment tools to gather data on course effectiveness.
Additional Functions:
- Work with instructional designers to implement their engaging andinteractive online learning activities, assessments, and other instructionalmaterials as needed.
- Keep current withemerging technologies, new products, methodologies, pedagogy, theories,applications, and trends.
- Provide support to theuniversity community in the implementation of emerging technologies to supportthe creation and maintenance of teaching and learning spaces.
- Work on specializedprojects and other duties as assigned.

Prerequisite Qualifications:
- This position requires a bachelor's degree in education, instructionaldesign, or a related field.
- Expertise with a learningmanagement system, eLearning tools, and other technologies.
- Attention to detail andstrong organizational skills.
- Proven ability to workwell in a team environment.
- Demonstrated creativityand problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral andwritten communication skills.
- Familiarity with digitalaccessibility standards (general ADA requirements).
- Atthe university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may beexempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of theuniversity, an equivalent combination of education and experience specificallypreparing the candidate for success in the position.

Preferred Qualifications: - Experience working with Canvas, Panopto, or similar digital education delivery systems.
Bargaining Unit: PSA

Range/Band: 16
FLSA: Exempt
Full-Time