LMS & Elearning Specialist
3 months ago
King, Canada
Conestoga College
Full time
Requisition Details:
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Job Title:LMS & eLearning Specialist**:
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Requisition #:23-1087**:
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Location: 3065 King
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Department: eLearning Technical Services
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Payband: F
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Starting Rate: $30.00
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Payband Range: $ $34.77
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Hours/Week: 35
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Posting Date: Monday, April 1, 2024
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Closing Date: Monday, April 8, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST
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Vacancy Type: Support Staff
- Fulltime
(First consideration for Support Staff and Academic positions will be given to internal applicants in accordance with the respective Collective Agreements)
Responsibilities:
Course Development
- Collaborates with project teams to develop quality online courses
- Develops and maintains webbased objects to support the College's online course offerings
- Develops instructional content into Conestoga's chosen Learning Management System (LMS)
- Communicates regularly with members of the project team, providing development updates, coordinating meetings, etc.
- Assists eLearning Developers on larger course development projects, developer templates, standards, and ad hoc development requests
- Creates practice exercises, knowledge checks, and other instructional elements using the LMS tools
- Manipulates, sources, and maintains course graphics as needed
Course Maintenance and Revisions
- Works with instructional designers, curriculum developers, Chairs, and others at the college to determine revision requirements
- Completes OntarioLearn course revisions requests and loads courses to the OntarioLearn LMS
- Modifies content for use on other devices (mobile phones/tablets)
- Tests and troubleshoots courses for technical correctness, usability, custom interactives and multimedia, and other technical issues
- Develops and tests courses using accessibility software to ensure courses are AODA compliant
- Converts approved designs to responsive, accessible HTML5 web pages for the website
Technical and OLC Support
- Responds to inquiries and provides eConestoga technical support
- Performs LMS administrative tasks (e.g., managing accounts, courses, and system settings)
- Provides guidance and expertise to students and faculty as it relates to effective use of the LMS
- Keeps up to date with regularly scheduled platform changes
- Creates and updates technical documentation
Quality Assurance (QA)
- Maintains and revises an ongoing QA process that continually improves as online learning evolves at the College
- Guides OLC and project teams on copyright and AODA requirements and practices specific to online courses
- Works with OLC to train and inform Conestoga employees on requirements and quality standards
- Conducts QA analysis and testing, identifies and documents defects, and fixes issues according to set timelines
- Ensures online courses and programs meet college standards before released
- Advises project teams when QA standards are not met, making recommendations as needed
Qualifications:
- Threeyear Diploma or Degree in Information Technology, Computer Programming, Applications Development, Mobile Solutions Development, Business, or Arts is required
- Practical web development experience; preferably for postsecondary education
- Experience incorporating technology and media to improve the learners' experience and supporting users with technical support
- Knowledge of learning management systems, preferably Brightspace by D2L
- Understanding of responsive designs and how they function across desktops, tablets, and mobile phones
- Strong technical skills including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, etc.
- Superior attention to detail
- Superior verbal and written communication skills; Ability to interact successfully with project stakeholders, and communicate expectations and suggestions effectively
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and tasks, meet deadlines, and use good judgment and initiative in problem resolution
- Demonstrated superior work ethic, initiative, and ability to work independently with occasional direction
