[Hiring] Instructional Designer @GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY

Role Description

You design and redevelop GGU courses and programs in D2L Brightspace and Edvisor.ai. Many are AI-graded and some are uncapped, so they need real interaction and depth.

• Your focus is active learning and regular and substantive interaction (RSI).
• When AI handles the grading, you work out where the instructor shows up, embed RSI into each course, and design interactive content that is accessible from the start.
• You’ll join a collaborative remote team that brings a “yes, let’s figure out how” approach to solving problems.
• This role calls for initiative, flexibility, and persistence.
• You’ll contribute your expertise, support shared priorities, and help develop how we work.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and redevelop courses:
  • Design new courses and redevelop existing ones across D2L Brightspace and Edvisor.ai.
  • Review existing courses and decide what to keep, revise, replace, or retire.
  • Develop new content, activities, assessments, and faculty materials, even from limited sources.
• Outcomes and alignment:
  • Write course and weekly outcomes and topics, and align them with assessments and activities.
  • Organize content into a clear, consistent weekly or modular structure.
• Interactive content and accessibility:
  • Design interactive content: discussions, live sessions, case work, and peer activities.
  • Apply WCAG 2.1 AA and UDL so every student has equitable access and more than one way to engage.
• Regular and substantive interaction (RSI):
  • Embed RSI in every course, even when AI handles the grading.
  • Find and test new ways for faculty to interact with students in AI-graded and uncapped courses.
  • Give faculty presence tools, such as feedback templates, weekly touchpoints, and office hours plans.
• Course builds and quality:
  • Use generative AI in design and development, and validate every AI draft.
  • Build and maintain courses in Brightspace and Edvisor.ai using GGU templates and design standards.
  • Review courses for usability, accessibility, and quality before launch.
  • Troubleshoot course-level issues and coordinate with LMS support when needed.
• Faculty, evaluation, and team:
  • Partner with faculty and subject matter experts on course goals, content, and priorities.
  • Evaluate courses with student, assessment, and engagement data, and recommend improvements.
  • Manage multiple projects and deadlines, and help write and update our SOPs.
  • Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Required:
  • Five or more years of instructional design experience, preferably in higher education.
  • Teaching experience, ideally at the college level.
  • Experience designing aligned online courses with active learning and interactive content.
  • Working knowledge of RSI, accessibility standards including WCAG 2.1 AA, and UDL.
  • Hands-on D2L Brightspace experience, including building courses on your own.
  • Demonstrated use of generative AI in design, and the judgment to validate its output.
  • Strong collaboration, writing, and visual communication skills.
  • Strong organization and project management across multiple courses and deadlines.
  • Works well on a small remote team, sharing what you learn and pitching in where needed.
  • Flexible as a new team learns together and builds its processes as it goes.
  • Master’s degree in instructional design, educational technology, education, or a related field.
• Preferred:
  • A second graduate degree or a doctorate.
  • Edvisor.ai or other AI platform experience, and large or uncapped online courses.
  • Quality Matters or formal QA experience, and online programs for working adults.