[Hiring] LMS Course Gamification Assistant @University of New Mexico

Role Description

Looking for a work-study job that actually uses your brain and builds your résumé? This is it. STEM is Child's Play Foundation is hiring a work-study student to help turn our existing Canvas LMS courses into game-based learning experiences for GED students, aspiring entrepreneurs, and kids discovering STEM for the first time.

• 100% remote — work from your dorm, apartment, or the library
• Flexible hours that fit around your class schedule
• Real portfolio pieces you can show future employers
• Direct impact on learners in Albuquerque who need this
• Mentorship from a founder with 40 years in tech

What you'd do:

• Take our finished Canvas courses — AI literacy, test prep, entrepreneurship, and STEM — and build matching games using third-party platforms like Kahoot, Quizizz, Blooket, Gimkit, Genially, JeopardyLabs, or Minecraft Education.
• Write the questions, structure the rounds, and embed the games into the right course modules.
• You're not building games from scratch — you're using existing tools to gamify content that's already written.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a degree seeking program at UNM
• Enrolled at least half-time (6 hours) at UNM for fall and spring semesters (Audit hours do not count)
• If Work Study, you must meet Satisfactory Academic Progress

Requirements

• Currently enrolled college student eligible for federal or institutional work-study
• Comfortable learning new web-based tools quickly
• Solid writing skills — you can turn a lesson into clear, engaging quiz questions
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to hit deadlines without someone standing over you
• Any of the following are a plus (not required):
  • Experience with Canvas or another LMS
  • Prior use of Kahoot/Quizizz/Blooket/similar
  • Education or instructional design coursework
  • Computer science or game design background
• Bilingual English/Spanish a bonus

Application Instructions

Only applications submitted through the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job advertisement on a 3rd party site, please visit UNMJobs to submit an application. Please submit Cover Letter and Resume. MUST have a Work-Study Award.