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• If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Instructional Production Specialist provides administrative, technical, and production support to instructional designers, faculty, and educational technologists; manages, maintains, and updates educational resources. Prospective candidates for this position will need expertise in the following areas: educational technology, project management, openly licensed resources, web content accessibility guidelines, multimedia/graphic design, and awareness of instructional design models such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This position will require knowledge of educational tools such as Pressbooks, Word Press, Canvas, Adobe Creative Cloud, Kaltura, Generative AI, H5P, and related tools.  

• Execute all administrative, technical, production, maintenance, and project management aspects of the development of educational resources  

• 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 

• Create and revise content and course resources that follows accessibility guidelines 

• 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 

• Participate in faculty development programming which includes contributing to presentations, creating support resources, and leading training on educational tools 

• Identify, research, pilot, evaluate, and implement new educational technologies 

• May supervise staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management 

This position requires the following clearances: PA State Police Criminal Background Check, PA Child Abuse History Clearance Form, and Federal (FBI) Fingerprint Criminal Background Check. 

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