Instructional Learning Intermediate - Accessibility - Military Veterans

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LSA Technology Services Learning and Teaching Consultants seek an Instructional Design and Accessibility Consultant who is flexible, dedicated to improving learning and teaching, and willing to learn new things. We hope to hire a candidate who is committed to LSA's instructional mission.

This position will specialize in hands-on assistance to faculty, working directly with instructors on their class materials to increase the accessibility of those materials. This may include but is not limited to, creating and disseminating accessible Canvas and file templates, consulting with faculty grant recipients on accessible and universal course design, promoting the implementation of a new accessibility tool in Canvas, and developing and delivering specialized accessibility workshops. The position will also supervise and coordinate the work of several temp employees to assist with course remediation. Technical accessibility tasks may include composing and adding field-suitable alt text, liaising with the Libraries to secure updated, tagged PDFs of articles, and assisting in re-designing class activities to include multiple means of perception and expression. Candidates will need at least basic familiarity with instructional design, and a solid grounding in the principles of Universal Design for Learning. This is an intermediate-level position, so the ability to carry out tasks independently and ask for assistance when a project grows in scope is critical.

Some examples of relevant skills are: editing HTML, locating and using color-contrast checkers, editing and tagging PDFs in Adobe Acrobat, needs assessment of any kind, learning activity design, LMS basics, training development, and delivery.

Term-Limited: This is a 2-year term-limited position. The possibility of an extension would be contingent on the availability of funding.

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2 to 3 years experience in design, teaching, or related experience in accessibility or web design.
• Basic knowledge of instructional design principles (backward design, content chunking).
• Familiarity with accessibility best practices such as effective alt text, document structuring, UDL
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working both independently and collaboratively.

• Master's degree in a related field, such as instructional design, UX design, etc.
• Quality Matters certification, or similar certification in industry-standard course design standards and processes.
• Teaching, training, or other public speaking experience.
• Experience working in higher ed, especially experience delivering or supporting in-person teaching.
• Knowledge of any of LSA's major accessibility tools (Canvas, Grackle for Google, Kaltura caption editor, Yuja Panorama, Adobe Acrobat).

This position is hybrid/onsite. The position will involve collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders on the Ann Arbor campus and may involve in-person meetings with faculty and staff, delivery of onsite training, participation in events, etc.

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