Instructional Designer (46959)

Golden Gate University eLearning

Instructional Designer

Course Design

Golden Gate University is the worlds first AI-native global multilingual university: built for working adults anchored in San Francisco at the heart of the AI economy. GGU was founded for working adults 125 years ago. Today every program teaches AI inside the discipline so graduates use it as a tool of their trade.

You design and redevelop GGU courses and programs in D2L Brightspace and . 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.

Youll join a collaborative remote team that brings a yes lets figure out how approach to solving problems. We draw on our skills experience and creativity to work with faculty and university leadership to improve online learning and shape its future in the age of AI.

This role calls for initiative flexibility and persistence. Our team is growing our processes are evolving and responsibilities may shift as new needs emerge. Youll contribute your expertise support shared priorities and help develop how we work. If you enjoy turning ideas into action and building solutions with others youll have a voice in what we create and how we get there.

• Design new courses and redevelop existing ones across D2L Brightspace and .
• Review existing courses and decide what to keep revise replace or retire.
• Develop new content activities assessments and faculty materials even from limited sources.

• Write course and weekly outcomes and topics and align them with assessments and activities.
• Organize content into a clear consistent weekly or modular structure.

• 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.

• 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.

• Use generative AI in design and development and validate every AI draft.
• Build and maintain courses in Brightspace and 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.

• 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.

• 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.
• Masters degree in instructional design educational technology education or a related field.

• A second graduate degree or a doctorate.
• or other AI platform experience and large or uncapped online courses.
• Quality Matters or formal QA experience and online programs for working adults.