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Student Assistant

  • Category: On-Campus
  • Openings: One
  • Position Type: Student Hourly
  • Posted on: June 21, 2025
  • Open until: filled
  • Work Hours: 15 - 20
  • Wage: $10/hr
  • Location: Cedar City, UT

Description:

This position will assist with the day-to-day operations of the Center for Teaching Innovation. The Center for Teaching Innovation is an office with five divisions:

  • AR/VR, creating interactive content to help increase learning opportunities.
  • Educational Technology Support, the daily maintenance and running of Canvas and other related online technology.
  • Faculty Development, supporting learning and development programs and events, post-event documentation, and event analysis.
  • Instructional Design, helping professors build pedagogically sound and organized courses.
  • Multimedia Team, creating custom multimedia pieces for Professors to utilize on campus and in courses.

Tasks include, but are not limited to:

  • Assisting Center for Teaching Innovation team with varying projects and using a wide range of technology, for example Online Proctoring Software, Online Plagiarism Detection Tool, Padlet, and Google Drive.
  • Assisting Instructional Design team and faculty with mapping curriculum as needed.
  • Assisting with learning, implementing, and evaluating new applications and tools.
  • Creating high-quality, interactive, and accessible content based on information provided by faculty and the Instructional Design team.
  • Providing Canvas technical support over phone, email, and in-person with SUU faculty, staff, and students.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Ability to easily switch between tasks and prioritize multiple projects.
  • Comfort and familiarity with Canvas, Microsoft Office Suite, & Adobe Suite desired.
  • Customer service experience desired, particularly on the phone and through email.
  • Desire to learn new technology skills such as HTML/CSS and Articulate.
  • Professionalism, including strong communication and problem-solving skills.
  • Self-motivation to work independently or as a member of a team, including documenting and communicating with the department through project management software.
  • Willingness and interest in learning to create web content that conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0).