Moodle Transition Project Assistant, Simmons College, Boston MA

Posted June 12, 2013

Posting Date: 6/10/2013
Duration: To start immediately. Position continues through October 31, 2013. Salary: $15-$20/hr (based on experience).
Hours: 25 hours a week (flexible.)

Simmons Technology seeks a detail-oriented, web-literate project assistant to support the migration of courses from eLearning (Blackboard) to Simmons Moodle.
This position will report to the LMS Project Manager, and will have the following responsibilities in assisting Technology, Simmons Online, and Faculty migrate to Moodle:

Duties:
● Basic cleanup of migrated courses in Moodle
● Rebuilding of eLearning course pages, quizzes, and activities in Simmons Moodle
● File migration and management
● HTML triage
● Documentation of migration activities
● Performing activities related to usability testing, troubleshooting, and other areas both as needed and relating to the applicant’s interests and expertise

Requirements:
● Excellent organizational and communication skills
● Close attention to detail
● Web literacy and basic HTML knowledge
● Demonstrated professional or academic experience working with content on the web
● Ability to follow instructions and think critically in an online environment
● Graduate student in good standing with a graduation date no earlier than December 2013.

Preferred:
● Experience working with Blackboard Vista and/or Moodle

More information on the LMS Transition Project may be found at http://lmsproject.simmons.edu.

To apply, please send a resume to Nephellie Dobie at [email protected]