The Distance Education Specialist will assist and support the delivery of Vance-Granville’s online continuing education efforts by providing Learning Management System (LMS) support, training and support for faculty in the area of online teaching and student support.  The Distance Education Specialist works under the supervision of the Director of Distance Education and Distance Education Coordinator and has the following responsibilities in the Distance Education Department. The Distance Education Specialist’s responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to: faculty and student support and training, building new course shells applying Quality Matters standards, certifying ADA compliance, certifying copyright compliance, loading and removing users from courses, retrieving Census Reports, and opening and closing courses.

 The following listing of essential job duties indicates the general nature and level of work required in this job.  This is not designed to be a comprehensive listing of all the activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required in this job.  Individuals assigned to this job may be asked to perform other duties as required.  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job.

Essential Duties:

• Assist the Director of Distance Education in executing strategies and plans for online learning and continuing education programs that promote the College’s overall strategic initiatives. 
• Instructional design, development, and support for the College’s Moodle initiatives.
• Provide information regarding Distance Education processes and procedures using a variety of means including website, e-mail, and hard-copy for the dispersal of information critical to ConEd/CU faculty, staff, and students.
• Help design and deliver ConEd/CU faculty, staff, and student training.
• Work closely with ConEd/CU faculty to develop more instructionally sound, QM and ADA compliant online courses.
• Work closely with ConEd/CU faculty on course development to incorporate learning technologies in the online class environment.
• Develop training materials for ConEd/CU faculty, staff and students.
• Advise faculty on trends, techniques, and best practices in educational technologies, uses and applications.
• Provide technical support to ConEd/CU faculty, staff and students.
• Work closely with DE team to test, document, demonstrate, and recommend Moodle features, tools and other applications for online course development.
• Conduct research and evaluation of proposed Moodle patches, plug-ins and add-ons to identify necessary upgrades to the learning management system and to identify any potential risks associated with implementation.
• Clone courses and create new course shells as needed for each coned enrollment period.
• Assist in enrolling ConEd/CU faculty, staff and students in online courses.
• Assist with opening and closing online coned courses.
• Retrieve Census Reports and other reports as needed.
• Assist Distance Education Coordinator and Director of Distance Education as needed to support curriculum programs and courses. 
• Participate in college committees as necessary.
• Perform other job related duties as assigned.

Physical Demands:

• Light work that includes moving objects up to 25 pounds.
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.