Instructional Design and Technology
Get the Technology Support You Need
OIT's Instructional Design and Technology Team supports faculty, staff and students using UHCL's learning management system (Canvas) and other instructional technology tools. To learn more about the team and our services, contact us via IDT@uhcl.edu!
Working together, the team provides services such as:
- Course-related support and troubleshooting for UHCL faculty, staff and students using Canvas, Anthology Ally, Zoom, Echo360, Scantron, and related applications and tools.
- Instructional design/development services (design of new online or web-supported courses, revision of existing courses, and conversions of new and/or existing courses).
- Instructional technology consultation for web-supported, partially online and fully online courses.
- LMS training, instructional technology training, and instructional design/development/delivery training.
Director
Jennifer J. (Jenni) Willis-Opalenik, Ph.D.
- Phone: 281-283-2981
- Email: willisopalenik@uhcl.edu
- Office: Bayou 3608.04
Learning Technology Administrators (LTAs)
The IDT team's two (2) Learning Technology Administrators (LTAs) provide LMS and related instructional technology assistance to students and faculty, and are responsible for the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and updates to UHCL's instructional technology systems (e.g., Canvas, Anthology Ally, Zoom, Echo360), and handle all data collection and reporting related to our supported technology tools and utilization.
Samantha (Sam) Houston
- Phone: 281-283-2971
- Email: houstonsam@uhcl.edu
- Office: Bayou 3608.04
Jennifer (Jenn) Ray
- Phone: 281-283-2996
- Email: ray@uhcl.edu
- Office: Bayou 3608.04
Instructional Designers (IDs)
The IDT team includes four (4) designated Instructional Designers (IDs), who provide course design/development assistance, technical support, and related consulting (instructional technology, active learning strategies, etc.) to UHCL faculty and staff.
Aubrie Grass (BUS)
- Phone: 281-283-2934
- Email: grass@uhcl.edu
- Office: Bayou 3608.01
Izaak Diefenbach (COE)
- Phone: 281-283-2922
- Email: diefenbach@uhcl.edu
- Office: Bayou 3608.02
Nadin Noman (CSE)
- Phone: 281-283-2936
- Email: noman@uhcl.edu
- Office: Bayou 3608.02
Henry Newkirk (HSH)
- Phone: 281-283-2914
- Email: newkirk@uhcl.edu
- Office: Bayou 3608.01
Questions?
For questions regarding anything related to instructional design, instructional technology, Canvas, or related topics not addressed on this site or our other support pages, please feel free to contact our colleagues in the OIT Support Center at 281-283-2828 or by email at supportcenter@uhcl.edu. Your inquiry will be directed to the appropriate member of our team who will be happy to assist you.