Technology Copilots for Spring 2021

Undergraduate Student Hourly Position

Do you enjoy helping teachers use classroom technologies? Are you comfortable using technologies such as Zoom, iClicker, and A/V control units? And, do you have the desire and ability to learn new technologies quickly? The Office of Information Technology is looking to hire several technology copilots. The Technology Copilots help instructors in the classroom (or on Zoom for fully remote classes) facilitate their remote students’ participation as they use academic technologies. Technology Copilots will be paired with instructors for specific classes for the entire semester and work with them to determine how best to meet their needs. This position may require you to be on campus. If the campus goes into remote-only teaching mode, you’ll be working remotely. 

Position Duties: 

• Arrive before the class session to turn on and set up technologies.

• Help the instructor use the room’s audio-visual system (connecting to and testing peripherals.) 

• Connect to and manage the Zoom videoconferencing system, including:

  • Communicating with the instructor when students who are attending remotely have questions.

  • Assigning and managing breakout rooms. 

• Clean (sanitize) the equipment (and table surfaces) before and after use. 

• Attend staff training and meetings as requested. 

• Be reactive to communications from professors and the rest of the team. 

You will be provided with training for the duties of this position. You don’t need to have any technical debugging skills (if a problem occurs with the in-class technology, we’ll contact the Classroom Support team). This is an undergraduate hourly position for up to 20 for hours per week (depending on how many classes you are assigned to), starting at $13 per hour. These positions report to the Manager of the Technology Copilots. The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong interpersonal skills.

• The ability to work independently and within a team.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• The ability to learn new technologies quickly.

• The ability to facilitate the communication and activities of people who are remote. 

If you are interested in applying, send a resume and cover letter explaining why you would make a great Technology Copilot to Jacie Moriyama at Jacie.Moriyama@colorado.edu. These positions are open until filled.

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The Office of Information Technology is hiring students to work as in-class technology assistants for the fall 2020 semester. The student assistants will be assigned to help faculty members use classroom technology and to help facilitate remote students’ participation via Zoom. This is an undergraduate hourly position for up to 20 for hours per week, starting at $13 per hour. You will be required to work on campus until the university goes into remote-only teaching mode after Thanksgiving. Review the full posting (PDF).

OIT is also hiring a graduate assistant to manage the technology assistants. This is a half-time position (20 hours per week), with tuition remission. The Manager of In-Class Technology Assistants will have supervisory responsibility for the students, including recruiting, hiring, scheduling, and ensuring they deliver a quality service to the faculty members being served. It will require being on campus for a portion of the time. Other work could be done remotely. Review the full posting (PDF).

To apply for either position, submit a resume and cover letter to Mark Werner (mark.j.werner@colorado.edu). Positions are open until filled.

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This summer, in partnership with the Research and Innovation Office’s (RIO) Innovation and Entrepreneurship team and the College of Arts & Sciences Community Engagement initiative, the ASSETT Innovation Incubator has assembled a team of three undergraduate student interns to design and launch a campus-wide student challenge to tackle the question: How might we creatively use our resources to support meaningful connections within our campus community while physically distancing?

Over a rapid, 10-week period, the interns will design and launch the SKO Together Challenge that invites Â鶹ӰԺ undergraduate students to imagine ways that they can have a connected campus community experience through a persistent pandemic, no matter how we are living, learning, and working. This virtual challenge will be live in mid-July, and students submitting top ideas will be awarded with funding and mentorship to develop their campus connection concepts throughout fall 2020.

Meet our summer campus connection student challenge interns:

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Five student employees have joined the ASSETT team for the fall 2019 semester.

Undergraduates Lucas Gama, Clara Geoghegan, and Zhouming Sun join veteran Alex Palo as our Student Technology Consultants. STCs partner with faculty, graduate instructors, and teaching assistants from the College of Arts & Sciences to improve the undergraduate student experience. Under the supervision of Ph.D. candidate Sam Kindick, our Lead STC, and Student Services Portfolio Manager Jacie Moriyama, they provide recommendations and training to help faculty members use instructional technology that reflects their teaching preferences, supports their students' learning styles, and works effectively within their specific course structures.

Sara Myers is our new Teaching, Learning, and Technology Initiatives Graduate Assistant. She succeeds Blair Young, who has been hired as the Innovation Catalyst for the ASSETT Innovation Incubator. Sara assists Faculty Services Portfolio Manager Amanda McAndrew in supporting and enhancing our faculty learning communities, campus partnerships, and technology initiatives such as a Domain of One’s Own (DoOO) pilot, Collective to Advance Multimodal Participatory Publishing (CAMPP), Open Educational Resources (OER), and open educational practices.

Educational Data Analyst Michael Schneider began working with ASSETT this past summer. He designs and conducts applied research to support teaching and learning with technology on campus and reports to Shane Schwikert, Data Analytics and Applied Learning Sciences Manager.

Get to know us by checking out our bios! Just click a name on the Meet the Team! page of our website to learn more about any of our staff.

ASSETT Student Employees, Fall 2019

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Are you someone who enjoys learning about new technologies and teaching them to others? ASSETT (Arts and Sciences Support of Education Through Technology) is looking to hire two Student Fellows. A Student Fellow is an undergraduate student who enjoys learning about and using a variety of technologies; is not afraid to present to a large group; and is comfortable working with both peers and faculty.

Through the Teaching Technology Assistance Program (TTAP), Student Fellows work closely with Arts & Sciences faculty who are interested in integrating technology into their courses. Typically, a Student Fellow consults with an interested faculty member on a one-on-one basis in order to determine the needs of a specific course, investigate potential tools, and demo the selected technologies.  The Student Fellow then provides in-class technical support for the both the faculty member and their students.

Student Fellows are also trained to assist the Visualizing Instructional Practices Service (VIPS) by observing classes to collect objective observation data.  Finally, the Student Fellows support the ASSETT mission by helping ASSETT staff with various technology-related projects.

This is an undergraduate hourly position for 8-12 hours per week, starting at $12 per hour.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong interpersonal skills

• The ability to work independently and within a team

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• The ability to learn new technologies quickly

Having an interest or experience with digital literacy, digital identity (beyond social media), WordPress, and other web publishing tools is a plus.

If you are interested in applying to be a Student Fellow, send your resume and a one-page cover letter explaining why you would make a great Student Fellow to assett@colorado.edu. Applicants selected for an interview will be asked to give a five-minute presentation on a technology of their choice to the current Student Fellows.  These positions are open until filled.

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