LMS Course Gamification Assistant

Organization: STEM is Child's Play 

Location: 100% Remote

An Off-Campus Work-Study position - MUST have a Work-Study Award

Position Summary 

Looking for a work-study job that actually uses your brain and builds your résumé? This is it.

STEM is Child's Play Foundation is hiring a work-study student to help turn our existing Canvas LMS courses into game-based learning experiences for GED students, aspiring entrepreneurs, and kids discovering STEM for the first time. The courses are already built. Your job is to create the games that go with them — using tools you probably already know or can pick up in an afternoon.

Why this job is different

100% remote — work from your dorm, apartment, or the library
Flexible hours that fit around your class schedule
Real portfolio pieces you can show future employers
Direct impact on learners in Albuquerque who need this
Mentorship from a founder with 40 years in tech

What you'd do Take our finished Canvas courses — AI literacy, test prep, entrepreneurship, and STEM — and build matching games using third-party platforms like Kahoot, Quizizz, Blooket, Gimkit, Genially, JeopardyLabs, or Minecraft Education. Write the questions, structure the rounds, and embed the games into the right course modules. You're not building games from scratch — you're using existing tools to gamify content that's already written.

Enrolled in a degree seeking program at UNM, Enrolled at least half-time (6 hours) at UNM for fall and spring semesters (Audit hours do not count), and if Work Study, you must meet Satisfactory Academic Progress.

Preferred Qualifications

Currently enrolled college student eligible for federal or institutional work-study
Comfortable learning new web-based tools quickly
Solid writing skills — you can turn a lesson into clear, engaging quiz questions
Reliable, self-directed, and able to hit deadlines without someone standing over you
Any of the following are a plus (not required): experience with Canvas or another LMS, prior use of Kahoot/Quizizz/Blooket/similar, education or instructional design coursework, computer science or game design background
Bilingual English/Spanish a bonus

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