Instructional Design and Technology
Get the Technology Support You Need
Updated: December 11, 2025
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, Echo360, 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 3402.04A (By Appointment)
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 3402.04 (By Appointment)
Jennifer (Jenn) Ray
- Phone: 281-283-2996
- Email: ray@uhcl.edu
- Office: Bayou 3402.04 (By Appointment)
Instructional Designers (IDs)
The IDT team includes two (2) 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
Aubrie supports all College of Business/BUS faculty and College of Education/COE faculty with last names starting with H–Z.
- Phone: 281-283-2934
- Email: grass@uhcl.edu
- Office: Bayou 3402.04 (By Appointment)
Marithza Gudino
Marithza supports all College of Human Sciences and Humanities/HSH faculty.
Phone: 281-283-2922
Email: gudinom@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou 3402.04 (By Appointment)
Nadin Noman
Nadin supports all College of Science and Engineering/CSE faculty and College of Education/COE faculty with last names starting with A–G.
- Phone: 281-283-2936
- Email: noman@uhcl.edu
- Office: Bayou 3402.04 (By Appointment)
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.