Michael McGarry

Academic Technology Lead at California State University Channel Islands | 2025 EDUCAUSE Rising Star

Oceanside, California, United States

About

Academic Technology Lead and Administrator focused on creating and teaching well-designed educational experiences. The experience of learning something new shouldn't one filled with frustration; it should be filled with excitement and wonder.

Experience

  • California State University Channel Islands (Camarillo, California, United States)
    • Academic Technology Lead
      Nov 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 8 mos

      - Promoted from Instructional Technologist role - Administrator for campus's academic technology tools including Canvas (LMS), Zoom, VoiceThread, etc. - Manager of external tool integrations into the LMS - Manager of the Academic Technology support team who is responsible for maintaining digital learning tools on campus and providing faculty support for using those tools - Created and led the development of a self-service knowledge base website for faculty - Responsible for onboarding and guiding pilots of new tools/integrations to full campus adoption.

    • Instructional Technologist
      Jun 2014 - Nov 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      - LMS admin for campus's Blackboard and Canvas environments - Lead for faculty support in campus transition from Blackboard to Canvas as new LMS - Provide support for academic technologies used on campus - Provide training to faculty on an array of academic technology tools including Blackboard, VoiceThread, and Wordpress - Admin for the campus's Domain of One's Own project, CI Keys, which provides a web hosting environment and wide array of web apps to all members of the university - Lead support for all CI Keys issues - Project lead for the campus's future LMS adoption/transition

    • Web Designer
      Jan 2012 - Jun 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      - Responsible for editing and maintaining web pages for the university's website - Created specialty websites for programs and events on campus including the SCCUR Conference

  • Student Assistant at CSU Channel Islands
    2008 - 2011 · 3 yrs