Contact Us
The Center for Innovative Design (CIDI) is located on the third floor of the Distance Education Building and works in close partnership with the Empowering Teaching Excellence and Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) teams to accomplish its mission. For convenience, all three teams are listed on this page.
Center for Innovative Design and Instruction
Phone Support: (435) 797-9506
- Dial 1 for CIDI personnel (M-F, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Email Support: cidi@usu.edu
24/7 Canvas Support - Provided by Canvas Vendor
- 1-833-713-1202
- Faculty Chat Support
Drop-In Support: Temporarily Suspended
- Logan Campus:
DE 311 (third floor)
M-F, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. - USU Eastern, Price Campus
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Meet the CIDI Team
Neal Legler
Director, CIDI
Logan
Online, remote, and face-to-face courses; Canvas; Zoom; iClicker; lecture capture; and more
Departments: ACCT, BE, CEE, CHEM,DAIS, CS, ECE, ECON, EE, FIN, MAE, MGT & MSLE
(435) 797-1903
neal.legler@usu.edu
Amy Carpenter
Sr. Instructional Designer
Logan
Course organization, Canvas, iClicker, and Respondus
Departments: APEC, BIOL, ENGL, ENVS, IEL, JCOM, LPCS, Liberal Arts, WATS & WILD
(435) 797-9497
amy.carpenter@usu.edu
Ernesto Lopez
Instructional Designer
Logan
Extension online programs and courses
Jennifer Paskett
Instructional Designer
Logan
Online courses, Canvas, graphics, and lecture capture
Departments: GEO, HDFS, HEP, HIST, KIN, LAEP, MATH, PHYS, POLS, PSY & STAT
(435) 797-6506
jennifer.paskett@usu.edu
Brian Reynard
Sr. Instructional Designer
Logan
Extension online programs and courses
(419) 902-9073
brian.reynard@usu.edu
Deborah Pearson
Instructional Designer
Price
Canvas, Turnitin plagiarism checker, and Respondus
USU Eastern
(435) 613-5716
debbie.pearson@usu.edu
Elisa Taylor
Sr. Instructional Designer
Logan/Brigham City/Salt Lake/Tooele/Uintah Basin
Online courses, Canvas, effective teaching practices in IVC and online courses, and Respondus
Departments: NDFS, PSC, SSWA, SPED, TEAL & Statewide Campuses
(435) 797-0645
elisa.taylor@usu.edu
Erin Wadsworth-Anderson
Instructional Designer
Logan
Online courses, Canvas, graphics, and lecture capture
Departments: ADVS, ART, ASTE, ITLS, MS, MUSC, NURS, ROTC & THEA
(435) 797-8918
erin.anderson@usu.edu
Clarissa Thiriot
Instructional Support Specialist
Logan
Instructional design strategies; instructional technologies; assessment tools
Departments: ADVS, ART, ASTE, MS, MUSC, NURS, ROTC & THEA
(435) 797-0924
clarissa.thiriot@usu.edu
Gretchen Blackburn
Instructional Support Specialist
Logan
Instructional technologies; assessment tools
Departments: APEC, BIOL, COMD, ECN, FIN, HDFS, ITLS, KHS, PSY
(435) 797-0921
gretchen.blackburn@usu.edu
Christopher Phillips
Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Coordinator
Logan
Accessibility, Canvas, web design, mobile content delivery, and instructional design
(435) 797-5535
christopher.phillips@usu.edu
Affiliated Teams
CIDI shares floor space and closely aligned missions with the following Academic and Instructional Services teams
Office of Empowering Teaching Excellence
Dr. Travis Thurston
Assistant Director, ETE
Logan
Student-centered learning, course design, Canvas, effective teaching practices in F2F, IVC, and online
(435) 797-4950
travis.thurston@usu.edu
Teaching and Learning Technologies
Kevin Reeve
Director, Teaching and Learning Technologies
Logan
Educational technology tools, research and development, teaching and learning, project management, technology implementation
(435) 797-0783
kevin.reeve@usu.edu
Tyler Clair
Instructional Tools Administrator
Logan
Administration of Canvas and its related tools
(435) 797-3581
tyler.clair@usu.edu
Ludovic Attiogbe
Programmer/Analyst
Logan
Special projects, programming, Canvas
ludovic.attiogbe@usu.edu
Chris Clement
Systems Administrator
Logan
Administration of Zoom
(435) 797-0441
chris.clement@usu.edu
Kenneth Larsen
Programmer/Analyst
Logan
Special projects, programming, Canvas
(435) 797-0687
kenneth.larsen@usu.edu
Robby Sproul
Technical Professional
Logan
Classroom and IVC technology
(435) 757-0520
robby.sproul@usu.edu
