7.8 Quality assurance specialist – Senior

• developing quality assurance policies, programs, procedures and measures as of the closing date and time of the resulting request for proposal
• developing standards related to software design as of the closing date and time of the resulting request for proposal
• managing a quality assurance process as of the closing date and time of the resulting request for proposal

The required services/tasks may include, but are not limited to the following:

• quality standards, methodologies, procedures and tools required for quality assurance activities
• resources, schedule and responsibilities required to conduct quality assurance activities
• activities and tasks in support of various quality assurance processes, including verification, validation, joint review, verification and problem solving

• test eLearning programs to verify that they are compliant with client-approved drafts, instructional standards, guidelines, specifications and scenarios
• test the eLearning program for interactivity, functionality and programming errors
• verify grammatical and spelling accuracy in either or in both of Canada’s official languages, as required
• ensure consistency of the on-line learning product in terms of presentation and style, including use of colors, fonts, formats, architecture and navigation strategy, modularization and consistency between the English and French versions
• ensure compliance with guidelines, conventions, taxonomies and best practices with respect to the use of metadata
• verify compliance with SCORM® in an approved learning management system/learning content management system testing environment
• test eLearning programs to ensure that they are functioning as intended in the client’s learning management system/learning content management system environment
• document the results of all quality assurance interventions and make them available to the technical authority

• plans
• testing and test protocols
• test reports