Instructional technology helped to sustain learning in virtual environments when the novel coronavirus COVID-19 locked down campuses. This article is the success story of a large, public university in the southern United States, that smoothly transitioned into abrupt online learning with central support from instructional technologists. When unemployment was exponentially rising globally with COVID-19, the demand for instructional technologists was paradoxically rising. Amidst budgetary uncertainties, in April/May 2020, the university prioritized filling the positions of 18 instructional designers/multimedia specialists and learning technologist. Advancing with learner-centered education, the instructional technology program at the university is termed learning technologies.