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Instructional Design Courses

Instructional design courses can help you learn curriculum development, assessment strategies, and learner engagement techniques. You can build skills in creating effective learning experiences, utilizing multimedia resources, and evaluating instructional effectiveness. Many courses introduce tools like Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and learning management systems, which support the design and delivery of educational content.


Popular Instructional Design Courses and Certifications


  • P

    Packt

    Systems Acquisition, Development and Implementation

    Skills you'll gain: Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Development, Software Development Methodologies, Change Management, Project Management, System Implementation, Compliance Auditing, Software Testing, Auditing, Development Testing, Information Technology, Verification And Validation, Project Management Office (PMO), Internal Controls, Governance, Agile Methodology, Software Development, Data Integrity, Risk Management

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    7 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    Universidad de los Andes

    Realidad Extendida y Metaverso para todos

    Skills you'll gain: Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Virtual Environment, Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, User Experience, Unity Engine, Display Devices, Experience Design, Development Environment, Computer Programming Tools, Animations, Peripheral Devices

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    22 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • F

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    Determining AI Needs

    Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, AI Enablement, AI Product Strategy, AI Security, Artificial Intelligence, Project Design, Goal Setting, Decision Making, Usability Testing, Needs Assessment, Project Planning, Cost Estimation, Resource Planning, Resource Management, Data Security

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
    ·
    31 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Virginia

    Approche agile et design thinking

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, Persona (User Experience), Agile Product Development, Design Thinking, Agile Methodology, Product Development, User Research, Persona Development, Usability Testing, Team Building, User Centered Design, Value Propositions, Innovation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Foundations of Distributed Database Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Distributed Computing, Scalability, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Database Systems, Database Architecture and Administration, Database Management, Relational Databases, SQL, Performance Tuning, Data Integrity, Transaction Processing

    3.5
    Rating, 3.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Build a Chatbot with Voiceflow: Ecommerce Customer Support

    Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Customer Support, ChatGPT, Product Support, Customer Inquiries, Business Process Automation, Customer Service, E-Commerce, Order Management, User Requirements Documents, Automation, Greeting Customers, AI Enablement, User Flows, Natural Language Processing

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
    ·
    8 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • C

    Coursera

    Open Generative AI: Build with Open Models and Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI Agents, Model Context Protocol, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative Model Architectures, Model Deployment, Responsible AI, Load Balancing, Large Language Modeling, Containerization, AI Security, Docker (Software), Generative AI, Model Evaluation, Agentic systems, LangChain, Restful API, Cloud Deployment, Data Ethics, Data Validation, Image Quality

    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • S

    Scrimba

    Learn CSS Variables

    Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, Front-End Web Development, Javascript, Responsive Web Design, Maintainability

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    11 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • S

    SkillsBooster Academy

    The Non-Coder’s Guide to Vibe Coding

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, Responsible AI, No-Code Development, Presentations, Application Development, Generative AI, Web Applications, Automation, Prototyping, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Application Design, Interactive Design, Digital Design, Creative Design, New Product Development, Creative Thinking, User Interface (UI) Design, Creativity, Application Deployment

    5
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    7 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • B

    Board Infinity

    Master Data Transformation at Scale with Power BI Desktop

    Skills you'll gain: Power BI, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Interactive Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, Business Intelligence, Data Security, Data Integration, Data Transformation, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Cleansing, Software Installation

    2.8
    Rating, 2.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • T

    Tata Institute of Social Sciences

    Making Public Policies Work: The Last-mile Delivery

    Skills you'll gain: Public Policies, Policy Development, Policty Analysis, Research, and Development, Governance, Policy Analysis, Social and Human Services, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Program Implementation, Social Justice, Public Administration, Community Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Advocacy, Program Evaluation, Empowerment, Stakeholder Engagement

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    8 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • P

    Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

    Fundamentos de UX para el desarrollo de software

    Skills you'll gain: Human Computer Interaction, Prototyping, Usability, User Experience, User Interface (UI) Design, Interaction Design, User Centered Design, Human Factors, User Research, Design Thinking, Information Architecture

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    10 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular instructional design courses

  • Systems Acquisition, Development and Implementation: Packt
  • Realidad Extendida y Metaverso para todos: Universidad de los Andes
  • Determining AI Needs: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Approche agile et design thinking: University of Virginia
  • Foundations of Distributed Database Systems: Johns Hopkins University
  • Build a Chatbot with Voiceflow: Ecommerce Customer Support: Coursera
  • Open Generative AI: Build with Open Models and Tools: Coursera
  • Learn CSS Variables: Scrimba
  • The Non-Coder’s Guide to Vibe Coding: SkillsBooster Academy
  • Master Data Transformation at Scale with Power BI Desktop: Board Infinity

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