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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


  • U

    University of Michigan

    How to Create a Good Business

    Skills you'll gain: Management Training And Development, Employee Engagement, Workforce Management, Social Impact, Research, Organizational Effectiveness, Employee Training, Business Research, Employee Surveys, Research Methodologies, Internal Communications, Environment Health And Safety, Program Evaluation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • B

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

    Education on climate change, energy and ecological footprint

    Skills you'll gain: Climate Change Mitigation, Energy and Utilities, Environmental Issue, Environmental Science, Environment, Education and Training, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Technologies, Systems Thinking, Collaboration

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    7 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    PHP Development with ChatGPT: Practical Web Development

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, PHP (Scripting Language), Web Applications, Data Management, Generative AI, Web Development, ChatGPT, Application Development, Application Security, Microsoft Visual Studio, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Debugging, SQL, User Interface (UI) Design

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • A

    Adobe

    Generative AI for Designers

    Skills you'll gain: Adobe Firefly, Adobe Photoshop, Generative AI, Graphic and Visual Design, Prompt Engineering, Photo Editing, Artificial Intelligence, Ideation, Image Quality

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    7 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of California, Davis

    Academic Research Types and Methods

    Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Research, Higher Education, Research Methodologies, Research Design, Science and Research, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Student Engagement, Safety and Security

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Project on Recommendation Engine - Advanced Book Recommender

    Skills you'll gain: Data Preprocessing, Scalability, Data Manipulation, Pandas (Python Package), Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Predictive Modeling, Python Programming, Machine Learning Algorithms, NumPy, Model Evaluation, Exploratory Data Analysis

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    25 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • B

    Board Infinity

    Understanding Cisco Cybersecurity Operations Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Cyber Threat Hunting, Incident Response, Computer Security Incident Management, Cybersecurity, Network Security, Cyber Security Policies, Threat Detection, Security Controls, Threat Management, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Firewall, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Continuous Monitoring, Endpoint Security, Network Monitoring, Malware Protection

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    7 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • S

    Simplilearn

    Ecommerce Listing Course

    Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Optimization, E-Commerce, Logistics Management, Product Marketing, Product Demonstration, Product Knowledge, Customer Service, Customer Relationship Management, Online Advertising, Price Negotiation, Web Analytics and SEO, Social Media Marketing

    3.9
    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    8 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • B

    Board Infinity

    GraphQL Fundamentals–Design APIs,Schema,Frontend Integration

    Skills you'll gain: Frontend Integration, JavaScript Frameworks

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Create a presentation with Microsoft SWAY

    Skills you'll gain: Web Content, Microsoft Office, Design, Microsoft 365, Education Software and Technology

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    8 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • P

    Packt

    Azure DevOps and Continuous Delivery with Git

    Skills you'll gain: Azure DevOps, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Continuous Delivery, CI/CD, DevOps, Test Planning, Continuous Integration, Git (Version Control System), YAML, GitHub, Agile Methodology, Version Control, Agile Project Management, Application Deployment, Sprint Planning, Scrum (Software Development)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • R

    Radio y Televisión Española

    Búsqueda avanzada y verificación de información

    Skills you'll gain: digital literacy, Research, Investigation, Social Network Analysis, Trend Analysis, Verification And Validation

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    10 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • How to Create a Good Business: University of Michigan
  • Education on climate change, energy and ecological footprint: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
  • PHP Development with ChatGPT: Practical Web Development: Coursera
  • Generative AI for Designers: Adobe
  • Academic Research Types and Methods: University of California, Davis
  • Project on Recommendation Engine - Advanced Book Recommender: EDUCBA
  • Understanding Cisco Cybersecurity Operations Fundamentals: Board Infinity
  • Ecommerce Listing Course: Simplilearn
  • GraphQL Fundamentals–Design APIs,Schema,Frontend Integration: Board Infinity
  • Create a presentation with Microsoft SWAY: Coursera

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