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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.


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Popular Instructional Design Courses and Certifications


  • A

    Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)

    Becoming a Strengths Based Leader: Leading Standout® Teams

    Skills you'll gain: Storytelling, Recognizing Others, Team Building, Trustworthiness, Team Performance Management, Team Management, Teamwork, Collaboration, Team Leadership, Visionary, Leadership Development, Peer Review, Drive Engagement, Team Motivation, Professional Development, Employee Coaching, Leadership, Performance Management, Communication, Productivity

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    34 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • B

    Board Infinity

    Software Quality Assurance and Testing

    Skills you'll gain: Test Automation, Performance Testing, Software Quality Assurance, White-Box Testing, API Testing, Test Script Development, Debugging, Software Development Methodologies, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), JUnit, Maintainability, Development Testing, Selenium (Software), Scalability, Automation, Software Technical Review, DevOps, Regression Testing, Test Execution Engine, Security Testing

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    27 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • S

    SAP

    Business Process Modeling and Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: SAP Signavio, Business Process Modeling, Performance Measurement, Process Analysis, Process Design, Business Process, Process Mapping, Process Improvement, Gap Analysis, SAP Analytics Cloud, Business Process Improvement, Dashboard, Data Visualization, Root Cause Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, ChatGPT

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    20 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    Designing Meaningful Interface Animation for UX

    Skills you'll gain: Motion Graphics, UI/UX Strategy, Animations, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, User Experience, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Prototyping, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Style Guides, Responsive Web Design

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • M

    Microsoft

    Building Intelligent Troubleshooting Agents

    Skills you'll gain: Large Language Modeling, Natural Language Processing, LLM Application, Generative AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, Test Case, Agentic systems, User Interface (UI), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Performance Testing, Debugging, Applied Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Algorithms, Classification Algorithms, Decision Support Systems, Model Evaluation, Performance Tuning

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
    ·
    16 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    How to Secure your Network Device using Cisco Packet Tracer

    Skills you'll gain: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Network Security, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), Network Planning And Design, Network Architecture, Network Routers, Infrastructure Security, General Networking, Authentications, Network Switches

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    27 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • S

    SkillUp

    AI SEO: Mastering Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)

    Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Optimization, Generative AI, Web Analytics and SEO, Search Engine Marketing, Keyword Research, Digital Marketing, Performance Measurement, Content Creation, Competitive Analysis, Semantic Web, Content Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Web Content, Content Marketing, Content Development and Management, Analysis, Business Ethics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Data Strategy, Writing

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    28 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Maryland, College Park

    Foundations of Digital Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Marketing, Pay Per Click Advertising, Marketing Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics, Web Analytics and SEO, Online Advertising, Model Evaluation, Digital Marketing, Apache Hadoop, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Digital Advertising, Return On Investment, A/B Testing, Machine Learning Methods, Advertising, Analytics, Social Media Strategy, Marketing Automation, Predictive Modeling

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    24 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Introducción al diseño de Mercadeo con Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Design, Social Media Content, Facebook, Social Media, Graphic Design, Instagram, Branding, Design, Marketing

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    41 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • S

    Skillshare

    Blender for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Animations, 3D Modeling, 3D Assets, Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Post-Production, Computer Graphic Techniques, Graphical Tools, Motion Graphics, Timelines, Graphics Software, User Interface (UI), Creativity, File Management, Image Quality, Layout Design, Software Versioning, Software Installation

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    15 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • U

    University of London

    Problems, Algorithms and Flowcharts

    Skills you'll gain: Pseudocode, Algorithms, Computational Thinking, Computer Science, Data Structures, Diagram Design, Program Development

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    26 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Sistemas difusos

    Skills you'll gain: Mathematical Modeling, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, System Design and Implementation, Software Development Tools, Programming Principles, Logical Reasoning, Arithmetic, Algorithms

    5
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    48 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Becoming a Strengths Based Leader: Leading Standout® Teams: Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)
  • Software Quality Assurance and Testing: Board Infinity
  • Business Process Modeling and Analysis: SAP
  • Designing Meaningful Interface Animation for UX: Packt
  • Building Intelligent Troubleshooting Agents: Microsoft
  • How to Secure your Network Device using Cisco Packet Tracer : Coursera
  • AI SEO: Mastering Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): SkillUp
  • Foundations of Digital Marketing: University of Maryland, College Park
  • Introducción al diseño de Mercadeo con Canva: Coursera
  • Blender for Beginners: Skillshare

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