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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 California, Santa Cruz

    GetVirtual: How to Launch Your Online Business

    Skills you'll gain: Business Communication, Entrepreneurship, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Design and Development, Marketing, Workflow Management, Business Planning, E-Commerce, Project Management, Business Strategy, Business Process, Branding, Invoicing, Customer Relationship Management

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
    ·
    9 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Politecnico di Milano

    Platform Thinking: designing a Platform

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Innovation, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Product Development, Strategic Thinking, New Business Development, Business Strategies, Business Modeling, Growth Strategies, Business Transformation, Target Market, Customer Analysis, Value Propositions

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    18 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Building Scalable Applications with .NET Core

    Skills you'll gain: Load Balancing, Scalability, Microservices, .NET Framework, Redis, Application Performance Management, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Applications, Databases, System Monitoring, Software Architecture, Distributed Computing, C# (Programming Language), Microsoft Azure, Performance Tuning

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    80 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • M

    Microsoft

    Relational Database Design and Advanced Querying

    Skills you'll gain: Star Schema, Microsoft SQL Servers, Database Design, Relational Databases, SQL, Data Warehousing, Query Languages, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Integrity, Power BI, Business Intelligence, Performance Tuning, Generative AI

    5
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    10 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana

    Metodologías activas para el aprendizaje

    Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Business Planning, Business Strategy, Digital pedagogy, Pedagogy, Instructional Strategies, Teaching, New Business Development, Education Software and Technology, Classroom Management, Entrepreneurship, Program Implementation, Learning Management Systems, Case Studies, Student-Centred Learning, Project Design, Proposal Development, Program Evaluation, Student Engagement, Design Thinking

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    32 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Use Python Regular Expressions to Process File Data

    Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Test Case, Data Validation, Verification And Validation, Scripting, Data Cleansing, Python Programming

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    24 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • T

    Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Organizational innovation and creativity

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Innovation, Creative Problem-Solving, Ideation, Process Development, Creative Thinking, New Product Development, Creativity, Lean Methodologies, Customer experience improvement, Customer Engagement, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Modeling, Value Propositions

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    17 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Building No-Code Apps with AppSheet: Implementation

    Skills you'll gain: No-Code Development, Application Design, Application Performance Management, Application Development, Authorization (Computing), Authentications, Application Lifecycle Management, Data Management, Restful API, Application Security, Scalability, Software Versioning, Automation, Data Security, Debugging, Data Validation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    22 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • I

    Infosec

    Establishing Command-and-Control and Finding Credentials

    Skills you'll gain: Cyber Operations, Cybersecurity, Authentications, Python Programming, Data Access, System Monitoring, Systems Analysis

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    27 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • S

    Skillshare

    Design a Strong and Cohesive Product Brand

    Skills you'll gain: Packaging and Labeling, Brand Strategy, Competitive Analysis, Presentations, Content Creation, Target Audience, Logo Design, Storytelling, Branding, Product Design, Design Strategies, Social Media, Design, Marketing Design, Design Thinking, Brand Awareness, Adobe Illustrator, Social Media Marketing, Storyboarding, Visual Design

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    8 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • K

    Kennesaw State University

    AI for Education (Advanced)

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Data Ethics, Responsible AI, Education Software and Technology, ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, Digital pedagogy, Generative AI

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
    ·
    23 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Washington

    Building Web Pages with HTML & CSS

    Skills you'll gain: GitHub, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Version Control, Git (Version Control System), HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, Web Development, Front-End Web Development, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Cloud Hosting, Debugging, Semantic Web, Web Analytics and SEO, Responsive Web Design

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    16 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • GetVirtual: How to Launch Your Online Business: University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Platform Thinking: designing a Platform: Politecnico di Milano
  • Building Scalable Applications with .NET Core: EDUCBA
  • Relational Database Design and Advanced Querying: Microsoft
  • Metodologías activas para el aprendizaje: Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana
  • Use Python Regular Expressions to Process File Data: Coursera
  • Organizational innovation and creativity: Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • Building No-Code Apps with AppSheet: Implementation: Google Cloud
  • Establishing Command-and-Control and Finding Credentials: Infosec
  • Design a Strong and Cohesive Product Brand: Skillshare

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