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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


  • C

    Coursera

    Create a High-Fidelity Prototype with Figma

    Skills you'll gain: Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), Figma (Design Software), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Application Design, Design, Interactive Design, Collaborative Software

    ★ 3.9 (14) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
  • C

    California Institute of the Arts

    Building Your Freelancing Career Capstone

    Skills you'll gain: Business Planning, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Business Strategies, Peer Review, Financial Modeling, Entrepreneurship, Business Development, Brand Strategy, Branding, Financial Planning, Service Design, Constructive Feedback

    ★ 4.8 (36) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
  • V

    Vanderbilt University

    Building HTTP APIs with Spring

    Skills you'll gain: Spring Boot, API Testing, Spring Framework, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, Data Persistence, Web Applications, Application Frameworks, Development Testing, Software Testing, Web Services, Object-Relational Mapping, Application Security, Authentications, Authorization (Computing), Network Protocols

    ★ 4.2 (29) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
  • D

    Dassault Systèmes

    SOLIDWORKS Feature Patterns and Sweeps

    Skills you'll gain: Computer-Aided Design, Design Software, Technical Design, 3D Modeling, Mechanical Engineering

    ★ 4.8 (18) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
  • 2

    28DIGITAL

    System Validation (4): Modelling Software, Protocols, and other behaviour

    Skills you'll gain: Systems Analysis, Communication Systems, Verification And Validation, Computational Logic, Systems Design, Process Modeling, System Design and Implementation, Data Modeling, Software Design, Network Protocols

    ★ 4.6 (13) · Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • G

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Network Function Virtualization

    Skills you'll gain: Software-Defined Networking, Virtual Networking, Virtualization, Virtual Machines, Cloud Infrastructure, Network Architecture, Network Infrastructure, Computer Networking, Cloud Computing, Cloud Deployment, Network Performance Management, Firewall, Performance Tuning, Hardware Architecture, Network Routing, Scalability

    ★ 4.8 (35) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Leadership Style and Building a High-Performance Team

    Skills you'll gain: Executive Presence, Succession Planning, Team Performance Management, Team Management, Organizational Structure, Diversity and Inclusion, Delegation Skills, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, People Development, Organizational Leadership, Engineering Management, Team Building, People Management, Diversity Awareness, Leadership and Management, Team Leadership, Telecommuting, Talent Management, Leadership, Leadership Development

    ★ 4.5 (20) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
  • C

    Coursera

    Create Your UX portfolio with Crevado

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Editing, Content Creation, Writing, Writing and Editing

    ★ 3.9 (18) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Free
    Free
  • U

    University of Glasgow

    Writing for Business Advanced

    Skills you'll gain: Business Writing, Business Correspondence, Writing, Report Writing, Business Communication, Writing and Editing, Storytelling, Organizational Structure, Vocabulary, Grammar, Concision, Target Audience, Press Releases

    ★ 4.9 (7) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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  • U

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Subsistence Marketplaces

    Skills you'll gain: Business Planning, Solution Design, Consumer Behaviour, Sustainable Development, Enterprise Modeling, Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Business, Market Dynamics, Market Opportunities, Needs Assessment, Design Thinking, Ideation, Product Development, Environmental Issue, Sustainability Reporting, Business Development, Cultural Sensitivity, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence

    ★ 4.4 (25) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Preview
    Preview
  • P

    Packt

    Learn Spring Boot in 100 Steps - Beginner to Expert

    Skills you'll gain: Spring Boot, Application Development, API Testing, Java Programming, Web Development, Program Development, Application Frameworks, Software Testing, Test Case, Secure Coding, Development Environment, Model View Controller, Software Development Tools, UI Components, Data Access, Authentications, SQL, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Persistence, User Interface (UI)

    ★ 4.7 (19) · Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
  • E

    EDUCBA

    Lean Six Sigma Green Belt: Apply & Master Skills

    Skills you'll gain: Lean Six Sigma, Lean Methodologies, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Six Sigma Methodology, Correlation Analysis, Kaizen Methodology, Process Improvement, Process Improvement and Optimization, Project Coordination, Project Design, Quality Improvement, Sampling (Statistics), Project Management Software, Milestones (Project Management), Project Management, Data Literacy, Statistical Process Controls, Statistical Methods, Business Process, Statistical Modeling

    ★ 4.8 (50) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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