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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


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    EDUCBA

    Design and Build a Complaints Tracking System with SQL

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Case Studies, Relational Databases, System Testing, Database Development, Microsoft SQL Servers, SQL, Customer Complaint Resolution, Data Integrity, Business Reporting, Visual Basic (Programming Language), Workflow Management, Registration, Requirements Analysis, User Interface (UI)

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Build an Android Calculator App Using Kotlin

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI) Design, Application Development, Event-Driven Programming, System Design and Implementation

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Cape Town

    Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation

    Skills you'll gain: Human Centered Design, Design Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Social Impact, Entrepreneurship, Resourcefulness, Innovation, Sustainable Development, Systems Thinking, Cultural Diversity, Community Development, Organizational Change, Program Evaluation, Empowerment

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • P

    Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

    Design Thinking - Parte 1: Descubre tu solución de negocio con IA Generativa

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Competitive Analysis, Human Centered Design, User Research, Needs Assessment, Generative AI, Social Impact, AI Enablement, Market Analysis, Strategic Decision-Making, Innovation, Business Analysis, Persona Development

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Design Taxonomy & Audit

    Skills you'll gain: Information Architecture, Technical Documentation, Software Documentation, Auditing, Document Control, Document Management, User Centered Design, Scalability, Content Strategy, Content Management, Data Quality, Content Development and Management, Data Governance

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    Node.js Mastery: Streams, Patterns & High-Performance Apps

    Skills you'll gain: Scalability, Software Design Patterns, Node.JS, Distributed Computing, Dataflow, Event-Driven Programming, Object Oriented Design, Software Design, Load Balancing, Software Architecture, Performance Tuning, Real Time Data, Systems Architecture, File I/O, Redis, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Systems Design, Application Performance Management, Javascript, Maintainability

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Building and Optimizing AI Agent Workflows

    Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Agentic Workflows, Data Ethics, Responsible AI, Model Deployment, Agentic systems, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Data Transformation, Model Evaluation, Reinforcement Learning, Software Architecture, Business Ethics, API Design, Process Optimization, System Design and Implementation, Performance Tuning, Algorithms, Python Programming

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Build and Deploy a Drupal CMS Website for an Ad Agency

    Skills you'll gain: Drupal, Content Management Systems, Project Management Life Cycle, Presentations, Business Requirements, Content Development and Management, HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, UI Components, Blogs, Advertising, Application Deployment, Portfolio Management, Responsive Web Design, Javascript

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    CI/CD Design Patterns

    Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Test Automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Deployment, Application Deployment, Release Management, Continuous Integration, Software Architecture, Microservices, Cloud Deployment, DevOps, Scalability, Containerization, Git (Version Control System), Version Control

    Advanced · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Build an Interactive Investment App with R Shiny

    Skills you'll gain: Shiny (R Package), Application Deployment, Server Side, Application Lifecycle Management, Authentications, User Interface (UI) Design, Interactive Design, Business Logic, Application Design, Application Development, Dashboard, Security Controls, Web Applications, R (Software)

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    Mastering Unity Game Development & Monetization for Android

    Skills you'll gain: GitHub, User Interface (UI) Design, 3D Assets

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Apply PostgreSQL Fundamentals for Data Management

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Data Processing, Data Integrity

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Design and Build a Complaints Tracking System with SQL: EDUCBA
  • Build an Android Calculator App Using Kotlin: EDUCBA
  • Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation: University of Cape Town
  • Design Thinking - Parte 1: Descubre tu solución de negocio con IA Generativa: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
  • Design Taxonomy & Audit: Coursera
  • Node.js Mastery: Streams, Patterns & High-Performance Apps: Packt
  • Building and Optimizing AI Agent Workflows: Coursera
  • Build and Deploy a Drupal CMS Website for an Ad Agency: EDUCBA
  • CI/CD Design Patterns: Packt
  • Build an Interactive Investment App with R Shiny: EDUCBA

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