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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


  • L

    LearnKartS

    Program Management Process

    Skills you'll gain: Program Management, Cost Management, Earned Value Management, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Project Closure, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Project Management, Cost Estimation, Procurement, Communication Planning, Financial Management, Contract Management, Scheduling, Stakeholder Communications, Scope Management, Stakeholder Management, Resource Management, Quality Management, Quality Control

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Documentation and Usability for Cancer Informatics

    Skills you'll gain: Usability, User Experience Design, User Centered Design, Usability Testing, Technical Documentation, Bioinformatics, End User Training and Support, Clinical Informatics, Technical Writing, Product Development, Writing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • L

    L&T EduTech

    Concepts of Heavy Lifting

    Skills you'll gain: Mechanics, General Construction and Construction Labor, Hydraulics, Construction, Structural Engineering, Structural Analysis, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Engineering, Equipment Design, Engineering Practices, Engineering, Engineering Analysis, Safety Standards, Engineering Calculations, Transportation Operations

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • B

    Ball State University

    Cybersecurity and Secure Software Design

    Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Application Security, Encryption, Authentications, Cybersecurity, Data Encryption Standard, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Email Security, Network Security, Information Systems Security, Key Management, Application Development, Public Key Infrastructure, Data Integrity

    Build toward a degree

    5
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • A

    AI Business School

    Practical AI and prompting for marketing professionals

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Project Design, Training Programs, AI Enablement, Artificial Intelligence, Brainstorming, Marketing Analytics, Personalized Service, Content Creation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Peking University

    程序开发项目实践

    Skills you'll gain: Program Development, Application Development, Software Design, Computer Programming, Software Engineering, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Algorithms

    2.9
    Rating, 2.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    11 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    University of Pennsylvania

    Introduction to American Corporate Law

    Skills you'll gain: Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Ethics, Legal Risk, Governance, Corporate Finance, Lawsuits, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Corporate Strategy, Litigation and Civil Justice, Legal Strategy, Case Law, Storytelling, Case Studies

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Michigan

    Feedback Loops: Horizontal Feedback

    Skills you'll gain: Constructive Feedback, Cooperation, Independent Thinking, Empathy, Rapport Building, Teamwork, Collaboration, Relationship Building, Diversity and Inclusion, Emotional Intelligence, Cognitive flexibility, Communication

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    ChatGPT for Creatives

    Skills you'll gain: Ideation, Prompt Engineering, Storytelling, Brainstorming, ChatGPT, Creativity, Learning Strategies, Generative AI, Responsible AI, Game Design, Storyboarding, Artificial Intelligence, Content Creation, Writing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • P

    Packt

    Building AI Agents – Fundamentals to Advanced

    Skills you'll gain: Email Automation, Agentic Workflows, AI Workflows, Multimodal Prompts, Tool Calling, Calendar Management, Machine Learning Methods, Scheduling, AI Security, Text Mining, Classification Algorithms, JSON

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • P

    Pearson

    SQL for Any IT Professional

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Relational Databases, SQL, Database Management, Query Languages, Database Development, Database Systems, Data Management, Databases, Data Integrity, Oracle Databases, Data Modeling, Data Analysis, Data Manipulation, Data Structures, User Accounts

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • A

    Amazon Web Services

    Introduction to Building with AWS Databases V01.01.00

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Database Design, Database Systems, Data Migration, Databases, Solution Design

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    6 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Program Management Process: LearnKartS
  • Documentation and Usability for Cancer Informatics: Johns Hopkins University
  • Concepts of Heavy Lifting: L&T EduTech
  • Cybersecurity and Secure Software Design: Ball State University
  • Practical AI and prompting for marketing professionals: AI Business School
  • 程序开发项目实践: Peking University
  • Introduction to American Corporate Law: University of Pennsylvania
  • Feedback Loops: Horizontal Feedback : University of Michigan
  • ChatGPT for Creatives: Packt
  • Building AI Agents – Fundamentals to Advanced: Packt

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