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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


  • 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
    ·
    16 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    ChatGPT 4o for Beginners: Create Social Media Content

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Content Creation, Generative AI, Operational Efficiency, Quality Improvement, AI Workflows, Social Media Content, Brainstorming, Artificial Intelligence

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    15 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Project Execution and Control

    Skills you'll gain: Earned Value Management, Configuration Management, Communication Planning, Project Controls, Project Risk Management, Project Management, Risk Management, Communication Strategies, Conflict Management, Quality Assurance and Control, Business Risk Management, Project Performance, Stakeholder Communications, Communication, Quality Management, Performance Measurement, Cross-Functional Collaboration

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    19 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • L

    L&T EduTech

    Precast Structural System

    Skills you'll gain: Shop Drawing, Construction, Structural Engineering, Building Codes, Architectural Drawing, Construction Inspection, Construction Engineering, Structural Analysis, Building Design, Manufacturing Processes, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Engineering Tolerance, Engineering Practices, Engineering Software, Engineering Design Process, Engineering Analysis, Product Testing, Engineering Calculations

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    15 reviews

    Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • L

    LearnQuest

    Visual Basic Programming: Classes and Collections

    Skills you'll gain: Unified Modeling Language, Visual Basic (Programming Language), Data Structures, Object Oriented Design, Data Modeling, Microsoft Visual Studio, Program Development, Programming Principles, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), .NET Framework, Computer Programming

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    20 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • S

    Scrimba

    Learn Bootstrap

    Skills you'll gain: Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, UI Components, Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Web Development, User Interface (UI)

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    16 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • E

    Eindhoven University of Technology

    Co-design for All: doing co-design in practice

    Skills you'll gain: Human Centered Design, Design Thinking, Research and Design, Design Research, Research, Visual Design, Research Methodologies, Qualitative Research, Case Studies

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
    ·
    8 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Cómo hacer invitaciones en Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Graphical Tools, Web Content, Design, Creative Design, Graphic Design, Marketing Design, Event Management

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    17 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • E

    Edureka

    Programming with Golang

    Skills you'll gain: Development Environment, Web Development, Computer Programming, Program Development, Other Programming Languages, Software Development Tools

    2.7
    Rating, 2.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    24 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Teaching Reluctant Writers

    Skills you'll gain: Student Engagement, Teaching, Empowerment, Instructional Strategies, Writing, Mentorship, Case Studies, Literacy, Constructive Feedback

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    7 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Maryland, College Park

    Fundamentals of Digital Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics and SEO, Digital Marketing, Online Advertising, Return On Investment, Media Planning, Consumer Behaviour, Cross-Channel Marketing, Digital Advertising, Marketing Channel, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Effectiveness, Paid media, Network Model, Business-To-Consumer, Marketing Analytics, Business Analysis

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    15 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • L

    LearnQuest

    RESTful Web Services with JAX-RS

    Skills you'll gain: Restful API, Web Services, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Software Design, Java, Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, JSON, Web Applications, Software Architecture

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 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

  • Organizational innovation and creativity: Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • ChatGPT 4o for Beginners: Create Social Media Content: Coursera
  • Project Execution and Control: Johns Hopkins University
  • Precast Structural System: L&T EduTech
  • Visual Basic Programming: Classes and Collections: LearnQuest
  • Learn Bootstrap: Scrimba
  • Co-design for All: doing co-design in practice: Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Cómo hacer invitaciones en Canva: Coursera
  • Programming with Golang: Edureka
  • Teaching Reluctant Writers: Johns Hopkins University

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