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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, Irvine

    Data Visualization Best Practices

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization Software, Statistical Visualization, Data Presentation, Plot (Graphics), Data Storytelling, Tableau Software, Exploratory Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Descriptive Analytics, Histogram

    3.9
    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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    20 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • M

    Microsoft

    Microsoft AI Agents: From Foundations to Applications

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Containerization, Prompt Engineering, AI Orchestration, Scalability, AI Workflows, Application Deployment, Kubernetes, Agentic Workflows, Azure Active Directory, System Monitoring, LangChain, Generative AI Agents, Microservices, Microsoft Azure, Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Computing, Serverless Computing, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning

    3.4
    Rating, 3.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    20 reviews

    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • T

    Technical University of Munich (TUM)

    Street Experiments for Sustainable and Resilient cities

    Skills you'll gain: Social Impact, Experimentation, Program Evaluation, Community Development, Sustainable Development, Systems Thinking, Research, Human Centered Design, Culture, Cultural Diversity, Creative Problem-Solving, Case Studies, Critical Thinking

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    44 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Pathway to Space

    Skills you'll gain: Global Positioning Systems, Journalism, Music, Political Sciences, Entrepreneurship, Systems Engineering, Culture, Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards, Media and Communications, International Relations, Governance, Higher Education, Public Policies, Physical Science, Liberal Arts, Geographic Information Systems, Physics, Engineering Design Process, Environmental Science, Writing

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    40 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Build a Small Simulated Network With Cisco Packet Tracker

    Skills you'll gain: Network Troubleshooting, Network Routers, Network Architecture, Networking Hardware, Network Administration, Computer Networking, TCP/IP, General Networking, Network Switches, Network Planning And Design, Command-Line Interface

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    36 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • N

    NIIT

    Developing Responsive Web Pages Using HTML5 and CSS3

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, Mobile Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
    ·
    27 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • W

    Whizlabs

    Exam Prep: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Containerization, AWS CloudFormation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon CloudWatch, CI/CD, Docker (Software), Kubernetes, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Infrastructure, Application Deployment, Serverless Computing, Software Development Life Cycle, Configuration Management, Disaster Recovery, Continuous Deployment, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Firewall, DevOps, API Gateway

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
    ·
    30 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • U
    S

    Multiple educators

    Sustainable and Resilient Operations and Supply Chains

    Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Design, Corporate Sustainability, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Sustainable Business, Sustainability Reporting, Sustainable Engineering, Sustainable Development, Business Ethics, Sustainability Standards, Sustainable Systems, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Systems, Procurement, Supplier Relationship Management, Product Design

    Build toward a degree

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    37 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • L

    L&T EduTech

    Natural Gas Production and Processing

    Skills you'll gain: Oil and Gas, Petroleum Industry, Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Production Process, Safety Standards, Materials science, Equipment Design, Facility Repair And Maintenance, Environmental Regulations, Engineering Calculations

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    31 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of London

    Introduction to Network Security

    Skills you'll gain: Network Security, IT Security Architecture, OSI Models, TCP/IP, Threat Modeling, Network Protocols, Computer Networking, Cybersecurity, Application Security, Network Architecture, Cryptographic Protocols, Vulnerability Assessments, Network Infrastructure, Threat Detection

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    33 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • S

    Skillshare

    How to Draw: A Beginner’s Guide Pt 1 – Basic Shapes

    Skills you'll gain: Design Elements And Principles

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
    ·
    19 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • K

    Kennesaw State University

    Customer Centricity as Competitive Advantage - Jagdish Sheth

    Skills you'll gain: Customer Retention, Customer Insights, Customer experience strategy (CX), Customer Relationship Management, Value Propositions, Innovation, Organizational Change, Cost Accounting, Organizational Structure, Business Transformation, Strategic Marketing, Consumer Behaviour

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    52 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Data Visualization Best Practices: University of California, Irvine
  • Microsoft AI Agents: From Foundations to Applications: Microsoft
  • Street Experiments for Sustainable and Resilient cities: Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • Pathway to Space: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Build a Small Simulated Network With Cisco Packet Tracker: Coursera
  • Developing Responsive Web Pages Using HTML5 and CSS3: NIIT
  • Exam Prep: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional: Whizlabs
  • Sustainable and Resilient Operations and Supply Chains: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Natural Gas Production and Processing: L&T EduTech
  • Introduction to Network Security: University of London

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