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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


  • P

    Pearson

    Cisco Software-Defined Wan for Enterprise and Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: Routing Protocols, Software-Defined Networking, Wide Area Networks, Virtual Networking, Network Troubleshooting, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Network Routing, Network Architecture, Network Monitoring, Network Planning And Design, Computer Networking, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Border Gateway Protocol, Network Performance Management, Network Security, Network Administration, Firewall, Network Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Deployment

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • B

    Board Infinity

    Advanced Usability and Accessibility Practices

    Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Surveys, Software Testing, Human Computer Interaction, User Research, UI/UX Research, User Experience Design, Software Quality (SQA/SQC), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Virginia

    Agiles Arbeiten trifft auf Design Thinking

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, Persona (User Experience), Design Thinking, Agile Product Development, Agile Methodology, Interviewing Skills, User Research, Persona Development, Product Development, Innovation, User Centered Design

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    GenAI for Sales Proposals and Presentations

    Skills you'll gain: AI Personalization, Proposal Writing, Proposal Development, Sales Presentation, Sales Strategy, Generative AI Agents, Storytelling, Presentations, Sales Process, Content Performance Analysis, Personalized Service, Market Research, Customer Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Microsoft PowerPoint, Competitive Analysis

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Create Interactive Prototypes with Pidoco

    Skills you'll gain: Wireframing, Prototyping, Interactive Design, User Experience Design, Mockups, User Centered Design, User Interface (UI), Usability

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • U

    University of California, Davis

    Initiating a Research Project

    Skills you'll gain: Research, Research Methodologies, Research and Design, Journals

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    Universitat de Barcelona

    Nanotecnología para un futuro sostenible

    Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Development, Sustainable Technologies, Materials science, Educational Materials, Engineering, Scientific, and Technical Instruments, Robotics, Chemistry, Environmental Issue, Solution Design, Biomedical Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Innovation, Electronics, Healthcare Ethics, Safety Standards, Experimentation, Creative Thinking, Physics

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Ethical Hacking: Meterpreter, DNS & ICMP Attacks

    Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Metasploit, Penetration Testing, Exploitation techniques, Brute-force attacks, Cyber Security Assessment, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Network Security, Remote Access Systems, Network Protocols, Command-Line Interface, Network Analysis

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    15 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Architect Reusable AI Agent Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Agentic systems, Systems Architecture, API Design, Maintainability, Systems Design, Solution Architecture

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    Advanced Microservices Architecture, Deployment & Resilience

    Skills you'll gain: Microservices, CI/CD, Containerization, Serverless Computing, Docker (Software), Kubernetes, Event-Driven Programming, Transaction Processing, Cloud Deployment, Redis, Software Architecture, Distributed Computing, Scalability, Amazon Web Services, System Monitoring, Software Design Patterns, Data Integrity, Real Time Data

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Créer des Newsletters professionnelles avec Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Newsletters, Canva (Software), Marketing Materials, Email Marketing, Promotional Materials, Event Marketing, Business Writing, Marketing Design, Target Audience, Marketing Communications

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • P

    Packt

    SCS-C02: AWS Certified Security - Specialty

    Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Key Management, Identity and Access Management, Single Sign-On (SSO), Amazon Web Services, Encryption, Amazon CloudWatch, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Cloud Security, Infrastructure Security, Event Monitoring, Continuous Monitoring, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Application Security, Security Management, Firewall, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Data Security, Incident Response, Compliance Management

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Cisco Software-Defined Wan for Enterprise and Cloud: Pearson
  • Advanced Usability and Accessibility Practices: Board Infinity
  • Agiles Arbeiten trifft auf Design Thinking: University of Virginia
  • GenAI for Sales Proposals and Presentations: Coursera
  • Create Interactive Prototypes with Pidoco: Coursera
  • Initiating a Research Project: University of California, Davis
  • Nanotecnología para un futuro sostenible: Universitat de Barcelona
  • Ethical Hacking: Meterpreter, DNS & ICMP Attacks: EDUCBA
  • Architect Reusable AI Agent Systems: Coursera
  • Advanced Microservices Architecture, Deployment & Resilience: Packt

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