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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


  • C

    Coursera

    First Steps in Easil

    Skills you'll gain: Promotional Materials, Marketing Materials, Design Software, Presentations, Advertising, Design, Graphic Design, Marketing, User Accounts

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • C

    Clemson University

    AI Receptive Software Development

    Skills you'll gain: Software Development Methodologies, Software Engineering, Software Development, Requirements Analysis, Human Centered Design, User Research, User Experience Design, UI/UX Research, Software Development Tools, AI Enablement, Artificial Intelligence

    Build toward a degree

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • B

    Board Infinity

    End-to-End iOS Development Mastery

    Skills you'll gain: Apple iOS, Apple Xcode, Swift Programming, iOS Development, Core Data (Software), Mobile Development, Secure Coding, User Interface (UI), Application Deployment, Scalability, User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components, Debugging, Data Persistence, Data Management, Model View Controller, Performance Tuning, Programming Principles, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Security

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • P

    Packt

    The Art of Doing Electronics for Everyone

    Skills you'll gain: Electronics, Electronic Components, Basic Electrical Systems, Electronic Hardware, Electronics Engineering, Electronic Systems, Electrical Engineering, Laboratory Experience, Hardware Troubleshooting, Engineering Design Process

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Security & Ethical Hacking: Attacking Unix and Windows

    Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Exploitation techniques, Cyber Security Assessment, Unix, Vulnerability Assessments, Unix Commands, Unix Shell, System Programming, Shell Script, Linux, Debugging, Linux Commands, Computer Architecture, Authentications

    Build toward a degree

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    HTML for Beginners: Classes and ID

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

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Generative AI Leader

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Google Gemini, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Responsible AI, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, Google Workspace, AI Enablement, AI Security, AI Product Strategy, Google Cloud Platform, Large Language Modeling, AI Workflows, Cloud Computing, Business Strategy, Model Deployment, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, Data Modeling, Collaboration

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Brand Identity Design in Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Brand Strategy, Logo Design, Branding, Style Guides, Brand Awareness, Graphic and Visual Design, Marketing Materials, Typography, Design Elements And Principles, Color Theory, Asset Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • E

    Edureka

    Web Development with Rust

    Skills you'll gain: Restful API, Rust (Programming Language), API Design, Object-Relational Mapping, Back-End Web Development, System Programming, Web Frameworks, Web Services, Web Development, Web Servers, Software Documentation, Web Applications, Scalability, Database Management, Authentications, Authorization (Computing)

    3.9
    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    7 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Pearson

    CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor: Unit 5

    Skills you'll gain: Data Security, Information Systems Security, Information Assurance, Security Controls, Data Integrity, Personally Identifiable Information, Identity and Access Management, Network Security, IT Security Architecture, Authentications, Cybersecurity, Authorization (Computing), Infrastructure Security, Computer Security, Encryption, User Accounts, Security Awareness, Safety and Security

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    8 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • L

    LearnKartS

    Data Engineering Foundations on AWS

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services, SQL, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Quality, Data Pipelines, Version Control, Data Modeling, Cloud Storage, Git (Version Control System), Data Management, Data Storage Technologies, Cloud Security, Data Security, Big Data, Encryption

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Python Case Studies: Build Chatbots, Apps & Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Databases, Natural Language Processing, SQL, Python Programming, Matplotlib, Text Mining, Data Processing, Development Environment, Document Management

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    16 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • First Steps in Easil: Coursera
  • AI Receptive Software Development: Clemson University
  • End-to-End iOS Development Mastery: Board Infinity
  • The Art of Doing Electronics for Everyone: Packt
  • Security & Ethical Hacking: Attacking Unix and Windows : University of Colorado Boulder
  • HTML for Beginners: Classes and ID: Coursera
  • Generative AI Leader: Google Cloud
  • Brand Identity Design in Canva: Coursera
  • Web Development with Rust: Edureka
  • CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor: Unit 5: Pearson

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