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.

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Data Cleansing, Power BI, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation, Data Management, Data Quality, Data Preprocessing, Data Validation, Data Integration, Data Modeling, Data Import/Export, Data Storage
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Graphic Design, Design, Marketing Design, Creative Design, Typography, Design Elements And Principles, Marketing Materials
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Management, Technical Management, Engineering Management, Negotiation, Mentorship, Leadership, Courage, Growth Mindedness, Business Leadership, Team Leadership, Office Management, Collaboration, Professional Development, Visionary, Personal Development, Accountability, Positivity, Resilience
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Statistical Process Controls, Lean Methodologies, Six Sigma Methodology, Lean Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Risk Analysis, Quality Improvement, Process Improvement, Operational Efficiency, Continuous Improvement Process, Process Analysis, Business Process Management, Process Optimization, Process Capability, Business Process, Project Design, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Root Cause Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Matplotlib, Data Manipulation, Pandas (Python Package), Data Visualization, Data Persistence, NumPy, Data Processing, Scripting, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Python Programming, Query Languages, Database Application, Databases, Relational Databases, Object Oriented Design, Data Import/Export, Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Growth Mindedness, Time Management, Constructive Feedback, Sales Development, Productivity, Collaboration, Prioritization, Teamwork, Personal Development, Optimism, Professionalism, Stress Management, Persistence, Software As A Service, Goal Setting, Accountability
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Generative AI Agents, AI Workflows, Virtual Environment, UI Components, Cloud API
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Java Programming, Eclipse (Software), Object Oriented Design, Program Development, Computer Programming, Software Design
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Test Script Development, Continuous Integration, Test Execution Engine, Test Tools, Automation, Scripting, Web Scraping, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Software Design Patterns, Development Environment, Integrated Development Environments, Debugging, Command-Line Interface, File I/O
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, C (Programming Language), Programming Principles, Data Management, Algorithms, Computer Programming, File I/O
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Process Mapping, Process Flow Diagrams, Content Creation, User Accounts, Business
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Development Testing, Application Deployment, LLM Application, Multimodal Prompts, Artificial Intelligence, Test Case, Agentic systems, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Application Programming Interface (API), Natural Language Processing, Technical Documentation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks