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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


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    University of California, Davis

    Data Visualization with Tableau Project

    Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Tableau Software, Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Design Elements And Principles, Exploratory Data Analysis, Proposal Development, Data Analysis, Data Literacy, Data Cleansing, Data Preprocessing, Data Quality, Data Import/Export

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Institute for the Future

    Ready, Set, Future! Introduction to Futures Thinking

    Skills you'll gain: Forecasting, Innovation, Proactivity, Strategic Thinking, Creative Thinking, Optimism, Systems Thinking, Trend Analysis, Creativity, Professional Development, Leadership, Collaboration, Analysis, Emerging Technologies

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    California Institute of the Arts

    Story and Narrative Development for Video Games

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Storytelling, Software Design Documents, Ideation, Storyboarding, Writing, Creativity

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    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Arduino y algunas aplicaciones

    Skills you'll gain: Electronics, Electronic Components, Robotics, Programming Principles, Prototyping, Automation, Embedded Systems, Integrated Development Environments, Computer Programming, Debugging

    4.6
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Scrimba

    Fullstack Development

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Responsive Web Design, Node.JS, Command-Line Interface, TypeScript, Unit Testing, SQL, HTML and CSS, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Typography, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Ajax, React.js, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), JavaScript Frameworks, JSON, Generative AI, Database Design, UI Components

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    810 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of California San Diego

    Graph Analytics for Big Data

    Skills you'll gain: Graph Theory, Database Design, Big Data, Network Analysis, Analytics, Data Management, Query Languages, Computing Platforms, Scalability, Unsupervised Learning, Distributed Computing, Algorithms

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    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Kennesaw State University

    Six Sigma Black Belt

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Process Controls, Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma Methodology, Lean Methodologies, Process Improvement, Team Management, Process Capability, Data Collection, Knowledge Transfer, Team Building, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Meeting Facilitation, Continuous Improvement Process, Performance Measurement, Conflict Management, Process Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Quality Control, Team Leadership, Statistics

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    ESSEC Business School

    The fundamentals of hotel distribution

    Skills you'll gain: Hospitality Management, Hospitality, Marketing Channel, Business Modeling, Revenue Management, Direct Marketing, Booking (Sales), E-Commerce, Online Advertising, Web Analytics, Marketing Strategies, Web Design and Development

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Goldman Sachs

    Digital Marketing Strategy with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

    Skills you'll gain: Social Media Campaigns, Social Media Marketing, Paid media, Digital Media Strategy, Online Advertising, Campaign Management, Search Engine Marketing, Digital Marketing, Pay Per Click Advertising, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Owned Media, Marketing Planning, Earned Media, Content Marketing, Marketing Design, Analytics

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California, Davis

    JavaScript Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Javascript, HTML and CSS, Scripting, Web Design and Development, Event-Driven Programming, Programming Principles, Integrated Development Environments, User Interface (UI), Debugging

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado System

    Advanced System Security Design

    Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Malware Protection, Cloud Security, Load Balancing, User Accounts, Authorization (Computing), Network Security, Identity and Access Management, Threat Detection, Firewall, Information Systems Security, Cybersecurity, Encryption, Geographic Information Systems

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Duke University

    MLOps | Machine Learning Operations

    Skills you'll gain: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Model Deployment, Cloud Deployment, Pandas (Python Package), AWS SageMaker, NumPy, Microsoft Azure, Hugging Face, Responsible AI, Data Manipulation, Exploratory Data Analysis, Containerization, DevOps, Cloud Computing, Python Programming, Machine Learning, GitHub, Big Data, Data Management, Data Analysis

    4.2
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    Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • Data Visualization with Tableau Project: University of California, Davis
  • Ready, Set, Future! Introduction to Futures Thinking: Institute for the Future
  • Story and Narrative Development for Video Games: California Institute of the Arts
  • Arduino y algunas aplicaciones: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Fullstack Development: Scrimba
  • Graph Analytics for Big Data: University of California San Diego
  • Six Sigma Black Belt: Kennesaw State University
  • The fundamentals of hotel distribution: ESSEC Business School
  • Digital Marketing Strategy with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women: Goldman Sachs
  • JavaScript Basics: University of California, Davis

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