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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


  • S

    SkillUp

    Data Privacy and Protection

    Skills you'll gain: Personally Identifiable Information, Cybersecurity, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Information Privacy, Data Security, Data Loss Prevention, Incident Response, Data Governance, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Data Management, Data Storage, Data Integrity, Data Ethics, Regulation and Legal Compliance

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Guidance processes in Vocational Education and Training

    Skills you'll gain: Student Support and Services, Academic Advising, Education and Training, Needs Assessment, Student Engagement, Adult Education, Mentorship, Lifelong Learning, Curriculum Development, Personal Development, Collaboration

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • S

    Skillshare

    3D Animation in Unreal Engine: Create an Original Character

    Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Animation and Game Design, Animations, 3D Assets, User Interface (UI), Creativity

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • E

    Edureka

    Building No-code Apps using Amazon Honeycode

    Skills you'll gain: Application Design, User Interface (UI), Workflow Management, Databases, Business Process Automation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • A

    AI CERTs

    AI Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: Agentic systems, Generative AI Agents, AI Workflows, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Emerging Technologies, Business Ethics, Deep Learning, Social Impact, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Problem Solving, Analysis, Business Planning

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • M

    Microsoft

    Microsoft Big Data Management and Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Scalability, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Databases, Microsoft Azure, Data Governance, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Lakes, Databricks, NoSQL, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Data Processing, Cloud Management, Performance Tuning, Big Data, Data Visualization, Apache Spark, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Large Language Modeling, Keras (Neural Network Library)

    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • M

    Microsoft

    Advanced Customer Relationship Management

    Skills you'll gain: Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Client Services, Relationship Building, Customer Insights

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • W

    Whizlabs

    Design and Implement Processes and Communications

    Skills you'll gain: Azure DevOps, DevOps, Agile Methodology, Continuous Delivery, Collaborative Software, CI/CD, Microsoft Azure, Software Development, Application Performance Management, Version Control

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Virginia

    Coding User Interfaces with AI

    Skills you'll gain: Model View Controller, Debugging, Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI), HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, AI Product Strategy, Prototyping, Generative AI

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Analyze Sales Data with LibreOffice Base Queries

    Skills you'll gain: Customer Analysis, Regional Sales, Sales, Data Analysis Software, Data Analysis, Query Languages, Trend Analysis, Databases, Customer Insights, Performance Analysis, Market Opportunities, Product Assortment

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • C

    Coursera

    GenAI for Compensation: Smarter Pay Equity Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Human Resources, Artificial Intelligence, Human Resource Strategy, Forecasting, Mitigation

    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

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

  • Data Privacy and Protection: SkillUp
  • Guidance processes in Vocational Education and Training: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • 3D Animation in Unreal Engine: Create an Original Character: Skillshare
  • Building No-code Apps using Amazon Honeycode: Edureka
  • AI Essentials: AI CERTs
  • Microsoft Big Data Management and Analytics: Microsoft
  • Advanced Customer Relationship Management: Microsoft
  • Design and Implement Processes and Communications: Whizlabs
  • Coding User Interfaces with AI: University of Virginia
  • Analyze Sales Data with LibreOffice Base Queries: Coursera

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