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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


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    Microsoft

    Fundamentals of UI/UX Design

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Human Centered Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, User Research, Information Architecture

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    480 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    California Institute of the Arts

    Game Design: Art and Concepts

    Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Animations, Prototyping, Conceptual Design, Video Game Development, Storytelling, Software Design Documents, Ideation, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Storyboarding, Design, Virtual Environment, Technical Design, Design Elements And Principles, Usability Testing, Creative Design, Design Strategies, Interactive Design, Graphic and Visual Design

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    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    The Museum of Modern Art

    Fashion as Design

    Skills you'll gain: Cultural Diversity, Aesthetics, Design, Art History, Sustainability Standards, Research, Non-Verbal Communication, Creativity, World History, Social Impact, Ethical Standards And Conduct

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    IBM AI Developer

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, Software Development Life Cycle, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Software Architecture, Computer Vision, LangChain, ChatGPT, Restful API, Responsive Web Design, LLM Application, Generative AI, Responsible AI, IBM Cloud, Data Import/Export, AI Workflows, Python Programming, Engineering Software, Machine Learning, Data Science

    4.7
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    81K reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Michigan

    User Experience Research and Design

    Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Research, Surveys, Qualitative Research, Usability Testing, User Experience Design, User Research, User Experience, User Story, Prototyping, Wireframing, User Centered Design, Survey Creation, Sampling (Statistics), Design Research, Interaction Design, Ideation, A/B Testing, Conceptual Design, Web Analytics, Usability

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    2.3K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    IBM

    IBM UI/UX Designer

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, Information Architecture, UI/UX Research, User Research, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Design Thinking, User Experience, Agile Software Development, Scrum (Software Development), User Centered Design, Agile Methodology, Usability, Usability Testing, Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI), Figma (Design Software), Wireframing, Design Research, Prototyping, Persona (User Experience)

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    IBM

    Generative AI for UI UX Design

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Design Research, Persona (User Experience), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Design Software, AI Workflows, User Interface (UI) Design, Brainstorming, Real Time Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Modeling, Human Centered Design, AI Personalization, User Story, Wireframing, Ideation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    11K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Designing User Interfaces and Experiences (UI/UX)

    Skills you'll gain: User Centered Design, User Experience Design, Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Web Design and Development, Prototyping, Graphic and Visual Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Figma (Design Software), Web Design, Wireframing, Typography, Layout Design, Interactive Design, Web Applications, Mobile Development

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    309 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Network Engr

    Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Google Cloud Platform, Prometheus (Software), Cloud Infrastructure, Load Balancing, Prompt Engineering, Kubernetes, Network Performance Management, Network Monitoring, Cloud Computing Architecture, Firewall, Containerization, Application Performance Management, Virtual Networking, Network Architecture, Network Planning And Design, Network Security, Network Routing, Site Reliability Engineering, Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

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    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    DeepLearning.AI

    AI-Powered Software and System Design

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Software Design Patterns, OpenAI API, Application Design, Database Management, AI Enablement, Software Architecture, System Design and Implementation, Software Development, Query Languages, Secure Coding, Application Programming Interface (API), Performance Tuning

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    175 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Skillshare

    Graphic Design Theory - Web & Digital Design

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Digital Design, Web Design, Motion Graphics, Adobe XD, No-Code Development, Animations, Layout Design, Prototyping, Graphic Design, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Style Guides

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Data Engineering Foundations

    Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Web Scraping, Database Design, SQL, IBM DB2, Database Management, Relational Databases, Data Architecture, Data Pipelines, Databases, Big Data, Data Storage Technologies, Unit Testing, Data Storage, Stored Procedure, Data Import/Export, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Programming Principles, PostgreSQL, Python Programming

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    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    59K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • Fundamentals of UI/UX Design: Microsoft
  • Game Design: Art and Concepts: California Institute of the Arts
  • Fashion as Design: The Museum of Modern Art
  • IBM AI Developer: IBM
  • User Experience Research and Design: University of Michigan
  • IBM UI/UX Designer: IBM
  • Generative AI for UI UX Design: IBM
  • Designing User Interfaces and Experiences (UI/UX): IBM
  • Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Network Engr: Google Cloud
  • AI-Powered Software and System Design: DeepLearning.AI

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