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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

    Journey Design and Orchestration

    Skills you'll gain: Campaign Management, Personalized Campaigns, Cross-Channel Marketing, Campaign Planning, Email Marketing, Digital Marketing Campaigns, Content Performance Analysis, AI Personalization, Journey Mapping, Social Media Campaigns, Data-Driven Marketing, Advertising Mail, Customer Engagement, Communication Planning, Performance Analysis, Customer Insights, Driving engagement, Marketing Budgets, Marketing Analytics, Power BI

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Building AI Powered Chatbots Without Programming

    Skills you'll gain: AI Workflows, Application Deployment, Workflow Management, IBM Cloud, No-Code Development, Self Service Technologies, Generative AI Agents, AI Personalization, Customer Service, Customer experience improvement, Generative AI, Context Management, Operational Efficiency, WordPress

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Skillshare

    Blender 3D Fundamentals & Character Design

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, 3D Assets, Network Model, Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphic Techniques, Software Installation, Design Elements And Principles, Creative Design, Control Panels, User Interface (UI), Graphical Tools, UI Components, Aesthetics, Editing, Dataflow, Animations, Scalability, Debugging

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Godot 4 for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Software Design Documents, Software Design, Scripting, Scripting Languages, Program Development, 3D Modeling, Computer Graphics, Interactive Design, Programming Principles, User Interface (UI), Development Environment, Visual Design

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Meta

    HTML and CSS in depth

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Debugging, UI Components, Web Development Tools, Front-End Web Development, Web Design and Development, Web Design, Semantic Web, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Browser Compatibility, Frontend Performance, Web Development, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Analytics and SEO, User Interface (UI), Software Engineering Tools, Javascript

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Duke University

    Java Programming: Principles of Software Design

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Object Oriented Design, Java Programming, Software Engineering, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Software Development Tools, Software Design, Predictive Modeling, Algorithms, Data Structures, Markov Model, Performance Tuning, Performance Testing, File I/O, Debugging, Application Programming Interface (API)

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Design for Learning: UX in Online Teaching

    Skills you'll gain: Video Production, Instructional Design, Digital pedagogy, Virtual Environment, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Virtual Reality, Teaching, User Experience Design, Education Software and Technology, User Centered Design, Student Engagement, Learning Styles, Human Centered Design, UI/UX Research, Online Advertising, Survey Creation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    John Wiley & Sons

    AutoCAD Fundamentals: Drawing and Precision Tools

    Skills you'll gain: AutoCAD, Computer-Aided Design, Technical Drawing, Engineering Drawings, Architectural Drawing, Design Software, Plot (Graphics), Graphical Tools, User Interface (UI), Command-Line Interface, Digital Design, UI Components, Design and Product, Design Elements And Principles, Systems Of Measurement

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Object-Oriented Data Structures in C++

    Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Development Environment, Engineering Software, Computer Programming, Software Engineering, Data Structures, Memory Management, Computer Programming Tools, Debugging, Program Development

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Total Seminars

    AWS Application Services & Database Design

    Skills you'll gain: Serverless Computing, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Applications, Database Architecture and Administration, Database Design, Application Deployment, Amazon DynamoDB, Database Administration, Cloud Deployment, Data Architecture, AWS CloudFormation, Data Infrastructure, Database Management, Cloud Development, Cloud Infrastructure, Relational Databases, Databases, Cloud Security, Cloud Management, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Create Your First Python Program From UST

    Skills you'll gain: Python Programming, Command-Line Interface, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Scripting, Computer Programming Tools, Program Development, Development Environment

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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    EDUCBA

    Spreadsheet UI Development with Tree and List Views

    Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization, Visual Basic (Programming Language), User Interface (UI), UI Components, Spreadsheet Software, Data Structures, Human Computer Interaction, Interactive Design, Project Design, Usability, Project Controls, Web Design and Development, IT Automation, Build Tools, Automation, Professional Development, Design, Building Design

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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