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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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    Packt

    Getting Started with Unity and Basic 2D/3D Game Development

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Android (Operating System), Video Game Development, User Interface (UI), Mobile Development, Game Design, Animation and Game Design, Software Installation, Development Environment, Scripting

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Building AI Agents for Complex Tasks

    Skills you'll gain: AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, LLM Application, Agentic systems, Tool Calling, LangChain, Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Engineering, Model Evaluation, Context Management, Scenario Testing, Performance Testing, Development Testing, Debugging

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Edureka

    Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Test Planning, Software Testing, Debugging, Test Case, Issue Tracking, Functional Testing, Unit Testing, Software Quality Assurance, System Testing, Test Tools, Acceptance Testing, Integration Testing, Test Driven Development (TDD), Test Automation, Regression Testing, Quality Assurance, Waterfall Methodology, Agile Methodology, Python Programming

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Build a C# .NET Rainfall Measurement System

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, .NET Framework, C# (Programming Language), Data Validation, Microsoft SQL Servers, Databases, Software Development, Software Testing, Application Development, Event-Driven Programming, User Interface (UI), Debugging

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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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, Front-End Web Development, Semantic Web, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Browser Compatibility, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Analytics and SEO, User Interface (UI), Development Testing, Data Validation, Javascript, Animations

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Edureka

    Developing MCP-Powered Agentic AI Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Model Context Protocol, Model Deployment, AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, LangGraph, Agentic systems, Middleware, Scalability, Interoperability, LLM Application, Application Deployment, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), LangChain, Prompt Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Google Gemini, Application Programming Interface (API), Python Programming, Performance Analysis

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    The Museum of Modern Art

    What Is Contemporary Art?

    Skills you'll gain: Performing Arts, Art History, Electronic Media, Aesthetics, Creativity, Design, Liberal Arts, Content Creation, Multimedia, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Social Justice

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Adobe

    Creative Design Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat

    Skills you'll gain: Photo Editing, Adobe Illustrator, Color Theory, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Typography, Document Management, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Photography, Generative AI, Adobe Creative Cloud, Design Elements And Principles, Workflow Management, Layout Design, Creative Design, Productivity Software, Logo Design, Branding

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    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    AWS Serverless & AI/ML Project-Based Cloud Specialization

    Skills you'll gain: Serverless Computing, API Gateway, Image Analysis, Amazon CloudWatch, Extensible Markup Language (XML), JSON, Computer Vision, Cloud Deployment, API Design, Amazon Web Services, Event-Driven Programming, Amazon S3, Microservices, Cloud Development, AWS CloudFormation, Application Programming Interface (API), AI Enablement, Cloud Applications, Authentications, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Business Strategy Analysis, Execution & Evaluation

    Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Process Optimization, Operational Analysis, Contingency Planning, Business Process Reengineering, Business Planning, Process Improvement, Organizational Strategy, Strategic Decision-Making, Competitive Analysis, Strategic Leadership, Business Analysis, Organizational Effectiveness, Operational Efficiency, Program Evaluation, Performance Measurement, Business Operations, Portfolio Management, Operations Management, Business

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Analyze and Build Trading Systems Using Market Models

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Trading, Financial Market, Technical Analysis, Derivatives, Statistical Analysis, Market Dynamics, Risk Analysis, Market Analysis, Trend Analysis, Performance Analysis, Probability Distribution, Behavioral Economics, Model Evaluation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Analyze E-Commerce Data Using PostgreSQL

    Skills you'll gain: Databases, Query Languages, Database Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Getting Started with Unity and Basic 2D/3D Game Development: Packt
  • Building AI Agents for Complex Tasks: Coursera
  • Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) Fundamentals: Edureka
  • Build a C# .NET Rainfall Measurement System: EDUCBA
  • HTML and CSS in depth: Meta
  • Developing MCP-Powered Agentic AI Systems: Edureka
  • What Is Contemporary Art?: The Museum of Modern Art
  • Creative Design Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat: Adobe
  • AWS Serverless & AI/ML Project-Based Cloud Specialization: EDUCBA
  • Business Strategy Analysis, Execution & Evaluation: EDUCBA

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