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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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    L&T EduTech

    Digital Technology in Manufacturing

    Skills you'll gain: Product Lifecycle Management, Embedded Systems, Manufacturing and Production, Robotic Process Automation, Manufacturing Processes, Control Systems, Computer-Aided Design, Programmable Logic Controllers, Automation, Internet Of Things, Production Process, Robotics, Digital Transformation, Engineering Analysis, C (Programming Language), Enterprise Resource Planning, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Geometric Dimensioning And Tolerancing, Simulation and Simulation Software

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    26 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Fundação Instituto de Administração

    Liderança e Sociedade

    Skills you'll gain: Leadership Development, Management Training And Development, Succession Planning, Leadership, Professional Development, Strategic Leadership, Organizational Development, People Management, Resource Management, Business Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Leadership and Management, Behavioral Management, Influencing, Organizational Effectiveness, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Organizational Structure, Personal Development, Adaptability, Relationship Building

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    97 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Anthropic

    Building with the Claude API

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, AI Workflows, Agentic Workflows, Model Context Protocol, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Anthropic Claude, Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, Tool Calling, Embeddings, Vector Databases, Model Evaluation

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    31 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Figma for UI/UX: Master Web Design in Figma

    Skills you'll gain: Figma (Design Software), Responsive Web Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Web Design, User Experience, User Interface (UI), Typography, Design Elements And Principles, Layout Design, Color Theory, UI Components, Wireframing, Web Components, Mockups

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    31 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    American Psychological Association

    What is Qualitative Research?

    Skills you'll gain: Qualitative Research, Research, Research Methodologies, Data Collection, Research Design, Social Sciences, Interviewing Skills, Psychology, Analytical Skills

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    52 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    28DIGITAL

    Geometric Algorithms

    Skills you'll gain: Geometry, Algorithms, Computer Graphics, Data Structures, Graph Theory, Spatial Data Analysis, Computational Thinking, Geographic Information Systems, Theoretical Computer Science, Spatial Analysis

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    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    24 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    Generative AI for Marketers

    Skills you'll gain: Content Performance Analysis, Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Copilot, Customer Insights, Customer Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Persona Development, Content Marketing, Content Creation, Marketing Analytics, Generative AI Agents, Marketing Design, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Planning, Marketing Materials, Marketing, Ideation, Marketing Effectiveness, Social Media Content, Data Analysis

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Microsoft

    Deploy a website to Azure with Azure App Service

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Cloud Development, Continuous Deployment, Development Environment, Application Deployment, Cloud Deployment, Docker (Software), Containerization, ASP.NET, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Scalability, Microsoft Visual Studio, Web Applications, Integrated Development Environments

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    35 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Xi'an Jiaotong University

    系统平台与计算环境

    Skills you'll gain: Operating Systems, Computer Hardware, Computer Systems, Hardware Architecture, Computer Networking, Computer Literacy, Microsoft Office, Computer Architecture, Information Technology, Network Protocols, Data Storage, Computational Logic, File Management

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    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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    35 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Toronto

    Build Your Own iOS App

    Skills you'll gain: Apple iOS, Swift Programming, Apple Xcode, Mobile Development, Animations, Application Development, Application Design, Computer Vision, Image Analysis, User Interface (UI) Design

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    Rating, 3.2 out of 5 stars
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    70 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Imperial College London

    Participatory Approaches in Public Health

    Skills you'll gain: Public Health, Health Equity, Community Health, Diversity Awareness, Health Policy, Health Promotion, Social Determinants Of Health, Research, Community Development, Research Methodologies, Social Justice, Program Evaluation, Cultural Diversity, Cultural Responsiveness, Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Collaboration, Patient Communication, Social Impact, Data Collection

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    33 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Amazon

    Application Development

    Skills you'll gain: Git (Version Control System), Software Development Methodologies, Requirements Analysis, Version Control, Application Development, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Development, Functional Requirement, Software Engineering, User Requirements Documents, Agile Software Development, Application Design, Unified Modeling Language, Software Testing, JUnit, Agile Methodology, Spring Framework, Debugging, Java, Technical Design

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    37 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Digital Technology in Manufacturing: L&T EduTech
  • Liderança e Sociedade: Fundação Instituto de Administração
  • Building with the Claude API: Anthropic
  • Figma for UI/UX: Master Web Design in Figma: Packt
  • What is Qualitative Research?: American Psychological Association
  • Geometric Algorithms: 28DIGITAL
  • Generative AI for Marketers: Microsoft
  • Deploy a website to Azure with Azure App Service: Microsoft
  • 系统平台与计算环境: Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • Build Your Own iOS App: University of Toronto

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