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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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Popular Instructional Design Courses and Certifications


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    U

    Universidade de São Paulo

    UX / UI: Fundamentos para o design de interface

    Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, Wireframing, Information Architecture, User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components, User Experience Design, Prototyping, User Research, Design Research, Style Guides, Design Elements And Principles, Responsive Web Design, Verification And Validation

    4.5
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    788 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of California, Irvine

    Conjunctions, Connectives, and Adverb Clauses

    Skills you'll gain: Grammar, English Language, Vocabulary

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    743 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado System

    Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Data Warehousing, Relational Databases, Business Intelligence, Decision Support Systems, Data Modeling, Database Management Systems, Data Visualization, Database Management, Dashboard, Business Process Management, SQL, Star Schema, Data Governance, Oracle Databases, Data Integration, Performance Measurement, MicroStrategy, Extract, Transform, Load, Business Analytics

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Michigan

    UX Design: From Concept to Prototype

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, User Story, Prototyping, Wireframing, User Centered Design, Ideation, Conceptual Design, Interaction Design, User Interface (UI), Usability Testing, Storyboarding, Mockups, User Research

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    300 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of California San Diego

    User Experience: Research & Prototyping

    Skills you'll gain: Design Research, User Experience Design, User Research, Prototyping, User Centered Design, Persona (User Experience), Interaction Design, Usability Testing, Research Methodologies, Innovation, Creativity, Storyboarding, Interviewing Skills

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    905 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California, Davis

    Web Development for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Color Theory, Version Control, Typography, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), GitHub, Git (Version Control System), Web Design, Web Design and Development, Web Development, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Front-End Web Development, Image Quality, Web Applications, Animations, Web Content, Mobile Development, User Interface (UI) Design

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    3.7K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    A

    Adobe

    AI-Powered Content Marketing and Strategy

    Skills you'll gain: Adobe Express, Social Media Content, Responsible AI, Cross-Channel Marketing, Content Marketing, Generative AI, Social Media, Marketing Analytics, Data Ethics, Marketing Effectiveness, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Content Creation, Marketing Automation, Email Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, Adobe Creative Cloud, Graphic and Visual Design, Search Engine Optimization, Storytelling, Performance Analysis

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    1K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    U

    University of Michigan

    Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, SQL, MySQL, Relational Databases, Databases, Data Modeling, Development Environment, PHP (Scripting Language), Software Installation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    5.5K reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Amazon Web Services

    AWS Cloud Technology Consultant

    Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Large Language Modeling, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon DynamoDB, Software Development Life Cycle, CI/CD, Amazon Web Services, Professional Networking, Prompt Engineering, Cloud Computing, Generative AI, Extract, Transform, Load, Software Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Management, Data Management, Problem Solving, Teamwork

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

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    X

    Xbox

    Digital and Print Media Design

    Skills you'll gain: Typography, Marketing Materials, Marketing Design, Graphic Design, Marketing Collateral, Layout Design, User Feedback, Marketing, Brochures, Digital Design, Storyboarding, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Constructive Feedback, Design Elements And Principles, Image Quality, File Management, Color Theory

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    U

    University of Michigan

    Advanced Styling with Responsive Design

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Wireframing, Front-End Web Development, Browser Compatibility, Usability, User Interface (UI), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Mobile Development Tools, Javascript

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    4.6K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process

    Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Deployment, CI/CD, Cloud Security, Service Level Agreement, Microservices, Service Level, Google Cloud Platform, Network Architecture, API Design, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Computing Architecture, Kubernetes, Restful API, Cloud Storage, Cloud Computing, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), DevOps, Disaster Recovery

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    7.2K reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • UX / UI: Fundamentos para o design de interface: Universidade de São Paulo
  • Conjunctions, Connectives, and Adverb Clauses: University of California, Irvine
  • Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence: University of Colorado System
  • UX Design: From Concept to Prototype: University of Michigan
  • User Experience: Research & Prototyping: University of California San Diego
  • Web Development for Beginners: University of California, Davis
  • AI-Powered Content Marketing and Strategy: Adobe
  • Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL): University of Michigan
  • AWS Cloud Technology Consultant: Amazon Web Services
  • Digital and Print Media Design: Xbox

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