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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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    University of California San Diego

    Interaction Design Capstone Project

    Skills you'll gain: Ideation, Interaction Design, Prototyping, A/B Testing, User Experience Design, Usability Testing, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Design Thinking, Human Centered Design, Usability, Mockups, Design Research, User Research, Innovation, Creativity

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    163 reviews

    Mixed · 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, LangChain, ChatGPT, Responsive Web Design, Restful API, LLM Application, Computer Vision, Generative AI, Responsible AI, IBM Cloud, Data Import/Export, AI Workflows, Python Programming, Engineering Software, Machine Learning, Data Science

    Build toward a degree

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    79K reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    SketchUp: how to start modelling simple 3D objects

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, SketchUp (3D Modeling Software), Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), 3D Assets, Design Software, Graphical Tools, Product Design, Graphic Design

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    350 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    EDUCBA

    MAYA Architecture - Living Room Interiors

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Autodesk Maya, Visualization (Computer Graphics), 3D Assets, Computer Graphics

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    14 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Extended Reality for Everybody

    Skills you'll gain: Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Augmented Reality, Storyboarding, Virtual Reality, Unreal Engine, Usability Testing, Design Thinking, 3D Assets, Prototyping, Unity Engine, User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Conceptual Design, Human Centered Design, Design, User Research, Cross Platform Development, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Environment

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    582 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    California Institute of the Arts

    Game Design Document: Define the Art & Concepts

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Prototyping, Software Design Documents, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Ideation, Conceptual Design, Usability Testing, Graphic and Visual Design, Peer Review, Creativity

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    294 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Design Online Course Printables using Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Collateral, Marketing Materials, Canva (Software), Promotional Materials, Business Marketing, Marketing Design, Marketing, Business, Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Color Matching, Design Elements And Principles

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    236 reviews

    Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Epic Games

    Fundamentals of Level Design with Unreal Engine

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Software Design Documents, Unreal Engine, Video Game Development, Virtual Environment, Conceptual Design, Interactive Design, 3D Assets, Prototyping, Design Elements And Principles, Creativity

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    66 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    UX and Interface Design for Embedded Systems

    Skills you'll gain: User Research, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Verification And Validation, Human Computer Interaction, Usability Testing, Design Research, Embedded Systems, Wireframing, Prototyping, Unified Modeling Language, Persona Development

    Build toward a degree

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    16 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    User Interface Design: Principles, Prototyping, Practices

    Skills you'll gain: Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, Usability, User Research, Interactive Design, Design Strategies, UI/UX Research, User Experience, User Centered Design, Mockups, Visual Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Design Elements And Principles

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    37 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    IBM Relational Database Administrator with GenAI

    Skills you'll gain: Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Airflow, Web Scraping, Linux Commands, Database Design, SQL, Database Administration, MySQL, Data Pipelines, Apache Kafka, Database Management, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Store, Generative AI, Data Import/Export, Data Security

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    61K reviews

    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Inclusive Online Teaching Teach-Out

    Skills you'll gain: Student Engagement, Pedagogy, Teaching, Special Education, Digital pedagogy, Disabilities, Instructional Strategies, Learning Strategies, Diversity Awareness, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Higher Education

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    68 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Interaction Design Capstone Project: University of California San Diego
  • IBM AI Developer: IBM
  • SketchUp: how to start modelling simple 3D objects: Coursera
  • MAYA Architecture - Living Room Interiors: EDUCBA
  • Extended Reality for Everybody: University of Michigan
  • Game Design Document: Define the Art & Concepts: California Institute of the Arts
  • Design Online Course Printables using Canva: Coursera
  • Fundamentals of Level Design with Unreal Engine: Epic Games
  • UX and Interface Design for Embedded Systems: University of Colorado Boulder
  • User Interface Design: Principles, Prototyping, Practices: Coursera

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