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      Board Infinity

      Advanced Quality and Capstone Project

      Skills you'll gain: Quality Assurance, Software Quality Assurance, Test Planning, Test Case, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Software Testing, Regression Testing, Test Execution Engine, Agile Methodology, Issue Tracking, Risk Management Framework, Automation

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      EDUCBA

      Equity Research Report Writing: Analyze & Structure

      Skills you'll gain: Research Reports, Report Writing, Case Studies, Financial Reporting, Business Writing, Analysis, Data Analysis, Financial Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Data Presentation, Equities, Concision, Target Audience

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      JavaScript Masterclass - Zero To Job Ready With 10 Projects

      Skills you'll gain: Webpack, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Full-Stack Web Development, JSON, Web Development Tools, Javascript, HTML and CSS, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Deployment, Application Development, Web Applications, Web Development, Programming Principles, GitHub, Event-Driven Programming, Browser Compatibility, Build Tools, User Interface (UI), Debugging, Data Structures

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Board Infinity

      Practical Software Testing

      Skills you'll gain: Test Planning, Test Case, Software Testing, Functional Testing, Software Documentation, System Testing, Development Testing, Regression Testing, Code Review, Test Data, Issue Tracking, Quality Assurance, Technical Communication

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      EDUCBA

      Visualize Supermarket Sales with Kibana

      Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Interactive Data Visualization, Business Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Kibana, Data Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Data Transformation, Exploratory Data Analysis, Trend Analysis, Retail Sales, Data Import/Export

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera

      Deep Learning with PyTorch

      Skills you'll gain: Network Architecture

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Multiple educators

      Transformative Leadership in the Circular Economy

      Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Business, Sustainable Development, Organizational Leadership, Corporate Sustainability, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Systems Thinking, Brand Marketing, Change Management, Strategic Leadership, Professional Development, Waste Minimization, Packaging and Labeling, Environment and Resource Management, Business Leadership, Regulatory Compliance, Engineering Management, Market Opportunities, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Emerging Technologies, Digital Marketing

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      EDUCBA

      REST Assured Java API Testing Automation

      Skills you'll gain: Cucumber (Software), Gherkin (Scripting Language), Behavior-Driven Development, Apache Maven, Restful API, Test Automation, JSON, Scalability, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Case, Test Data, Authentications, Java, Software Testing, Data Mapping

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      AWS Data Automation: Glue & Lambda Integration

      Skills you'll gain: Data Integration, Extract, Transform, Load, Metadata Management, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Web Services, Data Pipelines, Data Warehousing, Amazon S3, Automation, Cloud-Native Computing, Data Transformation, Serverless Computing, Process Optimization, System Monitoring

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      EDUCBA

      Java Spring Boot - Advanced

      Skills you'll gain: Microservices, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, YAML, MongoDB, Application Deployment, NoSQL, Ajax, Software Architecture, Java, Development Environment, Scalability, Load Balancing, Data Integration, Restful API, Configuration Management, Application Performance Management, Continuous Deployment, Web Applications, Javascript and jQuery

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      EDUCBA

      Dodd-Frank Act: Analyze, Evaluate & Reform

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Regulation, Bank Regulations, Financial Market, Derivatives, Securities (Finance), Compensation Management, Credit Risk, Compliance Reporting, Risk Management Framework, Corporate Finance, Liquidation, Governance, Equities, Private Equity

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Edureka

      Gemini and Vertex AI: Building Intelligent Applications

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Google Gemini, Generative AI Agents, Application Deployment, LLM Application, Multimodal Prompts, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Large Language Modeling, Google Cloud Platform, Artificial Intelligence, Responsible AI, AI Personalization, Performance Tuning, Application Programming Interface (API), Python Programming, Software Development Tools, Cloud Platforms

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    • Advanced Quality and Capstone Project: Board Infinity
    • Equity Research Report Writing: Analyze & Structure: EDUCBA
    • JavaScript Masterclass - Zero To Job Ready With 10 Projects: Packt
    • Practical Software Testing: Board Infinity
    • Visualize Supermarket Sales with Kibana: EDUCBA
    • Deep Learning with PyTorch: Coursera
    • Transformative Leadership in the Circular Economy: University of Colorado Boulder
    • REST Assured Java API Testing Automation: EDUCBA
    • AWS Data Automation: Glue & Lambda Integration: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Java Spring Boot - Advanced: EDUCBA

    Why Learn Instructional Design?

    Instructional design focuses on developing educational content and experiences that help people learn effectively—whether in classrooms, online platforms, or workplace training. It blends learning science, curriculum development, and digital tools to support meaningful outcomes. Learning instructional design can prepare you to create engaging learning solutions across education, business, and nonprofit sectors.

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