Instructional Design Courses

Software Design Methods and Tools

159 ratings at Coursera

Learn design representation techniques including hierarchical, dynamic and algebraic designs, model systems with the IBM Rhapsody UML tool, write JUnit unit tests, and navigate ethical dilemmas in software projects.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Data Structures and Design Patterns for Game Developers

149 ratings at Coursera

Build more robust, better-designed games in C# and Unity using dynamic arrays, linked lists, graphs, stacks, queues, trees, algorithm analysis, and common design patterns.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Software Design as an Abstraction

135 ratings at Coursera

Treat software design as an abstract representation: weigh user-driven and user-free design choices, third-normal-form databases, design patterns, and language and operating system decisions.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Software Design Threats and Mitigations

94 ratings at Coursera

Assess threats with the CVE and CWE databases, build security into software design, and examine Bitcoin's foundations plus buffer overflow and SQL injection exploits.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Biostatistics Study Design and Analysis for Grant Writing

12 ratings at Coursera

Plan the design and statistics sections of a biomedical grant proposal: align study scope with budget, characterize variables, build an analysis plan, and interpret power analyses.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Experimental Design Considerations in SABV Research

Learn when and how to account for sex as a biological variable in cellular, molecular and genetic studies, animal stress models, grant writing, and lifespan health research.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

FPGA Design for Embedded Systems

1751 ratings at Coursera

Design FPGA and CPLD systems: write Verilog and VHDL RTL, run synthesize-simulate-program-debug tool flows, and integrate soft-core processors and third-party IP on evaluation boards.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

Functional Program Design in Scala (Scala 2 version)

11 ratings at Coursera

Apply functional style to larger Scala programs: for-comprehensions and monads, lazy evaluation, type classes, managing mutable state, and functional reactive programming.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Space Mission Design and Operations

Design space missions using orbital mechanics: plan Earth and interplanetary trajectories, maneuvers and rendezvous, and study propulsion, spacecraft systems, and human spaceflight operations.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Space Mission Design and Operations

5 ratings

Learn the concepts used in the design of space missions, manned or unmanned, and operations, based on the professional experience of the lecturer.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of North Texas

Research Design: Inquiry and Discovery

463 ratings at Coursera

Learn to turn curiosity into answerable questions: conceptualize variables, review literature, choose experimental or non-experimental designs, sample, and handle reliability, validity, and research ethics.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Design Thinking and Innovation

74 ratings at Coursera

Apply the seven concerns of innovation — cause, context, comprehension, check, conception, crafting, connection — to design products, from user observation and product briefs to prototypes and user feedback.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Design and Analysis of Algorithms

7 ratings

Analyze algorithm growth with asymptotic notation and recurrence methods, then compare the performance of sorting and optimization algorithms.

• YouTube
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Tokenized AI by Christian Heidorn

Make Money with Midjourney T-Shirt Design + ChatGPT - Monetizing AI

7 ratings

A practical workflow for turning ChatGPT ideas and Midjourney designs into t-shirts for print-on-demand marketplaces.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Software Design Document - Requirements to Implementation - Medical Software Course 7.1

See how a Software Design Document turns medical software requirements into implementation guidance while supporting safety and regulatory adherence.

• YouTube
• 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video