Become an Instructional Developer

Overview

As an instructional developer, you'll combine instructional design principles with technical skills to create transformative elearning modules. From SCORM and Tin Can API to the fundamentals of screencasting and learning management systems, this path will provide you with the essentials for a successful career as an instructional developer.

Create dynamic, engaging, and effective elearning.
Apply learning theories with aesthetic design and programming.
Practice using basic elearning principles to create learning environments.

Syllabus

Course 1: Learning SCORM and Tin Can API

How do you get elearning content into your LMS? Find out how to bridge the gap with SCORM and the Tin Can API.

Course 2: Learning Management Systems (LMS) Quick Start

Discover what a learning management system is and how to use it to engage learners.

Course 3: Gamification of Learning

Learn how incorporating a sense of play into your classroom or elearning environment can make your content more engaging and help students retain more information.

Course 4: Teaching Techniques: Creating Multimedia Learning

Move teaching material into interactive and engaging multimedia presentations for differentiated and flipped learning.

Course 5: Introduction to Screencasting

Discover the fundamentals of screencasting and elearning, and compare the most popular tools, including Captivate, Articulate Studio, Articulate Storyline, Lectora, and Camtasia.

Course 6: Captivate 9 Essential Training

Adobe elearning evangelist Pooja Jaisingh walks through the foundations of using Captivate 9 and Captivate Draft to create responsive, interactive elearning presentations.

Course 7: Teaching Techniques: Blended Learning

Learn how to use a blended learning approach in the classroom. Combine face-to-face instruction with online learning and create dynamic, engaging, and student-focused lessons.