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Primeiros Passos em DI

An introduction to instructional design for those outside the field.

1 h 30 · 20 lessons Ivan Chagas

About the course

This  course was created to introduce the main concepts and processes an instructional designer needs to know and carry out day to day.

The goal of the course is for you to come out better informed about which concepts you'll deal with when creating educational content. This is a course for anyone who truly wants to take their first step in their studies.

Who is this course for?

  • Professionals interested in learning instructional design not as their primary profession

  • People interested in the ID market

  • Professionals at small businesses and startups who need to implement educational programs in their companies

- METHODOLOGY VALIDATED WITH REAL CLIENTS

- DOWNLOADABLE MATERIALS AND REFERENCES

- SHORT COURSE, 100% ONLINE AND STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

BONUS:

  • View and download all the materials used to build this course, such as the syllabus, script and storyboard.

WHO IS YOUR INSTRUCTOR?

My name is Ivan Chagas, I've been an instructor since 2016 and gathered 8,000 students, in courses in Portuguese, English and Spanish. I've worked with educational content for 10 years, organizing events, and I was an education manager at the largest innovation school in Curitiba. Today I work full-time as an instructional designer and content creator, owner of my own agency.

Welcome to Poly's Instructional Design: First Steps course!


Download for free all the materials used to build this course and use them as a template for your own content.

Course content

The first step

What instructional design is, an ID's responsibilities and why the ID matters.

ID in practice: the roles

What an ID does, keywords of the roles and what an educational designer can and can't do.

Getting to know educational theories

The educational foundation, the main theories and techniques and the core concepts.

Creating content for the first time

The structure of a course, learning objects and the design process.

First steps in your career

The different roles in the educational field and your career as an ID.

What you will learn

  • check_circleDive headfirst into the field's main theories, terms and definitions, whether you want to become an ID or simply create online courses
  • check_circleCome out better informed about which concepts you'll deal with when creating educational content
  • check_circleGet to know the main concepts and processes an instructional designer needs to know and carry out day to day
  • check_circleSee, in fact, how this course was made: get the planning material for this course!

What is included

  • smart_display1 hour on-demand video
  • article8 articles
  • devicesAccess on mobile and TV
  • all_inclusiveFull lifetime access
  • workspace_premiumCertificate of completion
Ivan Chagas
Who teaches

Ivan Chagas

Instructional designer, educational product manager and content creator. He worked at Amazon, Cisco, Sovos and Aldeia, and today works mainly as an e-learning developer — a LearnDash specialist building AI-based solutions already in production. More than 20,000 students across four languages.