Techniques for creation and management of training courses are described. A system according to an aspect of the invention includes a central server accessible by one or more user computers. The central server hosts a training administration module which has access to a user database, a course library and a course creation module. The course creation module has access to a template database. The training administration module is able to retrieve information from the user database and the course library and to assign courses to students, to identify the status of students with respect to courses and of courses with respect to students, and to retrieve and display information relating to student progress in or completion of a course.
