Real-time monitoring of network-based training exercises

A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• outputting, for display, a graphical dashboard associated with a training exercise, wherein the graphical dashboard includes one or more learning objective nodes representing one or more learning objectives and one or more skill nodes representing one or more skills to be demonstrated by a trainee, wherein the one or more skill nodes graphically indicate that the one or more skills have not yet been demonstrated by the trainee;
• selecting, based on the one or more skills to be demonstrated by the trainee, one or more software agents that are associated with the training exercise;
• responsive to receiving user input to specify an association between the one or more software agents and the one or more skill nodes, outputting, for display, a graphical representation of the association between the one or more software agents and the one or more skill nodes in the graphical dashboard;
• providing, to at least one host computing system, one or more parameters for configuring the one or more software agents to collect parameter data from the at least one host computing system while the trainee performs actions during the training exercise;
• determining, based on the parameter data collected by the one or more software agents, and further based on the association between the one or more software agents and the one or more skill nodes, whether the one or more skills represented by the one or more skill nodes have been demonstrated by the trainee during the training exercise;
• and
• responsive to determining that the one or more skills have been demonstrated by the trainee, updating, for display, the one or more skill nodes in the graphical dashboard to graphically indicate that the one or more skills have been demonstrated by the trainee.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
• output, for display, a graphical dashboard associated with a training exercise, wherein the graphical dashboard includes one or more learning objective nodes representing one or more learning objectives and one or more skill nodes representing one or more skills to be demonstrated by a trainee, wherein the one or more skill nodes graphically indicate that the one or more skills have not yet been demonstrated by the trainee;
• select, based on the one or more skills to be demonstrated by the trainee, one or more software agents that are associated with the training exercise;
• responsive to receiving user input to specify an association between the one or more software agents and the one or more skill nodes, output, for display, a graphical representation of the association between the one or more software agents and the one or more skill nodes in the graphical dashboard;
• provide, to the at least one host computing system, one or more parameters for configuring the one or more software agents to collect parameter data from the at least one host computing system while the trainee performs actions during the training exercise;
• determine, based on the parameter data collected by the one or more software agents, and further based on the association between the one or more software agents and the one or more skill nodes, whether the one or more skills have been demonstrated by the trainee during the training exercise;
• and
• responsive to determining that the one or more skills have been demonstrated by the trainee, update, for display, the one or more skill nodes in the graphical dashboard to graphically indicate that the one or more skills have been demonstrated by the trainee.