A method and system for creating a customized curriculum for a student in an online system is disclosed. The method and system include creating course objectives that correlate with course materials for an online course. The course objectives include a value stored on an educational management system. A parameter is set and associated with the course objectives. The parameter includes a value, and is stored on the educational management system. The student is given an assessment evaluation and the outcome of the student's performance on the assessment evaluation is tracked. The outcome is compared to the course objectives to provide comparison data. The comparison data is used to create a customized curriculum. The customized curriculum comprised of course materials are stored on the educational management system and are distributed to the user through a network connection.