Computer-delivered training can be imparted online, through Local Area Network (LAN) or through CD-ROM, giving you the convenience and affordability of self-paced training. Content for a custom CBT can be derived from Subject Matter Experts (SME's), books, or the Internet. CBT courses are widely used for teaching computer applications. The e-Learning format is usually integrated in a system loaded with the required applications so that students can practice what they learn.

Also more popularly known as Computer Assisted Instruction or Tutorials, "Computer Based Training" is a process of learning that is not executed in the traditional manner, one would find in the educational environment. Rather than the conventional classroom and instructor or professor setting, computer based training involves learning using software applications installed in computers. The student is, in effect, trained by the computer. Oftentimes, this method of learning can be much more effective than the practice of teaching and learning in classrooms because the student, if working alone, can set his or her own speed of learning. As such, the student who is a quick learner can forge ahead at a pace that an average student would not be able to handle. On the other hand, for those who take a little more time than the average student to process and learn new information, computer based training would be ideal, as they can go at their own stride, not fall behind and not keep any other students behind schedule.

A common example of this type of training would be the following: A person would like to learn how to use image editing software program so they purchase the computer based training for that specific software application. They also purchase the actual software that they would like to become familiar with. While they are being trained with the computer assisted instruction, they can simultaneously verify and put into practice all that they learn in the training, since they have the target software on-hand. The advantage of this kind of system is that all of the information is right there at their desktop in one place rather than going to a class, having time lapse before they can get access to a computer.