Provide students with virtual lab environments in just a few clicks. CloudLabs speeds up the preparation, distribution and management of hundreds of lab instances, supports remote and hybrid classes, and makes it easier for instructors to monitor student progress and work – without installing additional software on students’ computers.
Who is it for?
IT departments and technical fields of study
Systems, networks, cloud, security, DevOps
Distance learning centres
Quick launch of environments for e-learning and practical examinations
Subject laboratories
Project classes and exercises requiring full privileges in an isolated environment
Benefits for universities:lowerroom maintenance costs, easy scaling of the number of workstations, a uniform environment for the entire group, access from home or campus, transparent usage reports.
Features that make a difference
Quick launch of labs
Predefined images and custom item templates
Group and schedule management
Time windows, hour and resource limits for classes/exams
Access from a browser
Students work from home or from university, without installing any additional software.
Control and support
Student activity preview, environment restart/stop, messages for the group
Usage reports
Working time, workload, attendance; export to CSV/PDF for reporting purposes
Security and isolation
Each student receives their own environment, separate from others.
Flexible scenarios
Semester exercises, short workshops, practical examinations, blended classes
How it works
01
Prepare
You select a lab template or define your own image/configuration. You can prepare multiple variants for different subjects/semesters.
02
Send
You submit a list of students/groups. The system automatically creates and assigns isolated environments to them and sends access instructions.
03
Order
On demand, you launchhundreds of instancesforthe entire group or only for registered participants, reserve a time slot and resource limits.
04
Use
Students log in from anywhere (browser). The instructor monitors activity, has an overview of the status of the labs, can pause/resume sessions and generate reports.
“Prepare → Send → Order → Use”
Delivering even hundreds of virtual environments becomes a matter of minutes, not days.
Implementation and service model
SaaS
Fully managed service, quick start without burdening your IT department
On-premise / private cloud
For universities requiring full control and integration with existing infrastructure
Academic licensing
Conditions tailored to the size of the department and number of students
Case studies
Warsaw University of Technology – Institute of Control and Industrial Electronics
The Warsaw University of Technology uses CloudLabs platforms for teaching – we also believe that further work on multiplying the forms of use of this platform is advisable. In our opinion, the main features of this platform include:
- Availability of many aspects of e-learning.
- The ability to learn and teach in real business conditions without any infrastructure difficulties.
- Access to the same environment via a website from anywhere (even at home).
- No need to install additional software.
- The ability for the teacher to control the use of the environment in the teaching process.
- Interactive teacher-student contact during remote teaching (very important in the case of e-learning classes).
- Possibility to assign a laboratory at a specific time with the additional option of limiting it in terms of time and resources.
- Usage reporting.
Vistula Academy of Finance and Business
We were delighted to hear that CloudTeam is joining the Horizon 2020 programme, which aims to extend the CloudLabs platform to other virtualisation systems. Vistula University uses the platform when conducting classes for students. We believe that further work on the development of this platform is advisable. In our opinion, the advantages of the platform include:
- Improvement of many aspects of e-learning.
- The opportunity to learn and teach in conditions that are the same as in a future company.
- Access to the same environment from anywhere via a website (even from home).
- No need to install additional software.
- The ability to control the use of the environment.
- Interactivity between the student and the teacher during remote classes (very important from the point of view of e-learning classes).
- The ability to conduct training at a given time, with the additional possibility of limiting the number of working hours and resources.
- Usage reporting
We are convinced that further work on the development of this platform is advisable. Using the platform on other virtualisation systems will definitely increase its use in everyday work.
Lenovo
Lenovo frequently utilises the CloudLabs platform when conducting training sessions. We believe that development work on this platform is highly recommended. In our opinion, the main features of this platform include:
- Ease of managing events for short-term events.
- Ease of training groups of employees from different branches of the company at the same time.
- Access to a full computing environment at all times from different devices.
During these events, our employees are very satisfied with the CloudLabs platform – the tool is easy to use and there are no problems using it even on private computers. Therefore, we recommend using CloudLabs for commercial use.
Samsung
Samsung uses the CloduLabs platform very often when conducting training courses. In our opinion, its strengths include:
- Ease of laboratory management (even by non-technical personnel).
- Ease of remote training of groups of employees.
- Significant savings in training employees from different branches of the company.
We are convinced that further work on the development of this platform is advisable. Using the platform on other virtualisation systems will definitely increase its use in everyday work.
Predica
Predica uses the CloduLabs platform very often when conducting training courses. In our opinion, its strengths include:
- Ease of laboratory management (even by non-technical personnel).
- Ease of remote training of groups of employees.
- Significant savings in training employees from different branches of the company.
We are convinced that further work on the development of this platform is advisable. Using the platform on other virtualisation systems will definitely increase its use in everyday work.
EU funding for universities
Are you planning to equip your university with virtual laboratories? We can help you prepare an application for EU funding and develop a description of the implementation and results of the project.
Let’s start with a 30-minute demo
We will show you how to set up a laboratory for an entire group in just a few minutes, how to plan time slots, and how to generate reports.
Frequently asked questions
No, access is via a browser, after logging in, in accordance with the instructions for the given group.
CloudLabs is designed to supporthundreds of parallel instancesformultiple course groups.
Yes, you can set the time window, working hours limits and resource parameters.
Yes, in addition to the SaaS option, we offer on-premise/private cloud installations for universities with such needs.
We provide implementation and operational support as well as an SLA agreement. Details will be provided at the offer stage.