For IT departments & training institutes

Hands-on IT practice your students actually finish.

Structured networking, Linux, security and cloud activities — graded instantly against your rubric. Students get feedback in seconds. Instructors get their evenings back.

IPv4 Subnetting & CIDR Address Planning

Scenario

You've been allocated 192.168.100.0/24. Design a VLSM plan for four departments with no overlapping subnets.

Engineering — 58 hosts
Sales — 26 hosts
HR — 12 hosts
Servers — 6 hosts

Question 1 of 2 · Subnet plan

DepartmentCIDRRange
Engineering/26.1 – .62
Sales/27.65 – .94

AI feedback

86 / 100
  • Correct masks and largest-first ordering.
  • No overlap between allocations.
  • Broadcast address for Sales is off by one — recheck .95.

How it works

From assignment to feedback in one loop.

  1. 01

    Pick or write the activity

    Start from the ready-made IT curriculum, or author your own lab with a rubric and a starter worksheet in minutes.

  2. 02

    Students work it through

    A guided, question-by-question workspace — plain English, no markdown required — with tiered hints when they get stuck.

  3. 03

    Feedback in seconds, not days

    Every submission is scored against your rubric with specific, actionable feedback. You see the whole class at a glance.

Features

Everything a practical IT course needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Rubric-based AI grading

Scores follow the criteria you write, with written feedback on what earned and lost marks.

Hints that teach

Three progressive tiers — concept, method, scaffold — so students are nudged, not handed answers.

Guided worksheets

Activities break into clear questions and tables. Students answer in plain language.

Your institute, your space

Invite a class with one link, approve sign-ups, and keep your own modules alongside the shared library.

Ready-made curriculum

Networking, Linux, security and cloud modules written around real troubleshooting scenarios.

Gradebook with the final say

Every score in one grid. Review any attempt, override the AI, leave feedback, export to CSV.

Curriculum

Scenario-based modules, ready on day one.

Every activity is built around a realistic incident or design task, with a rubric your instructors can adjust.

Computer Networks

  • OSI & encapsulation
  • IPv4 subnetting & VLSM
  • TCP flow control
  • DNS & DHCP troubleshooting

Linux Administration

  • Permissions & SUID
  • systemd services
  • SSH hardening

Cybersecurity

  • Credential storage
  • SQLi, XSS & CSRF
  • Firewall ACLs & incident triage

Cloud Fundamentals

  • IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS
  • Storage policy audits
  • Load balancing

For instructors

  • Grade a full class's lab in the time it takes to read the summary
  • Override any AI score and add your own feedback
  • Invite students with a link and approve them in one place
  • Export the gradebook to CSV for your records

For students

  • Know exactly what earned and lost marks, immediately
  • Get unstuck with hints that explain without spoiling
  • Resubmit and improve — every attempt is kept
  • Export finished work as a polished PDF

Bring Thinkly to your department.

Set up your institute in two minutes and run a real class free for 14 days. No card needed.