INFOTICS Labs
Lab session rules
A quick, honest guide to how a lab session works — how long it runs, extending time, inactivity, and what is kept when it ends.
- StartMachines are ready in about a minute
- Work the tasksEach task is checked when you press Check
- +30 minOne extension where allowed
- EndMachine deleted, score and XP kept
1 Session length
A lab runs for its shown time, commonly 3 hours. Some labs differ; each lab page shows its own time.
2 Extend once
When time is nearly up you can usually extend once by +30 minutes, where the lab allows it.
3 Stay active
If you go quiet you will see a “still there?” warning. Idle cloud and VM sessions may be released to save resources; your scored progress is saved.
4 Clean finish
When a session ends the lab machine or cloud is deleted. Your scored progress and XP stay on your account.
5 One at a time
One running lab per learner. Starting a new lab ends the previous one.
6 No card needed
Free labs need only a free learner account, no card. A few cloud labs use INFOTICS’s own guarded sandbox; a lab that needs your own cloud account says so clearly.
7 Something broken?
Use “Report a problem” on the lab page and the team is notified.