Higher education · Teaching and internships
Bringing practical knowledge into teaching.
In “higher education” mode, lecturers run courses and groups for lectures and internships: learning objectives, material, exercises and submissions in one place.
A course with objectives, material and exercises
The lecturer sets up learning objectives, material and exercises with deadlines.
Copy a course for next semester, import the course list.
Submission and feedback
The lecturer opens a submission and answers: where does the work stand? What next?
Rubrics and grade export as CSV – only people grade.
Management sees a course overview: per course the module, number of students, submission status and open questions – numbers only, no content.
Students on the phone
Students see objectives and exercises on the phone too and submit their work with a self-assessment.
Plus file submissions, email reminders and calendar (.ics).
Real recordings from Firnkern 1.7 (as of November 2026), “higher education” mode, Talbach University (fictitious) – people, organisations and data are fictional.
How a course starts
- Choose “higher education” modeOne switch changes the terms: lecturer and student – in the interface, in documents and in the Kern’s voice.
- Create the courseEnter objectives, material and exercises. Firnkern can be launched via LTI 1.3 from Moodle, Canvas or OpenOlat and can export a group as Common Cartridge.
- Learn, submit, get feedbackStudents work in the course and submit. The lecturer gives feedback.
Honestly: Firnkern does not award grades and sends no grades back to the LMS. The LTI 1.3 connection has been tested with a replica, not with every platform. Supplied questions are templates and have not been reviewed by experts.
Try it with one course
Free of charge in the pilot phase with a voucher – any number of people.