vhs-intern.de – an "intranet" for educational organisations

In Germany, only 5% of the employees of organisations in the field of adult education are regular staff. The majority of employees are freelancers and independent teachers. The approx. 1,000 "Volkshochschulen", the adult educations centres in Germany, employ 200,000 tutors and only 9,000 regular staff. Hence, the need for coordination in day-to-day work.

To support communication with internal and external partners, vhs.Boeblingen-Sindelfingen and Avallain have jointly developed an internet-based "intranet"-system, custom designed to meet the needs of educational organisations: vhs-intern.de.

The intuitive graphical interface presents an office. All tools are accessible via interactive objects. The diary opens the time planer. The mobile phone opens a dialogue box to set a new reminder. The project management can be accessed via the file on the desk.


The blackboard displays latest activities; a news feed gives relevant news. Daily work processes are displayed and made transparent. Projects with internal and external partners can be applied and edited. A sophisticated distribution of rights allows external partners to work within the system, edit projects and add items.

vhs-intern.de offers the opportunity to communicate directly with partners via chat, make appointments, track ongoing projects. A reminder keeps assigned group members posted on changes in the system. vhs-intern.de can be rented on a monthly base directly from vhs.Boeblingen-Sindelfingen.

Contact (vhs.Boeblingen-Sindelfingen): christian.fiebig@vhs-aktuell.de