QuestionPress

Spec sheet

Free plan

NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · questionpress.com

Integrations

QuestionPress provides instructions for connecting to a learning management system through LTI using a key, shared secret, and launch URL.Read 1 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Support

The Help Center asks users to email [email protected] and says it will promptly answer questions.Read 1 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Headquarters

Juneau, AlaskaRead 28 Sep 2026 · questionpress.com

Anonymous participation

Sessions can require names or accept anonymous responses, and displayed results can hide responder names and answers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Anonymous responses

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · questionpress.com

Automatic scoring

The system automatically scores several objective formats including true/false, multiple choice, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, sorting and check-all-that-apply.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Company incorporation

An Alaska company directory lists Polar Dynamics LLC as incorporated on September 4, 2007, in Juneau, Alaska, with Alan Russell Degener as agent.Read 15 Oct 2026 · alaskacompanydir.com

Concurrent-session limit

Each account includes one session, and additional concurrent sessions can be purchased.Read 1 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Copyright notice

The site footer displays a 2025 copyright notice and says all rights are reserved.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Documentation and support

The help center includes getting-started videos, security guidance, responder and session instructions, question-authoring help and LTI setup information, with email support offered.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Emailer

The product can send messages automatically or manually to groups or individuals and attach comments to questions, answers or sessions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Embedding

Polls and sessions can be embedded into a website so visitors can participate.Read 1 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Hosting limitation

QuestionPress cannot be installed on a customer's server and is remotely hosted.Read 1 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Independent academic description

A Higher Education Teaching and Learning Portal article lists QuestionPress among commercial classroom response systems and describes these systems as software accessed from computers, smartphones or tablets with real-time aggregated responses.Read 15 Oct 2026 · hetl.org

Independent accessibility limit

The thesis says QuestionPress was not used with elderly pilot participants because limited computer literacy could introduce difficulty and bias.Read 15 Oct 2026 · essay.utwente.nl

Independent education use

A Nepalese educational-assessment journal lists QuestionPress as an online response tool teachers can use for polls, surveys and quick quizzes to assess learning.Read 15 Oct 2026 · giwmscdnone.gov.np

Independent engineering-education listing

An ASEE workshop report names QuestionPress, identified as Polar Dynamics LLC, alongside Mentimeter and Poll Everywhere as an audience-response and polling platform for online course activities.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Independent LMS capability

An IMS Global Learning Impact program lists QuestionPress as providing live web-based classroom response, assessments, surveys and polling, with LMS embedding and score transfer to a gradebook.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imsglobal.org

Independent real-world deployment

The maker reports that QuestionPress was used at ASTE 2011 for conference and breakout surveys involving 600 attendees and more than 160 simultaneous surveys.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Independent study selection

A University of Twente thesis selected QuestionPress for a test panel because it offered flexible inputs, non-anonymous operation, answer revision and use without dedicated keypads.Read 15 Oct 2026 · essay.utwente.nl

Independent usability result

The same thesis reports that QuestionPress was reliable and valuable for its assessment, while noting minor font-size and background-colour issues.Read 15 Oct 2026 · essay.utwente.nl

Installation limitation

The FAQ states that QuestionPress is remotely hosted and cannot be installed on a customer's server.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Legal owner

The maker identifies QuestionPress as a division of Polar Dynamics, LLC, located in Juneau, Alaska.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Limit: polling data detail

Polling increases capacity tenfold but does not retain individual responder records.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Limit: scale and concurrency

The published personal tiers top out at 95 responders per session and include one concurrent session, with additional sessions charged separately.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Live editing

Presenters can create, deploy, edit, and rerun questions during a presentation, with sessions saved for later recall.Read 1 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Live polling

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · questionpress.com

Live sessions

Presenters can create, deploy and edit questions during a presentation, rerun questions and reuse saved sessions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

LMS integration

The help center provides instructions for connecting an LMS through LTI using a key, shared secret and launch URL.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Maker origin

QuestionPress was created by Alan Degener, a technology teacher at Floyd Dryden Middle School in Juneau, Alaska, with the idea originating in 2008.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Manual scoring and export

Presenters can manually score every question type and export scores and responses to a spreadsheet.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Media limitation

Questions can contain images and linked web media, but the FAQ says video cannot be inserted directly; audio clips up to two minutes are supported.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Polling capacity

Polling mode allows ten times the normal responder capacity but records only aggregate totals rather than individual responder data.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Praise: ease of use

Testimonials published by the maker repeatedly describe QuestionPress as easy, straightforward and simple to learn.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Product purpose

QuestionPress is a web-based classroom and audience response system for live interaction, polling, surveys and online assessments.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Question authoring

A WYSIWYG editor supports images, links, uploaded images, equation editing and graphs, with inline editing during sessions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Question reuse

Question lists and individual questions can be imported, copied, shuffled or created from previous sessions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Question types

Supported formats include yes/no, true/false, multiple choice, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, essay, check-all-that-apply, rating, sorting, numeric, file-upload and image-answer questions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Quiz mode

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · questionpress.com

Real-time results

Presenters can monitor incoming responses and scores, display graphs and share results on responder screens.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Scoring

QuestionPress automatically scores several question types, supports manual scoring for all types, and exports scores and responses to a spreadsheet.Read 1 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Security controls

Presenters can require a session security code, remove suspicious responders, and close enrollment to prevent additional responders from joining.Read 1 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Session controls

Presenters can set time limits, automatic closing dates, enrollment security codes and enrollment closure.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Session modes

QuestionPress provides presenter-guided live sessions, self-paced asynchronous sessions and polling sessions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Supported audiences

The site lists classroom educators, correspondence educators, presenters, small group leaders, teleconference facilitators, distance-delivery educators, and university professors as users.Read 1 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Technology stack

The maker says QuestionPress was built with a Ruby framework plus Java and AJAX.Read 15 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Trial limits

Free trial accounts are fully functional but limited to 5 responders and include five 35-responder bursts.Read 1 Oct 2026 · questionpress.com

Plans and prices

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