Topics & questions
- Nineteen question types, from multiple choice to idea wall and formula
- Markdown, LaTeX formulas, and images
- Import from Moodle, Excel, and AI services; checked as you write
LehrPuls
LehrPuls runs on your own computer. Participants connect over the lecture hall’s Wi-Fi — the QR code on the projector carries the address. There are no accounts, nothing to install on the students’ devices, and no cloud service.
Download for Windows
Version 1.16.0 · 23 MB · 64-bit
Windows 10 or later · installs without administrator rights
Install
- Run the downloaded file
LehrPuls_1.16.0_x64-setup.exe. If Windows reports “This app can’t run on your PC”, the download is incomplete (Firefox sometimes holds back rarely downloaded files); allow it in the download list — the complete file is about 23 MB. - If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, click More info and then Run anyway.
- Start LehrPuls from the Start menu.
The Windows version is signed with a publisher certificate. The SmartScreen notice may still appear for a new version as long as Windows has rarely seen it.
For IT: silent installation, data folder, relay
For all users: LehrPuls_1.16.0_x64-setup.exe /S /AllUsers (administrator rights);
for the signed-in user only: /S /CurrentUser. Each person enters their own license;
data is stored per user. The data folder and the relay address can be preset by environment
variable (LEHRPULS_DATA_DIR, LEHRPULS_RELAY_URL,
manual section 11.4).
Checksum
SHA-256: 6fd16ff07df535ed1ce83ea14795a7b41c3831eeacc37431ae6a505837d36db7
Verify in PowerShell: Get-FileHash LehrPuls_1.16.0_x64-setup.exe
Download for macOS
Version 1.16.0 · 51 MB · Apple silicon and Intel
macOS 10.13 or later · notarized by Apple
Install
- Open the downloaded file
LehrPuls_1.16.0_universal.dmgwith a double-click. - Drag the LehrPuls icon into the Applications folder next to it.
- Start LehrPuls from the Applications folder.
The app is signed with an Apple developer certificate and notarized by Apple, so no security warning appears on first launch.
Checksum
SHA-256: f1c9265c8fd62d98a16940194be45dfa1cff45c009f7983b8e1aaf4af7cf5d63
Verify in Terminal: shasum -a 256 LehrPuls_1.16.0_universal.dmg
New in version 1.16.0 of October 13, 2026
- Photo or file with the answer — for example a worked solution on paper, including the iPhone format.
- Send files — to everyone, to groups, or to individuals, even while a question is running.
- Join with name and student ID — only those on the course list can get in.
- Answer patterns — the analysis shows whether the correct answer can be guessed without subject knowledge.
- Recap and podium — review revealed questions on the device, places 1 to 3 on the projector.
After the update, please update the samples: LehrPuls reports this on first start with “New samples available”. Your own courses, topics, questions, and playlists stay untouched.
Trial version. The download is fully usable with no time limit; up to six people can take part per session. For larger groups: Get a license.
Features
Live session
- Cockpit for you, projector for the room, director view with preview
- Timer, peer instruction, random wheel, question wall
- Remote control on your smartphone
Groups & stations
- Form groups, anonymously too; station rotation
- The group’s status on every device
- Send files to groups
Analytics
- Difficulty, discrimination, and response times per question
- The same question compared across semesters
- Excel and CSV export, report, read-only interface
Participants & privacy
- Anonymous, pseudonym, name, or student ID
- No accounts, data only on your computer
- Deletion periods per course with reminders
Connection
- Shared Wi-Fi or your own hotspot, no internet needed
- Relay for online and hybrid teaching, end-to-end encrypted
- Self-healing connection after the screen locks
How it differs from cloud services
| LehrPuls | Typical web services | |
|---|---|---|
| Where does the data live? | on your laptop, even without internet | on third-party servers |
| Accounts | none, neither for instructors nor for participants | at least for instructors |
| Cost | one-time purchase | annual subscription |
| Formulas and numeric questions | LaTeX, tolerance, units | rarely or not at all |
| Item analysis | difficulty, discrimination, times across semesters | distribution only |
A detailed comparison with individual providers will follow.
Documents
- Quick reference — the essentials on two pages (Deutsch)
- Manual — every feature in detail (Deutsch)
- Exchange format — import your own questions, including from an AI service (Deutsch)
- Flyer — LehrPuls at a glance (Deutsch)
- Screenshots — cockpit, projector, and participant app in pictures (German captions)
Step-by-step guides
Every feature and question type as a sequence of screenshots from the real app — with markers and explanations, step by step or full screen. (Deutsch)
Getting set up
Creating questions
The question types
Multiple choicePollOpen questionNumeric answerEstimateOrdering, ranking and point budgetMatchingFill-in-the-gapsScaleWord cloudImage questionIdea wall2×2 gridFormulaNotice
In class
Courses and participants
Playlists
Running a session
More tools during a session
Projector, projector control and overlay
Group workAnalyzing
Tools for your own analyses
With the read-only interface, other programs fetch the results directly from LehrPuls — read-only, with a time-limited key, and anonymized by default. Turn it on under Settings → Read-only interface (manual section 10.9).
Analysis in the browser
A page to save and open: enter the key, and it shows the answers of the last session per question — distribution, share correct, open answers. No other program needed.
Power BI and Excel
A ready-made Power Query for the figures per question, per topic, and the participants’ scores. A report template with charts will follow.
Python (Jupyter)
A notebook with the same queries as pandas tables, ready to build on.