Inspera Assessment
Inspera Assessment is a cloud-based digital assessment platform for exams, quizzes, coursework, take-home assignments, and portfolios.
What Inspera Assessment is
Inspera Assessment is a cloud-based digital assessment platform for exams, quizzes, coursework, take-home assignments, and portfolios. It covers the assessment workflow from question authoring and delivery to candidate monitoring, collaborative grading, and feedback. Authors can choose from more than 25 question types with multimedia support, and assessments can be used in both in-person and remote contexts. Inspera supports LTI 1.1 and LTI 1.3, with tested integrations including Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard Learn, D2L Brightspace, and Sakai. Its REST APIs cover functions such as test events, assignments, results exports, and user management; listed SIS integrations include FS, LADOK, PCG, and Procapita. The SaaS product is hosted on AWS, and the maker says assessment cloud data is hosted within the European Union. Security provisions described include encryption at rest, HTTPS with TLS, logical customer data separation, and external security testing. Pricing is available on request.
Good
- Supports more than 25 multimedia question types.
- Covers in-person and remote assessment contexts.
- Supports LTI 1.1 and LTI 1.3.
- Provides REST APIs and listed SIS integrations.
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request.
- Room scan does not work with Assessment Paths.
- Assessment Paths cannot be used with live proctoring.
Who it suits
Inspera Assessment is intended for educational institutions, professional organisations, and awarding bodies. It suits teams that need to author, deliver, monitor, and grade different forms of assessment.
Verdict
Inspera Assessment brings assessment creation, delivery, monitoring, and grading into one cloud platform, with integrations for learning and student systems. Consider the stated Assessment Paths limits if those capabilities are needed.
Plans and prices
From Inspera Assessment's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Inspera Assessment | Priced on request | Per-student pricing; storage not charged; flexible pricing options |
The facts
Each one read from Inspera Assessment's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- APIs
- Its open REST APIs cover functions including test events, learner and contributor assignments, results exports, and user management.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Assessment contexts
- The platform supports formative quizzes, summative exams, coursework and portfolios, take-home assignments, in-person exams, and remote exams.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Assessment workflow
- The platform supports authoring questions, delivering assessments, monitoring candidates, collaborative grading, and feedback.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Certification
- Inspera says it is certified under the UK Cyber Essentials Plus scheme.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Inspera says it develops digital assessment solutions for educational institutions, professional organisations, and awarding bodies.checked 4 Oct 2026
- LMS integrations
- Inspera supports LTI 1.1 and LTI 1.3, with Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard Learn, D2L Brightspace, and Sakai listed as fully tested integrations.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- For Assessment Paths, the maker states that room scan does not work and the feature is not compatible with live proctoring.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- A cloud-based digital assessment platform for exams, coursework, tests, quizzes, take-home assignments, and portfolios.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Question types
- Authors can build from more than 25 question types with multimedia support.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- Inspera says data at rest is encrypted, communications use HTTPS with TLS, customer data is logically separated, and cloud services receive external security testing.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security hosting
- Inspera Assessment is a SaaS product hosted on AWS, and the maker says assessment cloud data is hosted within the European Union.checked 4 Oct 2026
- SIS integrations
- Built-in SIS integrations listed include FS, LADOK, PCG, and Procapita.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support and training
- Inspera describes a train-the-trainer approach with super-user training materials and live sessions that may be online or on-site depending on the contract.checked 4 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser requirements
- Open-book assessments without lockdown or proctoring are supported in the two most recent stable versions of Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1999checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Oslo, Norwaychecked 23 Sep 2026
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