SeminarSmack
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SeminarSmack, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SeminarSmack's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free to use · No login · Open source |
The facts
Each one read from SeminarSmack's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Anonymous questions
- Participants can submit questions during a session, and presenters receive a lightweight notification.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Anonymous responses
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Exports
- Presenters can download session responses as JSON after closing a session.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The site describes presenters building and hosting sessions and students joining to respond live from their phones or other devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Joining
- Students can join by scanning a QR code, opening a direct link, or entering a room code, without an app install or sign-up.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Kanban cards
- Participants can add ideas, links, images, GIFs, and videos to presenter-defined columns.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is open source and MIT licensed.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Live polling
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Live Q&A
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Other activities
- Sessions can include short text prompts, 1–5 star ratings with optional comments, and kanban boards.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Personal data
- The README says students are not required by the app to identify themselves and advises educators to avoid prompts requesting unnecessary personal data.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Polls and quizzes
- Presenters can run live polls and quizzes with an optional correct-answer reveal.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SeminarSmack is a classroom interaction tool for creating live sessions and collecting responses.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Quiz mode
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Realtime service
- When configured, live updates use Supabase Realtime Broadcast; the README says the app depends on Supabase’s third-party realtime infrastructure for live multi-device sessions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security limits
- The README describes the host token as a lightweight browser-side control guard, not full authentication, and says room codes and local submission limits suit informal classroom use rather than high-stakes assessment.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The maker says users can self-host a copy; the README’s setup requires a Supabase project URL, publishable anon key, and Realtime enabled.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Session storage
- The maker’s README says session drafts are stored in the educator’s browser localStorage and the presenter page is the source of truth during a live session.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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