Brightspace gives instructors several ways to check understanding, but most of them take time to set up or live outside the normal flow of a course page. When an instructor just needs a quick pulse check mid-lecture or wants to gauge student opinion before moving on, the overhead of building a full quiz or survey can slow things down.

Atomic Polls fills that gap. It is an LTI-integrated polling tool, built by Atomic Jolt, that embeds directly into Brightspace course pages. Students see the poll right where they are working. There is no separate tool to open, no extra login.

Key Capabilities

• Standard poll questions and Likert scale questions
• Student justification responses (optional written explanation with each vote)
• Participation-based grading
• Instructor-controlled result visibility (show or hide results from students)
• Poll analytics with export
• Course copy support across Brightspace courses
• Edit and preview polls after creation
• Configurable question settings per poll