Extempore

What Extempore does

Extempore is a cloud-based SaaS platform operated by Deeloh Technologies, Inc., a Minnesota corporation headquartered in Minneapolis, that delivers speaking-practice and oral-assessment tools for K-12 world language and English Language Learner (ELL) programs, plus higher-education language courses. The platform combines asynchronous audio/video capture with a proprietary synchronous group video feature (Sync Rooms) that lets multiple students converse live while teachers drop in to observe and assess. It runs on AWS infrastructure with Twilio handling live video processing, is accessed via a teacher CMS and a student web app, and ships native iOS and Android applications.

The core platform supports customizable rubrics (including Global Rubrics sharable across an organization), Common Assessments with district-wide lockdown controls, an Organization Commons content library, and a Reports module that exports usage, performance, and rubric-criteria data. A growing AI layer — Ask Tempo for AI-generated question prompts, a beta AI auto-scoring capability, and video/audio transcription for student responses — sits on top of the core platform. Extempore is deeply integrated via LTI 1.3 (often mediated through Edlink) with the dominant K-12 and higher-ed LMS stack: Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Blackboard, Moodle, D2L Brightspace, Microsoft Teams, Blackbaud, Talent LMS, and identity/roster providers including Classlink, RapidIdentity, HelloID, and ClassGather.

Extempore makes money through three primary motions: (1) quote-based annual institutional licenses for K-12 districts and universities, priced at a typical $12.99 per student per class with auto-renewing one-year terms; (2) a free institution sign-up with student-paid per-course licenses in higher education, removing institutional procurement friction; and (3) channel/reseller sales via Spain-based 3ipunt covering Europe, anchored by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) deployment. The company is privately held, has raised approximately $990K across two disclosed rounds (a 2018 seed led by Bread and Butter Ventures and a 2020 round), employs 11-50 people, and is actively hiring as of 2026.

Name

Extempore

Legal name

Deeloh Technologies, Inc

Website

https://extemporeapp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Extempore is a cloud-based SaaS platform that delivers speaking-practice and oral-assessment tools, including live group conversation rooms, for K-12 world language and ELL programs and higher-education language courses, distributed via district licenses, student-paid per-course access, and a European channel partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Assessment Software

NAICS

Language Schools (61163), Other Schools and Instruction (6116), Educational Support Services (611710), Language Schools (611630)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Language Learning eLearning Modules (ESL/EFL) (EDAGAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

General ESL/EFL Coursebooks & Integrated Skills Series (EDAGAHAA)

Keywords

• Language assessment software
• Oral proficiency assessment
• Speaking practice platform
• ELL assessment tools
• World language SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Institution Paid Subscriptions: For-fee, non-exclusive, non-transferable license for educational institutions; typical list price of $12.99 per student/End User per class; auto-renewing annual terms. Includes consumable per-student licenses.
2. Student Paid Licenses (Higher Education): Free institution-level account; students individually purchase a license per course. Targets universities with a transactional, end-user-paid model.
3. Channel / Reseller Sales (3ipunt): Indirect revenue in Europe via 3ipunt, which serves as the primary reseller and support partner for Extempore in Spain, including implementation services and ongoing customer support.
4. Professional / Implementation Services (Implied): Implementation, training, and district-wide professional development are referenced in pricing tiers and the partner program; fees bundled into institutional licenses rather than billed separately.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Extempore is a cloud-based SaaS speaking practice and oral assessment platform that lets K-12 districts, universities, and language programs assign, capture, score, and report on student speaking, writing, and listening responses. The platform combines asynchronous audio/video assessments, live multi-student synchronous conversation rooms (Sync Rooms), AI content generation (Ask Tempo), shared rubrics, district-wide reporting, and deep LMS interoperability to replace physical language labs and unify world language and ELL program management.

Product overview

Extempore is a single unified cloud-based platform for world language and English Language Learner (ELL) assessment, augmented by a set of integrated add-on modules and practice products that share a common data and rubric model. The core platform, accessed through the teacher CMS (cms.extemporeapp.com) and student web app (student.extemporeapp.com), provides common assessment authoring, delivery, scoring, and program alignment. Built on top of this core platform are four named modules: Extempore Sync (also called Sync Rooms / Synchronous Groups) for live multi-student conversational assessments; Extempore Reports for usage, performance, district, and rubric-criteria reporting; Extempore Commons for a shared, organization-level assessment database; and Ask Tempo, an AI content generator that creates language-level and standard-aligned question prompts. The Extempore Mobile App extends the core platform to iOS and Android for student response recording and Sync Rooms participation. Targeted practice assessment packages extend the platform for high-stakes exam readiness: AP World Language Practice Exams (including AP Simulated Conversation Mode), WIDA Practice Assessments for ELL programs, TELPAS Practice Tasks, and Avant Sample Assessments. The platform also offers a partner-facing LMS Integrations API (LTI 1.3) connecting with Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Blackboard, Moodle, D2L/Brightspace, Microsoft Teams, Blackbaud, Talent LMS, and SSO/rostering via Classlink, RapidIdentity, HelloID, and ClassGather, with Edlink powering many of the LTI connections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Extempore Core Platform Cloud-based world language and English Language Learner (ELL) assessment platform that unifies assessment authoring, delivery, scoring, and reporting. Accessed via the teacher CMS (cms.extemporeapp.com) and student interface (student.extemporeapp.com), and intended for school districts, universities, and language programs.
• Extempore Sync (Sync Rooms / Synchronous Groups) Live, multi-student synchronous conversational assessment module that lets students record paired or group oral responses in real time, with teacher drop-in, online status, recordings, shuffle, and bandwidth profiles.
• Extempore Reports Data reporting and analytics module providing usage, performance, list download, gradebook, district-level, and rubric-criteria views for teachers and administrators.
• Extempore Commons (Organization Commons) Shared assessment database that allows teachers and organizations to share, import, and reuse common assessments, rubrics, and questions across the program.
• Ask Tempo AI-powered content generator for teachers that produces language-level and standard-aligned question prompts which can be used inside Extempore assessments.
• Extempore Mobile App Native student mobile application (iOS and Android) that lets learners complete assessments, record audio/video responses, and participate in synchronous group conversations from their phones or tablets.
• AP World Language Practice Exams Targeted practice assessments modeled on the AP World Language exam formats, including AP Simulated Conversation Mode, for student exam preparation.
• WIDA Practice Assessments WIDA-aligned practice assessments for ELL (English Language Learner) programs, supporting readiness for state WIDA testing.
• TELPAS Practice Tasks Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) practice tasks for English language learners preparing for TELPAS testing.
• Avant Sample Assessments Sample assessments from partner Avant Language Assessments, providing additional readiness content for world language programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.66M+ student submissions on the platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability8 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship european channel partner, core integration partner, standard integration partner, core infrastructure partner, critical infrastructure partner, core distribution partner, strategic ai partner, minor gtm partner and minor content partner.

• 3ipuntflagship european channel partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 24 February 20263ipunt, a Spain-based e-learning consultancy and technology partner, is the primary reseller and support partner for Extempore in Spain. The partnership supports Extempore's push into Europe, leverages 3ipunt's deep Moodle and large-scale deployment expertise, and underpins the implementation at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). 3ipunt provides local implementation services, customer support, and ongoing enablement for European institutions.
• Google Classroomcore integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationNative integration enabling class rostering, assignment linking, and two-way grade syncing between Extempore and Google Classroom; teachers sync classes, rosters, and assignments directly. Used for both individual and synchronous group assessments.
• Canvas (Instructure)core integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationLTI 1.3 / Edlink-mediated integration providing auto-rostering, SSO, deep linking for assessments, automatic assignment and grade sync into the Canvas Gradebook. Canvas also offers an Extempore Connected LTI App for SSO.
• Schoology (PowerSchool)core integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationLTI 1.3 integration with auto-rostering, SSO, and automatic assignment/grade sync. Schoology sections are supported, with assessments automatically linked across sections in a single Gradebook column.
• Blackboard (Anthology)core integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationLTI 1.3 integration with Blackboard Ultra, providing SSO, class/course provisioning, deep linking of Extempore assessments, and automatic grade sync back to the Blackboard Gradebook.
• Moodlecore integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationSupported via Edlink for roster, assignment, and grade syncing (added November 2024); central to 3ipunt's European deployment expertise and the UOC rollout.
• Brightspace by D2Lstandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationAuto-rostering, SSO, and automatic assignment and grade sync with the Brightspace LMS via Extempore's LMS API integrations.
• Microsoft Teams (for Education)standard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationAuto-rostering, SSO, and automatic assignment and grade sync into Teams-based LMS workflows.
• Classlinkstandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationSSO and rostering integration for K-12 districts using Classlink as their identity provider.
• RapidIdentitystandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationSSO and rostering integration for K-12 districts.
• HelloIDstandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationSSO and rostering integration partner.
• ClassGatherstandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationSSO and rostering integration partner.
• Edlinkcore infrastructure partnerTechnology or IntegrationEdlink mediates Extempore's LTI 1.3 integrations with Canvas, Schoology, and other LMS platforms — handling launch URLs, keyset/authentication URLs, token exchange, and rostering data flow. Powers the Toddle LMS integration (SSO + rostering) added in 2026.
• Twiliocritical infrastructure partnerTechnology or IntegrationTwilio powers Extempore's synchronous video processing for Sync Rooms (live group conversations). The platform includes automatic retry of failed Twilio compositions with up to 3 attempts and logging for resilience.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)critical infrastructure partnerTechnology or IntegrationAWS hosts Extempore's student and teacher data, recordings, and submitted content; disclosed in the FERPA article as the third-party processor used to provide the service.
• Apple App Storecore distribution partnerOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerApple distributes the Extempore iOS Application under the App Store Terms of Service; Apple is a third-party beneficiary of the Terms of Service but Deeloh is solely responsible for the Application.
• Google Playcore distribution partnerOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerGoogle distributes the Extempore Android application under the Google Play Terms of Service; Google is a third-party beneficiary of the Terms of Service.
• ChatGPT / OpenAI (AI/ML service provider)strategic ai partnerTechnology or IntegrationChatGPT is named as a third-party AI/ML service provider that Deeloh may use, under a written agreement, to enhance the Services and develop new products (underlying Ask Tempo AI content generator and AI auto-scoring initiatives).
• World Languages 360minor gtm partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership grants between Extempore and World Languages 360 promote language education through joint resources; surfaced in the navigation as a featured resource.
• Avant (Avant Assessment)minor content partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerAvant Sample Assessments are surfaced on Extempore as pre-made assessments for STAMP-style world language proficiency testing, providing a joint content offering.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mango Languages: Mango Languages provides self-paced language learning for schools, libraries, and government, with built-in speech assessment. It targets a similar K-12 and public-sector buyer as Extempore and competes for the same world language program budgets.
• Flip (formerly Flipgrid): Flip is a Microsoft-owned video discussion and speaking practice platform widely used in K-12 classrooms. It competes directly with Extempore's asynchronous video-response speaking practice and is frequently considered alongside Extempore for world language and speaking assignments.
• Avant Assessment (STAMP): Avant Assessment provides STAMP and AAPPL world language proficiency assessments and is already a content partner surfaced inside Extempore. It is the most directly comparable peer because both target K-12 world language proficiency testing and share the same buyer (district world language coordinators).
• Voxy: Voxy delivers adaptive language instruction with speech-recognition-based speaking assessment for education and workforce. Comparable to Extempore in the speaking-assessment and language-learning overlap, particularly in higher education and adult learner segments.

Broad incumbents

• Rosetta Stone for Education: Rosetta Stone for Education provides language learning to K-12 and higher education. It is a broader incumbent offering adjacent speaking and language instruction rather than Extempore's specialized oral assessment workflow.
• PowerSchool (Unified Classroom / Schoology): PowerSchool is a K-12 SIS and LMS provider (including Schoology) with deep district penetration and an app marketplace. As the underlying LMS for many Extempore integrations, it is a channel partner but also a potential platform competitor if it bundles native speaking assessment.
• Duolingo for Schools: Duolingo for Schools is the K-12 version of the consumer language-learning leader. While broader and less specialized than Extempore, it competes for district world language budget with a free-to-schools model and integrated speaking practice.

Emerging players

• Nearpod: Nearpod is a K-12 instructional platform with formative assessment, video, and LMS integrations. It overlaps with Extempore on synchronous/interactive K-12 workflows but does not specialize in language speaking assessment.
• Seesaw Learning: Seesaw is a K-12 student portfolio and creation platform that supports audio and video student responses. It overlaps with Extempore in audio/video capture inside K-12 classrooms but is broader and less specialized for world language assessment.

Others

• Edlink: Edlink is the integration platform that mediates many of Extempore's LTI 1.3 connections to Canvas, Schoology, and other LMSs. It is an enabling partner/infrastructure provider rather than a competitor, but its expanding marketplace could surface competing speaking-assessment tools alongside Extempore.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ExtemporeApp
• Facebookfacebook.com/extemporeapp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/deelohtechnologiesllc/mycompany

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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