diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index 598d80da2adf47d92e23d8181b842bc1624d261a..cdb87b61d141b95d6dfae563e6278f876d587d41 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 		sessionDocument.put("courseType", session.getCourseType());
 		sessionDocument.put("courseId", session.getCourseId());
 		sessionDocument.put("creationTime", session.getCreationTime());
+		sessionDocument.put("learningProgressType", session.getLearningProgressType());
 		sessionDocument.put("ppAuthorName", session.getPpAuthorName());
 		sessionDocument.put("ppAuthorMail", session.getPpAuthorMail());
 		sessionDocument.put("ppUniversity", session.getPpUniversity());
@@ -1290,6 +1291,7 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 			s.put("name", session.getName());
 			s.put("shortName", session.getShortName());
 			s.put("active", session.isActive());
+			s.put("learningProgressType", session.getLearningProgressType());
 			database.saveDocument(s);
 			session.set_rev(s.getRev());
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Session.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Session.java
index 78e7dbd386229bac08d0d68fb7d38f95109b1e19..f93ddbba4975023f7acb393972e7ca7e3f409b69 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Session.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Session.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class Session implements Serializable {
 	private String courseId;
 	private List<String> _conflicts;
 	private long creationTime;
+	private String learningProgressType = "questions";
 
 	private String ppAuthorName;
 	private String ppAuthorMail;
@@ -186,6 +187,14 @@ public class Session implements Serializable {
 		this.creationTime = creationTime;
 	}
 
+	public String getLearningProgressType() {
+		return learningProgressType;
+	}
+
+	public void setLearningProgressType(String learningProgressType) {
+		this.learningProgressType = learningProgressType;
+	}
+
 	public String getPpAuthorName() {
 		return ppAuthorName;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/transport/LearningProgressType.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/transport/LearningProgressType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3fa990db56feccb83f5f8707cd17af72235a5056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/transport/LearningProgressType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package de.thm.arsnova.entities.transport;
+
+public class LearningProgressType {
+
+	private String sessionKeyword;
+
+	private String learningProgressType;
+
+	public String getSessionKeyword() {
+		return sessionKeyword;
+	}
+
+	public void setSessionKeyword(String sessionKeyword) {
+		this.sessionKeyword = sessionKeyword;
+	}
+
+	public String getLearningProgressType() {
+		return learningProgressType;
+	}
+
+	public void setLearningProgressType(String learningProgressType) {
+		this.learningProgressType = learningProgressType;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java
index aa1250b9b6ad9f6c15fcd5c2c4c414b133b1106d..60c7479e2b5445ae7e3bf7741a10e8811ba8bf0a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ public interface ISessionService {
 
 	List<Session> getMySessions();
 
-	List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions();
-
 	List<Session> getMyVisitedSessions();
 
 	int countSessions(List<Course> courses);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java
index 2cb748b7c183b3ae23f68633ca7991005dd09d64..94fa0787f722f9cca17ace8f8f066760cdacdb34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import com.corundumstudio.socketio.protocol.PacketType;
 
 import de.thm.arsnova.entities.InterposedQuestion;
 import de.thm.arsnova.entities.User;
+import de.thm.arsnova.entities.transport.LearningProgressType;
 import de.thm.arsnova.events.DeleteAnswerEvent;
 import de.thm.arsnova.events.NewAnswerEvent;
 import de.thm.arsnova.events.NewInterposedQuestionEvent;
@@ -188,6 +189,21 @@ public class ARSnovaSocketIOServer implements ApplicationListener<NovaEvent>, No
 			}
 		});
 
+		server.addEventListener(
+				"setLearningProgressType",
+				LearningProgressType.class,
+				new DataListener<LearningProgressType>() {
+			@Override
+			public void onData(SocketIOClient client, LearningProgressType progressType, AckRequest ack) {
+				final User user = userService.getUser2SocketId(client.getSessionId());
+				final de.thm.arsnova.entities.Session session = sessionService.getSession(progressType.getSessionKeyword());
+				if (session.isCreator(user)) {
+					session.setLearningProgressType(progressType.getLearningProgressType());
+					sessionService.updateSession(progressType.getSessionKeyword(), session);
+				}
+			}
+		});
+
 		server.addConnectListener(new ConnectListener() {
 			@Override
 			public void onConnect(final SocketIOClient client) { }