IMPORTANT! AP Exam Updates as of This Morning

Hi there,
I just received the update from the College Board in regards to this year's AP exams.

Here is the link if you'd like to read the entire thing, and see the chart for how it will affect all exams:
AP Updates for Schools Impacted by Coronavirus

What we know:

• For the 2019–20 exam administration only, students can take a 45-minute online exam at home.
  
• The exam will only include topics and skills most AP teachers and students have already covered in class by early March.
  
  
• Students will be able to take these streamlined exams on any device they have access to—computer, tablet, or smartphone. Taking a photo of handwritten work will also be an option.
  
• If your students need mobile tools or connectivity, you can reach out to us directly to let us know. Please fill out this form asap or let me know if you don't have access to a laptop. They say you'll be able to use a phone, but because there is a time limit on the exam, a laptop will be advantageous.

• The exam questions are designed and administered in ways that prevent cheating; we use a range of digital security tools and techniques, including plagiarism detection software, to protect the integrity of the exams.
  
• There will be two exam dates for you to choose from. One is earlier, in case students don't want to forget what they've learned so far, and one is later, so they have additional time to practice.
  
• Colleges will still accept the results for potential college credit and will not change policies based on this year's circumstances for students.
  
• The College Board will provide free, online AP review courses, (live and then on-demand afterward), beginning this Wednesday, April 25. These are intended to supplement other work students are doing for class.

Mog Side Note: Because it's only 45 minutes long, there will definitely not be 3 essays in a row any more. If they do decide to go with an essay, it cannot be synthesis because there is not enough reading and writing time for that essay to be completed in 45 minutes. 

What we don't know yet:

• Exam question type for English Language and Composition. According to this update, they will tell us by April 3 whether it will be multiple choice, essay, and/or some other kind of free response answer or a combination of these.  NOTE: Trevor Packer, on his Twitter account, announced that it would be in the form of "free response questions," meaning it will not be all multiple choice.
• The exam dates for English Language and Composition will also be posted "before Friday, April 3."

What I'm working on:
Figuring out from my AP binder and login exactly what material they will cover, and what will not be covered. All of the early material from the fall (the rhetorical situation, SOAPS and critical reading, close reading and annotating), will be on the exam. More on that this afternoon in a separate post.

I am figuring out if I have to get you guys onboarded to AP Classroom, the College Board's new practice software (which I hear has many issues), or if I can use my login to get the material out and post in a reliable format to the class website, which would be more efficient for students.