College Board Updates re: the May 20 AP Exam

We'll go over this information in class. In the meantime, here are some steps to take right now:

1. Sign into your College Board account.Make sure the login is current, the password is working, etc.
2. Click “Update Account Information” or click their name in the top right hand corner and select “View/Edit My Profile”
3. Next to “Contact Information,” click “Edit” or click “manage your email communication preferences” at the bottom.
4. If it's not already selected, click to check the box next to “Yes, please send me updates and information about College Board and College Board deadlines, dates, and related programs and services.” Click “Submit changes.” Sign out and then back in and check account information to make sure the change has been saved.
5. Be on the lookout for a test e-mail you'll receive on May 4 from the College Board. 

Here are some details the College Board provided to teachers on their webinar this afternoon:

• Students must use Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge to open the test. You CANNOT use Internet Explorer. Make sure this is not your default browser, and that the other browsers are updated with the latest version.
• If you have the Grammarly plug in, you must remove it before the test because the interface will not allow the test to open.
• An exam demo will be available on May 4th for students to practice submitting responses, but the demo will not be subject specific. We will be testing it out then.
• Students have an exam day checklist and documents that they need, with specifics for each subject(see link to resources below).
• The exam ticket will be emailed to you 2 days before the test.
• There is one timer for the test.  It will turn to red at 5 minutes to notify students that you need to submit before it expires.
• Students will receive an email on May 4th with the demo information.  If students receive this e-mail, they will receive the test link.  

Here are some new resources available from the College Board:  

See the new 2020 AP Testing Guide here. We will walk through this before the exam.

Here is the 2020 Exam Day Checklist from the College Board. I'm writing up one that includes some additional tips.

The College Board has also put together the "2020 Explainer Videos" that provide more information about online AP exams this year.