The digital tester is in public beta! Everyone can use the digital tester for any PTs they have access to on their account.
When you're ready to take a PrepTest, click on "Blind Review, Score and Review" for the PrepTest you want to take:
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Note that you'll only have access to the PrepTests included in your course. Free users have access to the June 2007 PrepTest only.
Alternatively, you can also go to Analytics. Then, select the PrepTest you'd like to take and you will see an option to take the PrepTest digitally, like this:
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Since the tester is still in beta, please let us know if you notice any issues. We're actively monitoring this thread and improving the tester.
Thank you!
162 comments
@yafrcho580 said:
@alan-91620 thank you SO MUCH and the team for all your efforts on the 7sage digital tester! In many respects, it was "better" than the actual thing, and I wish you guys would have been the ones to develop the actual tester :) I would definitely choose the 7sage tester over the LSAC one!
Thank you for your kind words, really put a smile on my face today!
@yafrcho580 said:
I'm not sure if anyone has brought this up already, but my highlight colors are really saturated (using iPad latest gen, not pro, 10 inch)... the red is like a deep magenta.
Thanks for pointing that out! We adjusted the highlighter colors accordingly. (Force refresh to get update)
@yafrcho580 said:
2. On the real test, when I started the section, it first shows me the instructions. I have to click "next" to go to the questions. However, time starts ticking on the instruction screen, which I didn't immediately realize on the first section. It'd be great to have this integrated (as annoying as it is) since it's a feature that impacts time.
Great idea! We made it default to start off with the directions/instructions screen. (Force refresh to get update)
@yafrcho580 said:
3. At the 5 minute countdown, I got a pop-up box saying I have 5 minutes left and I had to click "ok" or something to close that box. It was definitely alarming and unsettling, and something I would really really appreciate the opportunity to adjust to.
Thanks! We added the annoying message :) (Force refresh to get update)
@yafrcho580 said:
4. In the real tester, the question tracker fit all of the questions at the bottom without any scrolling. However, in the 7sage tracker (on my iPad), the tracker only really fit like 23 questions? So for LR and RC when I'm just glancing at the bottom it skews my perception of how many questions I actually have left.
I believe that was because you were on the "Fluid" view. The fluid view adjusts the layout to match your device's screen size. "Fixed" size makes sure that the layout is fixed and zooms in/out to fit your screen. If you use Fixed, there should be enough room to fit all the questions regardless of what device you use.
For the time being it is only possible to take full length PTs correct? Is it possible that in the future we will be able to take individual sections, or even custom sections from the question bank?
@alan-91620 Table w/stylus (Microsoft's Surface) would be ideal since that's what the LSAC will be administering the LSAT on. However, even if you don't have a tablet, you still should practice with the digital tester on a computer / laptop.
@alan-91620 Is it possible to add an experimental section to a digital practice test? Thank you.
Show Results freezes on iPad Pro
@cowings17735
Thank you for letting us know! I think there there is a good chance that you are referring to the bug listed below (that we found while looking into your issue). If it isn't the freezing issue you encountered, please let us know more details about what happened on your side, such as which preptest, and what it looks like on your side when it freezes, so we can investigate further to see what is happening.
Tapping on "Show Results" while in fullscreen mode results in an unscrollable page
Before, when you were in fullscreen mode and tapped on "Show Results", the results would load, but you wouldn't be able to scroll the page. This is fixed in the latest version. Please force refresh to pick up the update.
I have the same question as @levonm7884 I'm confused about how to BR for the digital practice tests?
@alan-91620 Hi, quick question about blind review scores using the digital software. Are we unable to edit our answer responses for Blind review after we have submitted our answers the first time around?
We get a little disclaimer right before we lock in our scores, and in that disclaimer, we get the list of all the questions and DO have those indicated as "flagged" by us pop up. Thus, we are able to BR them before locking the scores in. But if we got blindsided by a question we get wrong, there's no way to properly Blind Review it without ending up seeing the correct answers since wrong questions aren't indicated to us in that disclaimer section.
We only get to see which ones we got wrong after our test has been permanently recorded; whereas with the pencil and paper version, we could submit our answers, make a list of all the questions we felt iffy, guessed on, or got incorrect, then add our blind review answers in for all of them after the fact. With the digital, we aren't able to edit our BR scores at all, so they're inaccurate and not accounting for incorrect questions that we actually get right in BR (with moments like "Oh, what a dumb mistake," etc.).
Thanks in advance!
Display Scrambling and Glitching on iPad
@xadrianas6x881 @cedricyhkim617
We just pushed out a fix for this! The screen may still glitch out, but if it does, it should fix itself in less than 1/4 of a second. It's not a very elegant solution, but the screen glitch seems like a weird iOS rendering bug, so it's the best we can do.
iOS Scrolling and Menu
The scrolling on iOS for the tester has been kind of janky, with no smooth inertial scrolling. And the drop down menus (like for font size and brightness) didn't animate properly on iOS - it was really jumpy. It didn't stop any functionality, but it's been really bugging me. This should be fixed now! The menus animate like on laptops, and scrolling is smooth and inertial.
Surface Go - Right side doesn't work
@xadrianas6x881
The tester, particularly the right side, seems to be working on our side on a Surface Go. Sorry, but we didn't test this until after we put in the above fix, so maybe that fix also solved the problem you saw? Please let us know if you get another chance to test it out in the store and it doesn't work for you.
Not sure if this would be too difficult, but would it be possible to create a system that allowed us to take a 5 section practice exam? Through adding another section from a different prep test?
Thank you so much for creating this feature! Do you recommend practicing on a tablet only? What if I do not have a tablet stylo/pen, can I still use the digital PT?
@cathlynmelvin831 said:
Hey @alan-91620 ! If my memory is correct, something I noticed on the actual digital test was during RC, on a line-sight question, it actually highlighted the part it was referencing, rather than giving the line numbers. Others feel free to clarify if you remember better than me! Thanks!
Thanks for letting us know! That is something we have been planning on working on, but will have to wait until after we've finished putting in digital testing for problem sets (which should be ready soon!)
@emlynmedalla494aisling said:
@djc3298401 said:
@alan-91620 Is it possible to add an experimental section to a digital practice test? Thank you.
It's not a perfect fix, but I've been doing a paper section as my Section 1 before beginning the digital PT (I did the same thing when the whole PT was on paper).
I get the digital tester all set to go, then I start my paper test using the 7Sage proctor. When that section is over, I click "start" on my digital test to jump right in and I take my break after the third total section (so official Section 2 in the digital tester)
I like doing the experimental first because then for the scored sections I'm at my most fatigued, so I feel like I get the most conservative score estimate. I know some people like the unpredictability of the random experimental section, though!
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
@djc3298401 said:
@alan-91620 Is it possible to add an experimental section to a digital practice test? Thank you.
It's not a perfect fix, but I've been doing a paper section as my Section 1 before beginning the digital PT (I did the same thing when the whole PT was on paper).
I get the digital tester all set to go, then I start my paper test using the 7Sage proctor. When that section is over, I click "start" on my digital test to jump right in and I take my break after the third total section (so official Section 2 in the digital tester)
I like doing the experimental first because then for the scored sections I'm at my most fatigued, so I feel like I get the most conservative score estimate. I know some people like the unpredictability of the random experimental section, though!
I’m only drilling one section at a time right now while using the digital tester. Is there a way to see my incorrect/correct answers after I’ve only completed one section? Or do I have to complete the entire exam in order to see the answers? Also how do I go back to the section I just completed? It just says completed next to it but doesn’t allow me to reopen...
Is it possible to add experimental sections to a digital practice test?
@39190 said:
Hey Alan, is there by chance a way you could change the highlighting/underlining mechanism to simply highlight/underline the entire word upon touching it and not the individual letters of the text?
Sure thing! The latest update has has this in place. Please Force Refresh to try it out and let us know if it helps or not.
@zmy20093238648878 said:
Hi JY, I just want to report a problem I came across for the last few days, I originally want to take preptest 19 today, and I clicked on it, then I started doing it, only after one section did I realize that it was preptest 68, on the interface page, this is the second time I came across this problem. The first time I also clicked on a 10+th preptest, and I ended up doing preptest 82. It seems like there is a problem in the digital tester system. The tester leads you to the different test you want.
Thank you for letting us know! Could you please let us know what device/browser you were using? We couldn't reproduce the issue on Mac Chrome.
In the meantime, we added the the PT name to the digital tester button so that you get a chance to double check the name before starting the PT:
https://imgur.com/ONT2ECh
@katgirod839 said:
I feel silly but I can't figure out how to get into the digital tester to do a PT. 😬😬 #help
When you're ready to take a PrepTest, click on "Blind Review, Score and Review" for the PrepTest you want to take:
https://media.giphy.com/media/fwckUjTCXrRYlDY9Bx/giphy.gif
Note that you'll only have access to the PrepTests included in your course. Free users have access to the June 2007 PrepTest only.
Alternatively, you can also go to Analytics. Then, select the PrepTest you'd like to take and you will see an option to take the PrepTest digitally, like this:
https://media.giphy.com/media/LRHsfGjAooamlIUK0v/giphy.gif
@vickylawschool01622 said:
I actually don't like the digital test taker, is there a way to ask them that you would prefer the paper format? I find I am much slower with the digital, it will effect my total score for sure...
Sorry, as far as I am aware, LSAC does not allow test takers to select which format they would like.
@vincelee000629 said:
I have not yet taken a digital PT but i have a question. After we're finished with the PT we have the option to blind review right? So after the blind review, how can I add the new answers after my Blind Review into the Analytics and see the score difference?
Yes, after you finish the PT you get the option to blind review, and you do it in the tester. Once you are done, there is no need to enter your BR answers, they are already in the system.
In other words, after you finish a PT, you can go back to any section by clicking a "Blind Review" button next to that section. Then the digital tester will open that session. It will look very close to how you left that section, it will show the answers you selected, the questions you flagged, and your highlights. But there will be no time limit. Once you finish all your BR, then you click on "Show Results" and it will show you your data, incorporating both your answers and your BR.
First section data not saved
@jasminesade220
Thanks for the additional information! We still couldn't reproduce on our side :(, but based on what you said, we added some more checks that might be helpful :)
Single Sections
@bhargavipatel09474 @vincelee000629
Sorry, single sections aren't available yet, but will be once our problem set integration is ready for release. We hope to have it ready by the end of the month.
Cannnot highlight RC in 7Sage app on iPad
@zhoujiangxie105
Thank you for letting us know! We tried reproducing it in the app on iPad Pro 11 simulator for PT J07 and highlighting/underlining passages as questions worked on our side. Could you please let us know which PT was causing you difficulty, so we can investigate further? In the meantime, if you haven't tried it already, please try force refresh. It's a longshot, but there's a chance it could solve the issue for you.
First section data not saved
@jasminesade220
Oh no, that is very frustrating! I know I would definitely be upset if that happened while I was studying, I'm really sorry our tester did that!
We took a look at the database both to see if we could recover your data and to investigate what happened. On the database, it looks like you restarted PT85, completed the first section very quickly since it was fresh in your mind, and completed the second section in a normal amount of time, presumably because you hadn't seen it yet. If that isn't right and you haven't redone the first section, please let us know because the data is there, so we should be able to recover it.
We have been trying to reproduce the issue on our side but unfortunately haven't been able to do so yet. Any more information you could give us about what happened would really help us figure out what happened so we can fix it for the future. Do you remember any details about what was going on when the page did not load, such as an error message, the screen you were on, or what device and app you were using? Did you have to delete your PT to start again, or did the tester not even remember that you had started a test?
Blind Review not loading for some sections
@erikareanne495 @zmy20093238648878 @yafrcho580
We just put out a fix that should solve this problem. Please try accessing the sections that were not loading for you before and let us know if it helps!
@erikareanne495, we changed your PT42 to be incomplete so you can set your BR answers now.
@zmy20093238648878 @yafrcho580 please let me know if you need me to change one of our PTs to incomplete so you can BR a section you were previously blocked from accessing.
@alan-91620
thanks!
Also, individual Logic game options with timers! And something implementing RC memory method. :)
Blind Review not loading for some sections
@erikareanne495
Thank you for letting us know! Could you please let us know what PT and section are giving you trouble, so we can take a closer look?