Self-study
I just checked LawHub to see the new interface for the August test, and I noticed it's slightly different from the current 7Sage format.
Can anyone explain what the "Keyboard Highlight" feature does? It doesn't seem to do anything on my end.
I also don't see any highlighter or underline tools.
Finally, is it correct that after selecting text, I have to click the "Highlight" button to actually highlight it? Or is this just a bug? It feels extremely inconvenient because the text used to be highlighted automatically as soon as I selected it. Having to click "Highlight" every time seems like an unnecessary extra step. :(
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We're working on getting the new highlight interface updated in our tester! Should happen very soon.
You're right that there isn't an underline tool. You're also right that you have to click highlight to actually highlight after selecting text. If you select text and change highlighter colors, you also have to click highlight after changing colors.
Keyboard highlight is a way to use your arrow buttons to move the cursor around the passage and highlight things that way instead of using your mouse. I assume it's done for accessibility purposes.
@Kevin_Lin Why were these changes enacted? I understand the appeal of making all testing in-person to prevent cheating, but these changes just seem to make our lives more difficult and force us to lose valuable time with clunky highlighting mechanisms.
I am upset that LSAC is taking steps to make this experience harder for test-takers. They are fixing issues that were perfectly functional.
I figured out how to do the mouse highlighting — you have to highlight with your cursor and THEN click the highlight button, which is pretty annoying and adds unnecessary extra time... but at least the highlighter is back.
But I genuinely can't figure out the "keyboard highlight" either LMFAO. Even on the official LawHub blog post I don't think they explain the commands to highlight at all. It just looks like It adds a blinking cursor onto the prompt... so I guess it keeps track of where you are in the text that way? But that still doesn't explain what the actual function of the tool is.