Refining Your Teaching Strategies for Digital AP Exams

In this episode of Tips from Teachers: Making the Most of Your Instructional Time, hear from Bill Lankenau (AP Program) and Melissa Smith (AP English Literature and Composition teacher, AP consultant, and AP reader). Bill reviews facts about the digital AP Exams in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years and exam experience in the Bluebook testing app. Melissa shares how she refined her classroom instruction practices to support students taking digital AP Exams. [This video is a recording from a webinar hosted on September 21.] Download Bluebook App Download the Bluebook testing app at: https://bluebook.app.collegeboard.org/ Access AP previews of the digital AP Exam by launching Bluebook, logging in with your College Board account (student or professional), and clicking the Test Preview card on the homepage. Additional Information – Digital AP Exams For additional information about digital AP Exams in the 2023-24 school year, see: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/ex... Contents of this video 0:00 - Introduction 0:35 - Welcome 2:03 - 2023 and 2024 Digital AP Exams Overview 6:39 - Melissa’s Reasons for Going Digital 8:10 - Test Taking Strategies for Multiple Choice Questions 8:16 - Multiple Choice Questions - Exam Format 8:45 - Multiple Choice Questions – Digital Exam Experience 11:49 - Multiple Choice Questions – Strategies for Analyzing the Text 17:23 -Test Taking Strategies for Free Response Questions 17:31 - Free Response Questions - Exam Format 17:47 - Free Response Questions – Digital Exam Experience 20:58 - Free Response Questions – Strategies for Analyzing the Text 23:32 - Free Response Questions – Strategies for Answering Questions 29:25 - Preparing for Exam Day 31:10 - Testimonies from Melissa’s Students: 34:17 - Teaching Strategies to Prepare Students for the Digital AP Exam 40:29 - AP Previews in Bluebook 42:40 - Recap of Why Melissa Prefers Digital 43:20 - Q&A 50:07 - Next Steps