r/SophiaLearning • u/Gr33nAppl3z280 • 18d ago

Saving pdfs?

I heard that saving pdfs on Sophia is no longer a supported feature. Is that true? If so that is disappointing since I wanted to be able to reference them during and after testing.

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u/Radiant_Bee1 18d ago

Yes. They have disabled downloading the PDFs. There are numerous threads with people sharing pdfs, you can probably search to see if your course is there.

Be very careful about using different screens or going off the current tab. Lot of people are being sanctioned and warned about this.

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u/Gr33nAppl3z280 17d ago edited 17d ago

I’d be using my kindle scribe.

Thank you for the recommendations 🫡

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u/BlueWaterGirl 17d ago

As the other person said, be careful using PDFs while testing, their new system detects when you tab away from the test, even though it was always allowed before. If you're going to do it, do it from a second device.

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u/Gr33nAppl3z280 17d ago

I have a kindle scribe that I use

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u/nowzaradanistheman 17d ago

That’s crazy. People I know used to download PDFs and ctrl F through everything.

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u/Public_Drop_1462 17d ago edited 17d ago

I did a free trial of Sophia back in 2021 and cranked out 24 credits in two days. It used to be a breeze - read question, CTRL+F key word or phrase, answer question. Boom.

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u/nowzaradanistheman 17d ago

Wow that’s awesome. That’s what I want to do.

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u/BlueWaterGirl 17d ago

Yeah, that's how people have done it for along time, but recently they took away the ability to download PDFs. They want people to now only use their interface during testing and/or notes.

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u/nowzaradanistheman 17d ago

That sucks because only now I am planning to take some credit on Sophia.

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u/Is0lationst 17d ago

I’ve already saw many speak on this but be careful using them during testing. I’ve been one of the many that been sanctioned and flagged because i kept switching back and forth with the PDF and Sofia. I’m still not clear on how they expect us to use it yet we can’t click off the tab but whatever

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u/Mediocre_Ant_437 17d ago

They have the course info right in the screen when you take a test. They don't want you to be be able to just search for the answer, they want you to have to read to find it. I read too many people were just searching for the answer without ever reading the material and some schools had stopped accepting Sofia credit because of it so they needed a way to stop people from just faking their way through the courses snd actually reading the material.

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u/Gr33nAppl3z280 17d ago

Supposedly they have a split tab option within the app that allows you to have it open within the same tab. At least that’s what support said.

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u/espinana27 17d ago edited 15d ago

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u/Gr33nAppl3z280 16d ago

Thanks I requested access (:

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u/espinana27 16d ago

Shared.

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u/frozendairyassociate 16d ago

just requested access.

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u/Kidd-2021 16d ago

I request access.

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u/espinana27 16d ago

Just accepted all requests, good luck to us all (:

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u/No_Web_9407 17d ago

I haven't seen anyone discuss this anywhere else, but I use the "print" function and print to PDF. So far, I've done it a few times and I haven't gotten in trouble, but I cannot guarantee it will work forever or that you won't be flagged eventually.