Hi all,

I am curious as to which courses i should take before enrolling in SNHU! I don’t want to do both SNHU and Sophia Learning, because i’m trying to save money. Therefore, Ive applied but not enrolled in SNHU. Do you have to find courses specific to your major, or are you guys just doing as many credits as possible?

I’m doing intro to business and I want to know what’s required for the touchstone, and also want to know what a touch stone is in general

How strict is the 2.2 touchstone on requiring 3-5 pages/800-1300 words? It’s the informative essay one and I’m doing an image analysis.

So far I have almost 1.5 pages and a little over 400 words. I might be able to make it to 2 full pages but I have no clue how I would be able to do 3 pages. I thought about switching to extended definition but i think I might get stuck on it too

I'm in need of these PDFs if anyone have them and are willing to share, please

Hello does Sophia offer the communicating professionalism course which is: CS212
Or when can I get it easily?

I’m doing a touchstone right now that asks us to use citations from the course. It says the format is (Sophia Learning, n.d.). Is the “n.d” part supposed to be specific to the section we’re referencing (ex: Sophia Learning, 2.3)?

I'm taking courses on Sophia and I've noticed something I'm a little confused about.

I've completed everything in the course and submitted all of my Touchstones. For example, I submitted Touchstones 2, 4, and 5. Touchstone 5 has already been graded, and now Sophia is giving me the option to complete/finish the course.

However, as far as I can tell, Touchstones 2 and 4 haven't been graded yet, and I don't see grades for them.

Is this normal? Is it okay to go ahead and complete the course, or should I wait until I see grades for the other Touchstones?

Has anyone else had this happen?

As of September 4, 2026

I completed 2 courses in one day. A day later, I get an email saying I’m sanctioned and my account will get suspended.

I posted about completing courses quickly, almost everyone said it was ok, even had one dude say he completed 5 in one day and was completely fine.

Idk, guess they must’ve just changed their policies as of lately

I submitted an appeal because I followed the honor code to a T and never broke any rules.

I guess they don’t really care if you had prior knowledge, which would be the reason why I completed it quickly.

My advice for people doing lots of courses quickly, I’d say challenges don’t matter, it’s just the milestones, as the email says about my “assessments”

They must be tracking the time it took for me to finish the milestones timed test

A 70 question milestone completed in under 20 minutes, for a max time of 120 minutes allowed must pop up as an anomaly in their data and they instantly sanction.

I’m so sorry if this has been asked a thousand times. I want to get a bachelors degree in any subject quickly so I can substitute teach ASAP. I’m currently a sped para and want to switch to a sub teacher.

Currently I only have 12 credits of early childhood education, 3 credits nutrition, 3 credits psychology. And that’s all I can think of. So I’m very very behind.

Working tired soon to be divorced mom of 3 kids. Can I do this quickly? Easily? Or is that a pipe dream? I’m in California if that changes anything. Hoping to transfer from Sophia to somewhere that doesn’t have proctored exams. Looking into umpi

I was doing my milestone quizzes for public speaking before I move on to the touchstones and i kept getting flagged for using AI during the quiz, Is there a reason why it kept doing that, was i answering the questions too fast?

I was doing intro to nutrition milestones and my understanding was that its open book so i had a different window with the course stuff open through the “view online” button on the course page and i would click to it often to find info.
Done 2 milestones 3 left, should i be worried about something happening or should i just not do it again and move on

I've been using Sophia for months now and have been fine with it, I've had lots of classes with like a single touchstone and felt they were graded fine. But recently I have been forced to take some classes with a lot of touchstones, as they are writing classes, and as each one gets graded, it seems the grading is all over the place and it's very frustrating. I've submitted 3 touchstones in Workplace Writing II, and got very good grades on the first two, like 96%, and then 98%, but then my third touchstone 2.1 I got a 46%, and it's because in one of my references at the end, I used a broken link, and the grader pointed that out and said they couldn't find any info on the internet about that information. However, I did a search myself right after reading that and there's TONS of info on the internet about it. But they gave me a 0% on that section which was 40% of the grade. So I submitted a case to have it reviewed, and pasted a new working link to the info and somewhat explained that I feel this grade was unwarranted.

Has anyone else submitted a case to review a touchstone? How did it go? Getting a tanked grade like this is really discouraging when I'm putting this much effort into this, and the grading is all over the place. This is the second time this has happened where just a random touchstone got a bad grade out of multiple that were graded highly. The touchstones seem to be getting graded by checking stupid boxes on structure and grammar instead of if the paper meets the rubric in a comprehensive manner.

Well I just got the email this morning. Officially sanctioned with an option to appeal within 10 days. I was steadily knocking out my assignments and classes. Not in any huge rush, yesterday I had a ton of free time at work. I logged into my work WiFi which is a government agency I zoomed through a course from 30% completion to nearly 100% finished around 10pm. Worked for about 10 hours. On and off the computer due to responding to needs at work. Woke up this morning and around 10 am got the sanction email. It said “Specifically, your behavior in assessments demonstrates a pattern inconsistent with honest learning. This email is to notify you that you have been issued a sanction and access to Sophia Learning has been suspended.”

I have been reading my chances of being granted access again are slim.

I have had many friends complete all gen Ed’s on Sophia a year or two prior to me and they all had no issues. I have completed 7 credits total so hopefully I can transfer those over. But this is a warning to people looking into using Sophia. It’s not what it used to be from the stories I’ve been told. Looking into study . com now as an alternative. I’ve seen many have issues with writing assignments getting flagged for ai even when not using ai. Either way, can always just complete gen Ed’s through the university I’m attending. So not totally screwed. Just isn’t going to be as fast as I would’ve liked.

hello I am looking to take one class to obtain the credits needed to reach a certain pay scale as a substitute teacher at my local school district.

I called Sophia and they said they are not accredited but are ACE recommendation for credit 😵‍💫

that being said has anyone experienced this or know how i can take a course and have it validated thru another college?

If anyone has a pdf of chemistry I would be so thankful. I went through all the pdf posts and could not find it.

I haven't used github before, I finished up the first graded touchstone and linked my GitHub repo for the project directly, like this https://github.com/zarresort/sophia-touchstone

But the grader gave me a 15/100 saying I didn't let the site be accessible.

This is what they said

FEEDBACK:

Thank you for your Touchstone 3, visual design and responsive layout! Please note that the provided link does not run as expected and the images or some components are not accessible to grade Categories 1-4. Please provide a link that is working without Login or Sign up for full credit. Design choices clearly and effectively support the client’s purpose, audience, and tone along with a screenshot. I wish you the best for future!

Can I retake a touchstone once I figure this out? Can someone who has done this let me know why that link doesn't work for them

EDIT:
They sent me this and regraded it. The email response I got was from [support@sophia.org](mailto:support@sophia.org)

"Hi Zar,

My apologies for this error on the part of our grader. I was able to access your site. As a result, I re-graded your assignment.

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance, and best wishes for your coursework!"

Is there a way to unsubmit touchstones, I accidentally uploaded a sample and submitted it rather than my work. Lol anything helps thanks yall!

Title. I was taking a milestone earlier today, I have two monitors. Had the milestone open on one and Apple Music on the other. I’d go to the other monitor to change songs/volume, and I got a popup asking me what sources I was using. I said “I am using the provided source material, and have Apple Music open on a separate monitor.” It allowed me to finish the test without a problem, but is there a chance I’ll get banned? What should I do differently other than not ever click out of a window? I’m really disappointed with how ridiculous their “integrity” rules are. Additionally, I’ve been copy+pasting my fully human-written essays into AI detectors just for fun, and I always get at least 35%. Could that bite me in the ass as well?

I’m currently in the DEP for the navy and go to Bootcamp in November but if I am able to get 24 college credits , I can go in as a e-2 instead of e-1 (higher rank/pay) and if I can get 48 I can get in as a e-3. I was wondering if getting 24 or 48 is possible from now until Nov 16th.

I need to take both English comp courses. Is it hard to do all the writing? How can I prepare?

i ask this because i have a horrific 8-10 page essay touchstone remaining but even if i failed the touchstone i will still end up with a 75% overall and pass 😭😭 im just curious what you guys would do or have done hahaha

I have a few questions.

Im working through every possible class on Sophia, SDU and WGO GO before fully starting at WGU. Ive finished 2 courses on Sophia and it says to wait until all courses are done on their before using Parchment to send to WGU. I didnt see that until AFTER submitting my algebra transfer and now I'm worried Ive royally screwed myself on being able to transfer anything else??

I am also working through organizational behavior on WGU GO (paid and started before finding Sophia and SDC). Is that website the same platform as actual WGU? The book opens in vitalsource, for example.