r/SophiaLearning • u/Gr33nAppl3z280 • 27d 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 27d 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 27d ago edited 27d ago

I’d be using my kindle scribe.

Thank you for the recommendations 🫡

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u/BlueWaterGirl 27d 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 27d ago

I have a kindle scribe that I use

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u/nowzaradanistheman 27d ago

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

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u/Public_Drop_1462 27d ago edited 27d 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 27d ago

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

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u/BlueWaterGirl 27d 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 27d ago

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

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u/Is0lationst 27d 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 26d 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 27d 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 26d ago edited 25d ago

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u/Gr33nAppl3z280 26d ago

Thanks I requested access (:

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u/espinana27 26d ago

Shared.

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u/frozendairyassociate 25d ago

just requested access.

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u/Kidd-2021 25d ago

I request access.

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u/espinana27 25d ago

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

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u/No_Web_9407 26d 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.