2. Agenda
1. Discuss the rollout phases of the launch
2. Review the layout and functionality of the
New LSAT On Demand Product:
• Home Page
• Set Your Goals Page
• Study Plan
• Stats & Scores
• LSAT Experience
• All Resources
3. When Does This Launch?
Phase Date
Pilot Mid December
Beta January
Full launch End of “Q1” (March 2012)
4. What’s New?
1. While the content is the same, the User Experience has
been completely overhauled for LSAT On Demand students.
2. During the Pilot phase, the new LSAT On Demand is NOT
accessed through Kaptest. Instead, users will log in
manually through a separate portal.
5. Home Page
Shared Header
Feedback Loop
Progress
bar
To Do List
15. Help Box
NOTE:
• Academic Help questions will be forwarded to: the_experts@kaplan.com
• Technical Help questions will be forwarded to: onlinetech@kaplan.com
• General Support questions will be forwarded to: onlineservice@kaplan.com
19. Stats & Scores
The Explanations Page will
break down the overall
score by % correct, number
correct, number wrong and
number skipped.
Also included are the
answer and explanation.
22. All Resources
By selecting “Test Grids &
Scores,” a student can access
all the different scoring grids,
as well as view explanations
for completed exams.
During the Pilot phase, about 20 users will have access to this new version of LSAT On Demand.The Beta will probably have less than 100 when it launches, but the number is TBD. After the Beta release, we will just keep adding students until we are ready to turn off the old product.
Bullet 2: For example, during the Pilot phase, if a student is also enrolled in a GMAT class, he wouldn’t be able to access both his LSAT and GMAT classes via Kaptest.During the beta and full-launch phases, the new LSAT On Demand is accessible via Kaptest.
Feedback Loop – This includes the entire personalized message along with the progress area. Push messaging to students here. For example, if they had just taken the test, we would address that here. To Do List – the next item that you have to do is always left open. (We will explore that more in a bit too)
Let’s examine the Progress bar – Top green bar shows completed lessons, tutorials and reviews. Bottom green bar shows completed tests, exercises, etc. Pink highlights the areas a student has skipped. Light gray striped bar is a pace bar - to show you where you should be. The orange box indicates recommended prep based on your current performance. It appears after a student has taken the diagnostic. In this section you’ll also notice a ticker counting down the days left till the test. You can also select to View Progress details which will break down the curriculum for you. (We will explore that more in a bit)This slide also primarily focuses on what WILL NOT appear during the pilot phase.Your Progress Section: Pace bar (light gray striped) and Recommended Prep. Pace bar and Recommended Prep assignments and View Progress Details will not appear during the pilot phase.View Progress Details is not part of the pilot. Also not included: An “Add to Calendar” feature that will add items from your “to-do” list into your personal calendar. Additionally, there will be a feature to print that is not currently in the pilot; therefore, students can print their exercises or their transcripts of their lessons, etc. Finally, there will be a social media integration feature for the study plan items added in the future, but the details of this feature are still being ironed out. More to come on this. These items will appear either during the Beta or Full-Launch phases.
On your Home page, the To Do List will show the next 5 things you have to do. The first item LSAT students will need to do is called “The Kaplan LSAT Prep Program” and includes an orientation video.If you skip any items you will see them bucketed at the bottom of the screen. Each of the videos featured will be closed captioned, as well as include a transcript. If a student clicks on a segment of the transcript, the video will automatically jump to that section.
One of the first things a student will do when they log in to the new LSAT On Demand is set their personal goals. The student will be able to select the top schools they wish to gain admission to, select a target score they wish to achieve, how many hours they plan to study each day, as well as their anticipated test date.If the student wishes to adjust this info, they can do so via a drop-down menu that appears when their mouse hovers over their login name in the top right corner of the Home screen.
Currently the test dates are only showing U.S. We will include International Test Dates in the future. Additionally, the test dates showing in the U.S. are just the normal dates. We will also be adding the alternative dates (i.e. for dates that conflict with the Sabbath, etc)Just a note: the number of study hours (daily study time) is not used for anything in the pilot. It will be used once we have recommendations.
When a student selects the “Study Plan” tab located at the top of a page, all the sessions of the course will appear. Once a student selects the Session they wish to focus on, there will be a number of different study options for him/her to choose from. The various components of each session will drop down and be on display. The student can then select which particular component of the lesson he/she would like to attempt. For example, they will be able to watch a lesson on demand, complete questions on their own (that refer back to the LOD), view tutorials, attempt timing sections, review exercises, etc.
Study Plan will also show the status of each component of a session. It will display if lessons have not been started yet, if they have been completed, skipped or in progress. At the top of the page, it will list lessons that it recommends you attempt, as well as the hours you should set aside to study.For the pilot, several items will not appear. There will not be a box for hours to study nor the orange flags recommending specific exercises.
If a student selects a particular lesson or tutorial, this is how the video will appear on their screen.During the Pilot, the volume bar will be horizontal. In future stages we will make it vertical (for mobile devices). This picture is of the future look of the video player. The video can be paused, rewound, fast forwarded, etc. Each of the videos featured will be closed captioned, as well as include a transcript. If a student clicks on a segment of the transcript, the video will automatically jump to that section.
How to access answer grids for exams and timing sections.Exercises will remain book only. Anything in black is not a link and therefore not clickable. There are no associated grids for exercises.Timing Sections DO have grids, but the current syllabus just tells the student to go to their book and choose a timing section.So in the study plan, Timing Sections are not links because our instruction is non-specific as to the one they should take. When it's time to enter their grid online, students need to find the corresponding one by going to "All Resources > Test Grids & Scores" or "Stats & Scores > Test Grids & Scores."
Answer grids for timing sections, full length exams, endurance tests, etc. can be accessed via the “Study Plan” page. In addition, they are all located under the “All Resources” tab. Students will just need to select the appropriate test to access its scoring grid.Students can use either their mouse or keyboard to enter answers.
During the Pilot phase, if students have academic, technical or account questions, there will a Help box located by scrolling down to the bottom of a page. The Help box is featured on pages featuring lessons on demand, tutorials, exams, etc. If students have questions, they should type it in to the box. It will then be routed to the appropriate division and answered.
By selecting the “Stats & Scores” tab, students can compare their scores on 6 most recent full length exams that they have taken. There is no pagination here; hence, if they wish to see all of their past scores, they can do so by looking up their individual exams by visiting the “All Resources” page and selecting the appropriate test.The percent correct in each section is compared against the previous test and the average of all tests.
Scores can be broken down to review progress by section, as seen here with the Reading Comprehension section of the LSAT. Please note that scores from timed section tests will only appear when one selects the appropriate section (LG, LR, RC), and will not be displayed under the general “Your Score” tab.
Score Calculator:Scores are compared to last year’s test takers (according to LSAC). Shows you bell curve of how many people are ahead or behind of you, in comparison to last year’s test takers.This feature is NOT part of the pilot.
To access the explanations page for exams that a student has taken, first select “Stats & Scores.” Then select “Test Grids & Scores.” Then you may select the test which you wish to review. Students may also access test results by visiting the “All Resources” page and selecting the appropriate completed exam.The explanations provided are for both correct and incorrect answers. The student will click “Next” to access the next question.When reviewing a test, an “x” in pink/red means a wrong answer. A check mark in green means a correct answer. A grey mark indicates a skipped problem.
Students can opt to take the “LSAT Experience” by selecting the aforementioned tab at the top of a page. Students will be able to register to take a practice LSAT under fully simulated test day conditions by selecting this option.
The “All Resources” tab shows everything included with the course. It is organized by Videos, Exercises, Test Grids and Scores, Prep Tests (PDFs) and Explanations (PDFs). The statuses listed here (complete, in progress, skipped or not started) will all show during the pilot phase.The filter "exercise" will be empty when we launch the pilot until we implement recommendations.
The list of test grids & scores are on the “All Resources” AND “Stats & Scores” page for redundancy, because it's important that students can locate the list easily.
