AP Studio Art Digital Submission Instructions

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The AP Studio Art Exam consists of two components:
*Digital images and commentary

*Physical portfolios: the Quality section

submitted to AP via the Digital Submission

(five actual artworks) for Drawing and 2-D

Web application

Design portfolios, assembled and mailed to

the AP Program

Note: The 3-D Design portfolio has no physical

component and is submitted entirely online.

As an AP Studio Art student, you will:

Set up your access to the Digital Submission Web application at

https://apstudio.ets.org/apstudioart/

Upload images of your artworks to the Web application and enter image information
and commentary

Work with your teacher to finalize your portfolio in the spring

Forward your finalized digital portfolio to your teacher by your teacher's or

Coordinator's established deadline. Important: To do this, you will need the following
information from your AP Coordinator:
o

your AP number ___________________

a list of college codes (in case you want to designate a college or university to
receive your AP score report)

If you will be submitting a 2-D Design or Drawing portfolio, work with your teacher or
Coordinator to assemble the Quality section (i.e., the five actual artworks) of your
portfolio.

Timeline

As Soon As Possible

Capture digital images of your artworks that adhere to the image recommendations
and requirements outlined at the end of these instructions.

Log in to the Digital Submission Web application as soon your teacher provides access
information.

Make sure that you have selected the correct type of portfolio (i.e., 2-D Design, 3-D
Design, or Drawing). What portfolio type are you submitting? ___________________

Begin uploading images as soon as possible after accessing the application. You can always delete, add, or
rearrange images later.

March and April 2010

Continue to work with your teacher on your portfolio.

Confirm the deadline for you to submit your final digital portfolio to your Studio Art
teacher (or AP Coordinator). If you are submitting a 2-D Design or Drawing portfolio,
confirm the date for assembly of the Quality section with your teacher or AP
Coordinator. ____________________

Your AP Coordinator (Mr. BakerBergman) should provide you with information from
your AP Student Pack (your AP number and a list of college codes) by sometime in
April. You will need this information before you can forward your digital portfolio to
your teacher.

Submit your finalized digital portfolio to your teacher (or AP Coordinator) by your
teacher's (or Coordinator's) established deadline. _____________________

After you forward your portfolios to your teacher (or AP Coordinator), sign back in to
the Web application occasionally to view your portfolio's status and to ensure that
your Coordinator forwards your portfolios to the AP Program by 8 p.m. ET on May
7.__________________. Only Coordinators can take this final step, and only
portfolios that have a "Sent to AP" status at the time of this deadline will be
received by the AP Program and scored.

May 201

Your teacher will forward your completed digital portfolio to the AP Coordinator
before May 7.____________________.

The AP Coordinator will forward your digital portfolio to the AP Program, using the

Web application, by 8 p.m. ET on May 7. _________________________

On or before May 7____________________, your teacher or Coordinator will gather 2-D Design and
Drawing students for the assembly of the Quality section (the physical portfolio component).

For More Information

More information about what your portfolio should contain is available on the subject page
for AP Studio Art.
You and your teacher must have access to a
digital camera and a computer with an
Internet connection in order to submit the
digital sections of your AP Studio Art
portfolio. If you will be accessing the Web
application from a computer outside of
school, please note the required operating
systems and browsers listed below. You won't
be restricted to specific hardware
configurations, though you may experience
slower response times when using older
computer hardware.
Software Requirements
Your operating system must be one of the
following:

Windows XP (Home or Professional)

Windows Vista (Home, Business,
Premium, or Ultimate)
Mac OS (10.4 or higher)

Your Web browser must be one of the

following:
Technical Requirements and
Recommendations

Requirements and
Recommendations for Digital
Images
All images must be submitted in
JPEG format (file name extension .jpg)
and RGB color mode. We recommend
uploading files that are 72 pixels-per-inch
(ppi) because a higher resolution does
not add clarity when viewing images on a

Internet Explorer (6.0 or 7.0)

Firefox (2.0 or 3.0)
Safari (2.0 or 3.0)

computer screen. We recommend that

you keep copies of your original images.
Image size: The image sizes below are
recommendations. Your image sizes may
be different.

Landscape orientation:
o Recommended maximum
size: 780 530 pixels (10.83
7.36 inches)

Recommended minimum
size: 480 480 pixels (6.67
6.67 inches)
Portrait orientation:
o Recommended maximum
size: 530 780 pixels (7.36
10.83 inches)
o Recommended minimum
size: 480 480 pixels (6.67
6.67 inches)
o

Maximum file size: 3.0 MB per image. (Your

image files will likely be considerably smaller than
3.0 MB.)

Free Disk Space:

Drawing and 2-D Design Portfolio:

Based on the maximum file size of 3.0
MB and a total of 24 digital images per
portfolio, each student would need a
maximum of 72 MB of free disk space
per portfolio.

3-D Design Portfolio: Based on the maximum

file size of 3.0 MB and a total of 38 digital
images, each student would need a
maximum of 114 MB of free disk space.