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Can you take AP Exams or AP classes online?

You can’t take an AP Exam at home. The exams are digital, but you take them in the Bluebook app at a school or test center, with a proctor. AP classes are a different story: some schools and online programs teach AP courses, and a lot of free study material is online.

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Updated October 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

The exam is digital, not remote

Most AP Exams are now fully digital, and most of the rest are hybrid. A few courses, like the Art and Design courses, are scored on a portfolio instead. On hybrid exams, like Calculus, Biology and Chemistry, you answer multiple choice in Bluebook and write free-response answers in a paper booklet.

Either way, you sit the exam in a room with a proctor at a school or test center. Bring your own device with Bluebook installed, unless your school gives you one.

Taking an AP course online

AP classes are taught by schools, and some high schools, state virtual schools and online schools teach them online. Ask your counselor what your school accepts.

However you take the course, you still need a school that gives AP Exams to order and run your exam. If your online school doesn’t, contact the AP coordinator at a local school for an exam-only join code.

Free AP courses and practice online

  • AP Daily videos in AP Classroom, once you’ve joined your class or exam section in My AP
  • Released free-response questions, scoring guidelines and sample answers for the last three years, on AP Central
  • Bluebook test previews for digital AP Exams, untimed and free to repeat
  • Free AP courses on Khan Academy, College Board’s official practice partner for AP

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Sources: AP Central, College Board and 2 more. Checked October 2026.

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