Overview

In the spring of 2024 we released the Piqosity Virtual Tutor (PVT) 2. This was a huge update on PVT 1, but our goal still remains the same: provide students with an easy-to-navigate, structured, and effective way to work through one of Piqosity's courses


New features include:

  • Intelligent Remediation that can automatically map the student across Piqosity's math courses to address learning gaps 
  • The ability for educators to create their own segments to integrate into the PVT outline
  • A new calendar that maps out the PVT outline by study session and updates as the student works through material
  • Customizable PVT settings for goal score, study days, practice styles, and more


To learn more or troubleshoot within PVT 2, select a topic below:

  1. Setting up PVT 2
  2. Understanding the PVT 2 Personalized Outline
  3. Understanding the PVT 2 Remedial Outline
  4. The PVT 2 Calendar
  5. Customizing your PVT 2 Settings
  6. Holistic Review (i.e. Microtopics)


Frequently Asked Questions


I purchased an account on Piqosity—why am I not seeing remediation in PVT 2?

  • Remediation is not available with all paid accounts. You must have access to the "Advanced Plan" to use remediation. This is because remediation depends on having access to every course on the platform. 

Okay, I purchased the "Advanced Plan", but why am I still not seeing remediation?

  • There could be several reasons for this:
    1. Remediation only occurs if you have "Suggest Remediation" toggled "On" in your settings. 
    2. Remediation only occurs in math topics. You will not see remediation in any ELA courses or ELA topics of test prep courses.
    3. The remediation algorithm needs lessons plus a certain number of questions tied to a topic in order to remediate it. If we don't have a lesson or adequate numbers of questions for the prerequisite topic that you're struggling with, then we can't generate remedial modules.

I don't want to do any remediation. Can I disable it?

Some of the info I entered on the PVT setup pages was wrong. Can I change it?

  • You can change any and all of the information that you entered in the PVT set up tutorial. Simply go to the PVT Page and click the "Settings" tab. 

How does my goal score affect my PVT 2 sequence and outline?

  • Your goal score affects your PVT 2 experience in 2 ways. 1) It includes or excludes outline items depending on your score and 2) the approximate accuracy associated with your goal score is used to determine whether you've passed modules with sufficient accuracy (i.e. Top 1% of test takers on the ACT need about 95% accuracy). 

Can I skip modules in the PVT 2 outline?

  • Yes, you can jump around in the PVT 2 outline as you see fit to work on the topics you need to review the most. However, the Piqosity content team organized every module in the outline based on their 20 years of experience in test prep, teaching, and private tutoring. 

Do my PVT settings sync across courses?

  • No, they do not. The settings you enter for a given course (like goal score, study days and duration, test date, etc.) are unique to the specific course you're working in. If you switch over from the ACT course to the SAT Digital course, you'll find a different course entirely with unique PVT settings.