Animated illustrations are coming to the theory tests

Why animated illustrations?

Some things are simply hard to show in a still image. A lighthouse or sea mark is recognised by its light characteristic – the way the light flashes. A photo freezes the flash in a single moment, while an animation shows the whole rhythm: fixed lights, group flashes, occulting lights and Morse signals exactly as they appear at sea.

That lets you practise recognising them in motion, instead of only reading about them.

First out: the boating licence test

The first animated illustrations are now live in Båtførerprøven (the boating licence test). In the navigation section you will find, among other things:

• Lighthouses and sea marks that flash in their real light characteristic
• Questions where you identify the light characteristic, or which mark the light belongs to
• Cardinal marks and the isolated-danger mark with their correct light signal

The animations are designed so you have to watch the signal and understand it – not guess from a static picture.

Plenty of new content lately

Over the past month we have added more than 100 new questions across several tests – including the taxi test, the truck and light-truck theory tests, and the boating licence test. In the same period we created 34 new animated illustrations. We have also fine-tuned question difficulty based on how questions are actually answered, so your practice hits the mark better.

What's next

We are only getting started. In the weeks ahead we will roll out questions with animated illustrations across more tests – from traffic lights and road signals to other situations that are easier to understand in motion than in a still image. Stay tuned!

Using the app?

If you use our mobile app and the animations don't play, make sure you've updated to the latest app version.