Mary Lois A.
Help Desk
The help desk got back to me quickly. The information was accurate and easy to understand.
Typing.com is a FREE online typing tutor, and digital literacy platform used by millions of students and education professionals around the world. We aim to provide valuable (and free) learning tools to as many schools, teachers, and students as possible. Our free Teacher Portal provides educators with all the tools they need to guide students in building important career and life skills including Typing, Tech Readiness, Computer Basics, Online Safety and Behavior, Career Prep, and Coding Essentials. Our curriculum has been designed by teachers for teachers; students work to develop their keyboarding skills from home row basics up to mastery of advanced punctuation. The inclusion of tech literacy prepares students with crucial 21st-century abilities, supports cross-curricular learning, and supplies the necessary capacities for success in the classroom and beyond.We excel at helping students prepare for the future. With 677,000+ teachers and 8,916,000+ learners, Typing.com continues to grow every single day.
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Mary Lois A.
The help desk got back to me quickly. The information was accurate and easy to understand.
Scott
I'm loving Typing.com. It's a terrific and easy to use platform to learn how to do something I should have learned decades ago!
Mohan P.
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Response from Typing.comFeb 1, 2022
Hi Mohan, We're happy to hear that you had a good experience with our site. If you have any questions or if you need assistance, you can send us an email at [email protected] and we'll be happy to help. Regards,
Micah A.
Horrible website! I'm doing the "coding essentials" bit right now and it explains NOTHING, at least barely anything! My mother could explain it better, and she doesn't even work with code!
Response from Typing.comFeb 1, 2022
Hi Micah, I'm sorry to hear that you had problems with the "coding essentials" module. I'll be happy to jump on a Zoom call with you and walk you through it. Please send us an email at [email protected] and we'll be happy to set up a call. Regards,
Appy D.
Pros: - Visual aid when typing in case you forget finger positioning. - Each level slowly adapts to your weaknesses and helps you train. Slightly. Cons: - No auto-log in feature, frustrating to have to log in every time (cookies are a thing). - Poor UI control, once you begin a section you cannot choose to redo or go back to an exercise until you finish the one you have. - Exercises tend to not really help to type faster, they're more of a repetitive nuisance than anything. WPM doesn't really get better. Other sites help me more, especially the ones with Monkeys. - Making any typing mistakes is awful. Make one? The cursor will move to the next character. Get that one wrong too? It wont continue. This severely impacts your ability to actually increase speed and learn from your mistakes.
Response from Typing.comFeb 1, 2022
Hi, I'm sorry to hear that you did not have a good experience with our site. -No auto-log in feature, frustrating to have to log in every time (cookies are a thing): Typing.com supports SSO. If you have a Gmail account or a MS Teams account you'll be able to log in with just a click. Also, your browser lets you save your username and password. That way you don't have to type your username and password whenever you need to log in. And finally, we don't keep accounts logged in for security reasons since typing.com is mostly used in schools and we don't want students to mess around with accounts that are not theirs. -Poor UI control, once you begin a section you cannot choose to redo or go back to an exercise until you finish the one you have: That's wrong. Typing.com allows you to redo a completed lessons as many times as you want. You can also go back to an exercise that you already completed at any time. Please email us at [email protected] and we'll be happy to walk you through the site. -Exercises tend to not really help to type faster, they're more of a repetitive nuisance than anything. WPM doesn't really get better. Other sites help me more, especially the ones with Monkeys: I'm sorry to hear that. Please email us at [email protected] and we'll be happy to walk you through the site and give you tips on how to improve your typing skills. -Making any typing mistakes is awful. Make one? The cursor will move to the next character. Get that one wrong too? It wont continue. This severely impacts your ability to actually increase speed and learn from your mistakes: That's how the site is suppoused to work and it behaves like that because we want you to make sure (after the second error) that you place your hands properly on the keyboard. Regards,
Susie J.
This is an absolutely fantastic free resource. Having done a lot of research into websites that teach touch typing, this is hands down the best one that I have come across. It is better than the websites/ courses that you have to pay for!!! It is suitable for all ages (you can select from Reception all the way through secondary school and to adult). I would thoroughly recommend this website for any child or adult wanting to learn how to touch type. It has been invaluable in helping my child learn how to touch type. Thank you typing.com !!
Response from Typing.comFeb 1, 2022
Hi Susie, We're happy to hear that you're having a good experience with our site. If you have any questions or if you need any assistance, you can send us an email at [email protected] and we'll be happy to help. Regards,
Jeremiah B.
this website is absolute garbage, i hate typing now
Response from Typing.comFeb 1, 2022
Hi Jeremiah, I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad experience with our site. Please send us an email at [email protected] and we'll be happy to set up a call with you. During the call, we can walk you through the site, and give you some tips to improve your typing skills. Regards,
Shannon P.
I'm an experienced typist but need to build my speed. There are lessons that will teach each letter, number, and hand placement. I do the mid to advanced levels. They're smooth and really helpful. The system even tracks what letters you are hindering you. Your speed is always provided, so you can watch it get faster.
Response from Typing.comFeb 1, 2022
Hi Shannon, We're happy to hear that you're having a good experience with our site. If you have any questions, or if you need assistance, you can email us at [email protected] and we'll be happy to help. Regards,