Teachers, in preparation for the 2012-2013 school year, we are making improvements to the typing tutor and Teacher Portal. Our goal is to provide you with the features you want and tools you need to effectively teach and manage your students. Here is a list of the most recent updates.
In the typing tutor:
Trophy Case
Students now earn trophies for every typing lesson they complete, filling their trophy case, and motivating them to spend more time typing and learning. This feature has been up for a couple weeks, and our statistics show students now spend an extra 15-20% more time typing.
New Typing Games
We have completely overhauled the Games section of the typing tutor, removing all non-typing games, and adding 6 new killer titles which even allow the student to choose between different word lists and skill levels.
Class Scoreboard
The class scoreboard allows students to view the weekly performance of their classmates and compete with one another for ranking. By competing, students are driven to type longer and faster. Note that you can choose to disable the scoreboard within your Teacher Portal account.
iPad Support
The wait is over; TypingWeb.com can now be used on the iPad! Students can complete typing lessons with a wireless keyboard for a true touch typing experience or use the convenient on-screen keyboard.
In the Teacher Portal:
Group Students into Classes
It is now possible to organize your students into classes, giving you the ability to manage and report on student progress much more efficiently.
Viewing Options in the Student Radar
In response to your feedback about the newly launched Student Radar, we have added the ability to view offline students as well, allowing you to see both who is and isn’t using TypingWeb.
Import Your Entire Student Roster
Creating student accounts just got a whole lot faster! You can now create multiple accounts at once with our simple import tool. No more having to create every account one by one. Visit the create student page to import your students.
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good work 1!!
i agree
yayy
yess good work =)
nice work =] u are cool
thank you ;0-
no
i dont think any of the schools need this money …. or the keyboard. Because our school already has keyboards and i bet your school does too so stop being so stingy. Godness gracious do all of you act like this and to be totally bold yall need to stop being on blog and work on yalls typing. real and uncut
good job cant wait
Hope do I pratice for a 20 word per minute typing test?
you get 20 words per min?
I know right!!!!!! I hope I get 20 wpm on my first typing test which is tommorrow!!!!!!!
Dangggg, i Type 76 wpm #knowthat.
20min wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you guys are number 1
i get on typingweb every single day when i come home from school and that what i doo so yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
no
Please fix!!! After a new key is introduced at the beginning of each lesson the screen automatically jumps to the next lesson when I hit continue without allowing me to complete the typing. I can’t do any individual lessons except the first and last using iPad with external keyboard. Love your site, but please make it work like it used to before the update!
Thank you for alerting us! I have passed this report on to our programmers so they can test and fix the problem. Thank you in advance for your patience while we investigate the potential bug
Hi! Love this website!! Im just started learning the top row and I am gettting better at it everyday. But, why can’t u stay learning that one thing like 5 days home row, then the top, u know what i mean!!! Can u please do that? It would be much easier for me. Thanks!!
i know right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
lol
Word .
Actally never mind what I said.
i think what you said is so incorrect
Great!! Thank you for this amazing site!!!
Wow – just looking over lesson plans for next year. I had used your site last year and was pleased with its features but..OMG…the new additions are awesome!!! Thanks so much.
Thanks Sue! Our goal is to make it as user friendly and feature packed as possible for teachers and students while still being able to offer it for free!
I love the coll skins! ! totally rad website! well laid out.
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i know right!!!!! i love that one!!!
Is there a way to disable the “clear statistics” button for the student users? This creates a problem because it clears the data of their tests from the teacher portal as well when they hit CLEAR!
Thanks for such an amazing, FREE website. We would not be able to teach typing with out it.
Thanks for using our site in your classroom! Unfortunately, there is no way to disable the “clear statistics” button for students. I can see how that would be troublesome if a student accidentally cleared their information since there is no way to recover it. I will pass your suggestion onto our programmers and see if it is something that can be added to the site in the future!
they helped me a lot
they’ve helped me as well….Tanya. :]
Hello all,
I am a 1st year teacher and I will be implementing this great program for my 5th grade keyboarding class. I just wanted to know (based on your previous experience) how long it typically would take students to complete a lesson? It would be great to get an idea in preparing a schedule. The class is around 9 weeks long.
Thanks!
I am going to post your question to our Facebook page and see if I can get some good feedback for you on how long it takes a 5th grade student to complete a lesson. From teachers a I have talked to, they typically have their kids type for no more than 30 minutes at a time. If they choose to go longer they use the extra time playing typing games. Let’s face it, typing can get a bit monotonous after a while!
It’s good to break the lessons up into frequent shorter periods rather than stretching them out to a few long periods.
i love typingweb
i never knew 5th grade had keyboarding
Thank you SO much for updating a great FREE resource. I LOVE your site!!!!!!!
it’s a very useful web site to improve typing..
thanks a lot
Superb… Awesome…..Great
Do we need to re-enroll same students?
Or can we just log-in with same registration from last year?
You can log in with the same registration from last year. No need to re-enroll the same students.
Is it possible for students to be switched to a different teacher so that those moving from grade 4 to 5 can keep their accounts from last year? Also, can we clear their records so that they start at the beginning again this fall and have a fresh start? Please advise. Thanks!
Sara- Yes the new teacher can use the “Link Existing Student” feature to move the student from one portal to another as long as he/she has the username and password. This way the students will be able to keep their login information from last year. Resetting the progress/stats is also an available option in the teacher portal. However, it is important to note that it will clear all personal info associated with the account (i.e. first/last name & email address).
you can use the one from last year i think
No you cant.
Hi TypingWeb,
I LOVE YOUR SITE! I began using it last year with my Keyboarding class and now my entire dept uses it. I am a teacher in New York State and currently NYS is modifying it’s teacher evaluation. We will be required to issue pre-assessments and post-assesements in each discipline we teach. I am hoping that I can utilize TypingWeb as an assessment tool. Are there any plans to incorporate “standards” or “goals” for our classes? Could we see class and individual data too?
Thanks
i agree with you100%
I like the FREE lessons on your site, but there are some serious mistakes while using Estonian keyboard layout.
For my wish list: I hope that I can upload texts to be typed by my students that are coming from the books that they are assigned to read or from their vocabulary lists. I pray and hope that you can add this feature. Thanks.
This is something that is currently available on our other product TypingAce. However, it requires the purchase of a License to use the typing tutor. You can set up a free trial to test it out! http://www.typingace.com/freetrial/
Thats really cool!
isn’t everything here cool…i only wish the specialty lessons were free. :]
This site is sooo cool i have to get on this web for my keybording class and i thought it would be boring but this is really fun! plus i love the not-so-scary-monster skin!! its sooo cute
this miss is so fun
Typing Web is AWESOME! Typing Web is about not looking at the keyboard.And typing at the same time! U guys should try this game called ” Type-a-Balloon”! Its really cool!
coolness
Great web
i really do like this site!!
i like youre website 100%
i made it in the hall of fame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice job going for the gold!!!!!!!!!
GOOD JOB !!!:)
omg dude, u have the best username. master cheif is so bomb. i wish there was a master cheif.
thats awsome rock on
Congrats
This school year will be the third year I’m using Typing Web with my students. Typing Web has been a great program for us. We really like the upgrades you made this summer. My students keep showing me their “trophies” in their cases based on the lessons they completed.
Plus, they like the new typing games, and I appreciate all the games are now keyboarding related only. As a teacher, I am enjoying being about to group my students by class. Finally, the student radar screen has been a great addition. It’s especially helpful when we’re all in the computer lab together. I’ve let my students know about this tool so I can better monitor what they are doing. 
Thanks again for the upgrades.
We love to hear stories like this! Thank you for using TypingWeb in your classroom. We hope you continue to enjoy it for many years to come
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If yalll need help with typing leave a comment
thats great keep up the good work!!!!
On the Class Scoreboard, I have it enabled and such, my kids are typing, but it’s still empty. When do their scores show up there?
If it was previously disabled, and you just enabled it recently the scoreboard will start updating going forward. Stats are not stored when the scoreboard is set to “disabled”. The scoreboard resets itself every Sunday, and then the students will start to appear on it as they proceed through the typing lessons during the week. If you feel like it is not working properly, please contact us for more tech support http://www.typingweb.com/support/contact/
typing is amazing
Help! Whenever i go on typingweb.com and press start typing, it just refreshes the page. How do i start the lessons??
You should be able to hit the Start Typing button and be directed to our login page. Try to go directly there http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/ and see if that solves the problem.
you hit start typing and enter your name and password
love typing
i really didnt know hw to type until i came here and now…i love it !!!
Typing without looking at the keyboard or the screen. Y.O.L.O.!
I loveeeee this siteeeee.
PS,
I like Pie:D
I am wondering if there is any way or plans on the horizon to be able to open and close the various lesson sets for the students so they don’t just blow through them too quickly without really taking time doing them.
Hey! How do I get onto the Hall of Fame? I don’t know how to tell my age and all that…is it just for premium members? Please answer as soon as you can.
please answer!
dear smdt18,
I think you have to have The Premium Lessons in order to be on the Hall of Fame…
Im not sure… But I think thats how.Try it…Maybe thats it.
This site has really improved my typing!!! (:
Thanks a lotttt.!
Ur so right this website has improved my typing ..
R u in my class? cuz a girl is named Kaleigh……….
love typing
I have been using Mavis for years with my keyboarding students. I tried your program this year for the first time. It is awesome! I love all the information the students and I can see. I love that they have the ability to take a lesson again. I make them score 95% in order to move on. It is great to upload and group in classes. Can I move a student from one class or ungrouped to another?
Thanks for providing an excellent free program!
Thank you for choosing TypingWeb this year! You can move a student into a new class from within your teacher portal account. Start by going to the Students tab. Check the box next to the username(s) you want to move, click the Change Classes button at the top of the page, select a class from the drop down menu and click Move Students. That’s it!
this site has really improved my typing!!!
thanks a lottt.! Hey how do I get onto hall of fame? I don’t knoy how to tell my age all that… is it just for preemium members? Please answer as soon as you can.
Top typists are added automatically every week. Just keep working hard and you might end up in the Hall of Fame.
I love this site. ;D
WEEEEEEEEEEE
this site is really helping me with my skills at the keyboard. i used to hujnt and peck now im a typing wiz!!
I love this sitee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s the coolestt.(:♥
If I make a mistake entering a username, and want to delete the student record, how would I do that? Please advise. Thanks!
You can edit a username from within your teacher portal account or delete the entire thing. Start by going to the Students tab and either click the pencil next to the student name to edit the account information or click the red circle to delete the account in it’s entirety.
I am using Typing Web for the first time this year with 3rd-6th grade students. Do you have suggestions for the accuracy and wpm scores they should have to go on to another lesson?
It is important to focus on accuracy over speed at this point. I would recommend setting an accuracy minimum because speed will come in time but accuracy is a must from day one. Most teachers I speak to say that they set an 80%-90% accuracy minimum for younger typists and a 90%-95% for older typists. The course has a built in requirement of 70% accuracy, but even 3rd graders should not have a problem hitting that. Kids that age tend to range from 8-15 WPM (with some kids in 6th grade as high as 20 WPM).
I started to type on Monday and i am so happy as to how easy it is to learn i am picking up typing so fast… Well kind of i have the lower case down and im workin on the rest lol
..for school i always half to write up my papers but thanks to typing web i can now type them and it saves me so much time no more smuges on my papers now they are nice and neat and i dont stay up till 1:00 a.m. doing them now i can get them done in 30 min and now i have more time for friends shoping sleeping and just relaxin thanks to typing web i have my life back …Thank you typing web!!!
-yoyo bluejeans
This place is the best place for learing how to type i get to see my progress when ever i want i log in on my time take a course and i am done it is so easy i am see improvement on my typing skills …THANK YOU TYPING WEB!!!!!
-yoyo bluejeans
i really love this site it helped me alot:)
nice job
it would be helpful if you could post the standards for the certification tests…what is currently posted is not what is happening, there is a level called “Standard” (for general and ten-key) which is not mentioned so we do not know how wpm/accuracy to achieve this level…thank you!
Hi,
Can you please send us a message via the contact form with the username of the student with the “standard” certification rating so we can take a look at the scoring and the ratings? http://www.typingweb.com/support/contact/
i am not vary fast but inproving! ;]
typing is good becuz u cld get an degree or something for typing so alll of u people who think typing is boring think again i take typing class at my scool and Ms.Lay is a good teacher so u people should look for her at algiers school not behram !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This typing site is the best I’ve come across, and I now type at a speed of 83 words per minute and when I started it was around 40 wpm ! I’m thankful for creating this website =)
love it
I love this site. This site improved my typing. I get on everyday in 6th pd. Thanks TypingWeb!♥
yea it is good
love it also
i love this website!!! i get on it everyday.and im getting really good at typing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YAY!!!!!!;D
I’m a teacher and I need more students.
I am a student and I CAN BE ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS.
if you want to…i will be your professor. ;]
This really helps me alot because I am llearnig how to type really fast and I have not been typing for a minute yet. But serously I did learn alot on typing web.
Assuming an adult student scores 90-95% accuracy, what is the WPM standard that should be met before going on to each successive exercise?
Hi,
I’m really not able to answer that question because it depends on so many other factors like, their starting speed, the amount of previous keyboarding experience, the level they are they on, etc. In general, a fast typist is typically above 55 WPM, an average typist is between 25-55 WPM.
Is there any way to move back to a previous exercise within a lesson? It seems that once you “save and continue”, there’s no way to go back to a previous exercise within the lesson….other than going all the way back to the beginning of the lesson.
Hi,
You are correct in your assumption. You can only redo an exercise by clicking the Retake button immediately after completing the exercise. Once you hit Save and Continue, you cannot go back without starting over.
Hi! I was wondering if you could get some more games? e.e
Kaibai
I love this site, dont you????? It’s a GREAT site to improve anyone’s typing. Thanks Creators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!♥
this site is awsmome !!!!!!!!!!The only problem is that I actcidently used my friends acount
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Hey, I’m new here.
WELCOME
can u only do one comment a day.
appearently not…this is my second comment of the day :]
No. Last week, i made about 45 Comments! :p
I don’t know either!!
I’m i bit new to this…it’s fun learning typing. This site is AWESOME!!! :]
really great website
hi i love it but it gets hard
TYPING WEB IS SO COOL IT CHANGED MY WAT OF TYPING! AND THIS BLOG IS LIKE OFF THE HOOK!!!!
You got that right. i like this site too. *pauly D voice* YEAH BUDDY!!! XD
i am new here. this site is helping me a whole lot. i luv it!!! :]
i know right
Me too!!!
I know right i am new here too and i luv it,it is awesome i get on this site every dayonce a day monday through friday at school:)
its really fun the are amazing
hey everyone
This is easy to learn to type !!!
So…… does any one think the last lesson is hard
http://www.typingweb.com THE BEST!
totally cool!
totally cool!
Thanks to TypingWeb, I am now typing at over 36 WPM!!!! before this I was barely breaking 20!
great job Nuh. i was only 10wpm and now im 29wpm!!! im still improving on it all though. hope u do well. :]
i am gettin pretty good
I am too. What is your fave game???
mine is Typing Ninja
Mine is Typing Ninja
my fav. game is the tommy q zombies
I don’t get that game!
I love this typing program!!!! its the best!!!!
me too!!!!!!!!!
Will you guys at typingweb maek it to when I enter a comment I will be able to see it, please!!!!
i think typing web is great system but there is some doubts i think we should have learn 2 bust a capital letter and word BEFORE alphabet soup
THIS TYPING WEB IS SO FUN BECAUSE NOW I TYPE FASTER
I was introduced to this site because of my computer teacher at first i was like im going to fail all my tests but i did this and it helped me
yep mw too
hey everyone
this is alsome site, i love the bloging.
ps: love u alll
<3
i don’t care i love hahahahah _-_
heheheeh(^-^)
i love doing this
I’m Snake, Or as i’m called “Big Boss”. What are you doing on this site? For fun or just to do it? /:S
This is really easy!! 0:
(I am also link, i switch from time to time.) I luv this site, the only thing is, i cant eat the fruit from keyboard ninja. XD They look so tasty!!!
i love this it is the easyest place i learnd to type.!.!.!…!!!..!!!…!!!
this is so fun
this is markayla and hi you people
this is fun
THAT S HELP ME QA LOT
i love trophies
i love this game dont you
this is so fuun
i Know right its fun
wasup every body
LOL
I lov this
i love rewards
i love keyboard ninja
What do you get when you complete the dvorak keyboard
I love earning trophies
TypingWeb-fun and has very cool things classcoreboard is very useful for students in many ways
i love the new games
i hope i win
I am new to this typing stuff can anyone give me some tips
Can u change ur username!