TypingWeb.com and Sense-lang.org are the two listed that offer teacher management features, allowing teachers to set up accounts and manage their student's typing progress through reporting and student management features.
TypingWeb.com. Rating: 9
This site does a great job in combining both a teacher and student typing teaching platform. Although this site is free to use, it is very comparable to any paid typing teaching software on the market. Teachers can create a teacher's account, add their students, and see their students progress through advanced and easy-to-use reporting features. The site features typing lessons, tests, and constantly updated games and modern features such as iPad compatibility. The site gets a 9.
Goodtyping.com. Rating: 7
This site is intended for those looking to learn how to type. It does not offer any teacher management features. What catches the eye right away is that this site will teach you to type in 6 different languages being, English, Spanish, Italian, German, French and Portuguese. It is very easy to use with links that are clear to understand the instructions. There are no games, however there are 23 different typing keyboards to choose from with 27 different typing lessons to also choose. It's easy to take the typing test and get your results. The site is simple to use, however there are distracting advertising links surrounding the typing test. This site gets a rating of 7.
Typeracer.com. Rating: 6
The site is exactly what it's name states it is: This site allows you to race type others online. It's entertaining in that it actually has you type in quotes from movies, books, and songs. You can compare yourself to other typers and view scoring in competitive order. The site offers type racing and does it well, however, it does not offer much else, giving it a rating of 6.
Typeonline.co.uk. Rating: 5
TypingOnline.co.uk, a UK based site, is very simple to understand and has many perks, although it is a very very basic designed website. This site is intended for those looking to learn how to type. It does not offer any teacher management features. It’s very conservative. A 13 year old will be able to understand the site easily, however, aside from its ease of navigation, the site only offers a few types of lessons. Students may find it less entertaining and move on quickly. What I do like the most about typeonline is, it gives a practice typing option and also 4 different typing lessons with each lesson being more difficult than the previous. It gives a speed typing test and it gives you an email option to forward the website to a friend. Since it is easy to use, the site receives a 5.
Keybr.com. Rating: 4
The pros on this site are, the colorful typing keyboard, and a section that allows other users to show what they've scored on the typing tests, giving it a sort of social media element. It lists the highest to the lowest scores. The site gives you tips on being able to type faster, however, you would be able to find that all the info that it gives searching online. The site is very simple to use, with only four options to choose from:Games, How To Type, High Scores and Extras. I like the ease of maneuvering through the site and that it’s easy to read. It's simple and basic. I give this site a rating of 4.
Sense-lang.org. Rating: 4
This typing software site offers a variety of online typing tutorials, products, games, and offers both a student and teaching platform. However, the site is not easy to use and has too many distracting advertisements all over the website. The site features Tutorials, Products, Games, About Us, Contact Us. The navigation seems to be scattered. There is a lot to learn and benefit from the website, however, the site has not been thought through well with a design not optimal for those with shorter attention spans, like kids learning how to type. Rates at 4.
Powertyping.com. Rating: 3
This site is intended for those looking to learn how to type. It does not offer any teacher management features. This site is cute in a weird quirky way, although it probably has not been updated in several years. It has 7 links for you to click on: Querty, Dvorak, Word, an Octopus, Alpha Rain, an Eyeball, and a barracuda fish with blood dripping from it’s mouth. The octopus, barracuda and the eyeball are very simple typing games. Although the site does offer some lessons of value, it is not true typing tutorial website. With its limited typing tutorial features and confusing site navigation, the site gets a rating of 3.
