For teachers
Free touch typing for schools
30 short lessons that show exactly which finger to use for every key, suited to Years 3 to 8. Free for every school, and it runs in the browser on Chromebooks, laptops and desktops.
How it works
Make a class
Sign in with your school Google account or email, and create a class. You get a six-character code.
Students join with the code
They go to fingertipstype.com/join and type the code and their first name. No email, no password, no sign-up.
Watch progress
One table shows each student's lessons passed, current lesson, speed, accuracy and practice time. It updates every minute.
Privacy for students
The short version: a first name and typing progress, seen only by the student and their teacher.
- What we store about a student
- Their first name (as they typed it), the class they joined, and their typing progress: lessons passed, stars, speed, accuracy and practice time.
- What we don't collect
- No email address, surname, password, photo, birthday or location. Students can't message anyone, and nothing they do is public.
- Who can see it
- Only the student and their teacher. Students are kept off the public leaderboard.
- No ads, nothing sold
- Fingertips has no advertising, and we never sell or share students' information.
- No tracking for students
- Google Analytics, which we use to count ordinary visitors, is switched off for students in a class.
- Where it's stored
- Progress is stored with Supabase in Sydney, Australia, and the site is hosted by Netlify.
- Removing it
- Teachers can remove a student or delete a class at any time. Email us to delete a student's progress completely.
Full details are in our privacy policy. Questions? Email oakridge161@gmail.com.
Free printables
Finger chart poster
An A4 colour poster of the keyboard showing which finger presses each key. Great next to the computers.
Class certificates
Print a certificate for every student, filled in with their name and progress, from your class page.
Good to know
- Students' progress is saved on the device they joined from. On shared computers, each student should use their own browser profile or school login.
- Ten minutes a day works better than one long session a week.
- Lessons need a physical keyboard. They work on Chromebooks, Windows and Mac, but not on tablets without a keyboard.