Touch typing in class. No ads, no student email accounts.
Fast Forward Typing teaches teenagers and young adults to touch type with real-life texts: emails, job applications, numbers, AI prompts, or your own texts.
The first lessons and all tests already run free in the browser. With the teacher version, you keep track of the whole class.
What the teacher version looks like
Preview. One overview per class: who is where, who needs help, what comes next. We keep what works on other platforms and drop what costs teachers time.
Class 8B
Class code: TYPE-8B-42
| Nickname | Lesson | WPM | Accuracy | since start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Falcon | 12 / 24 | 34 | 96 % | +14 |
| Night Owl | 9 / 24 | 27 | 93 % | +11 |
| Comet | 15 / 24 | 41 | 97 % | +19 |
| Key Fox | 6 / 24 | 19 | 88 % | +6 |
| Pixel | 11 / 24 | 31 | 95 % | +12 |
| Class average | 30 | 94 % | ||
Assignment
Type a cover letter
due Friday · 18 of 26 done
Class challenge
1 minute, same text
- 1Comet44
- 2Blue Falcon37
- 3Pixel33
Suggested grade
From speed and accuracy, based on your own grading scale.
Sample data, no real students.
What a school needs from a typing course
We looked at what schools like about the well-known typing platforms and where they struggle. Here is what we keep and what we do differently.
No ads, not even in the free version
Many free typing platforms pay for themselves with ads in the classroom. We show none, and analytics only run with consent.
Students need no email address
The free lessons need no account. In the teacher version, students join with a class code and a nickname, no real names, no email.
Made for teenagers, not for young children
No cartoon characters, no reward pop-ups. Clear goals, real measurements and a tone that students from about twelve and in vocational school take seriously.
Texts that prepare for work
Practice uses emails, job applications, numbers and symbols, plus keyboard and AI shortcuts. Typing as part of digital skills, not an end in itself.
Fair, public pricing
Teachers never pay. The price per class is on this page, not behind a quote form.
Everything for class, ready to hand out
Teacher pack. You should have as little work as possible. That is why the teacher version comes with a pack of materials you can print or share straight away. With your school's logo, without our branding.
Lesson plans for 45 minutes
Flow, goal and exercise for each lesson. Open it and start.
Student handouts
Worksheets, finger chart and progress sheet as PDFs, in your school's layout.
Access cards with the class code
To hand out in the first lesson. No account, no email, ready to go.
Letter for parents
Explains in a few sentences what the class practices and why.
Assessment sheet
Enter speed and accuracy, read off the grade on your own grading scale.
Lakeside Example School
Worksheet · Week 3
Name
Class
Date
Type each line three times. Do not look at the keyboard.
1asdf jkl; asdf jkl;
2as ask dad fall flask
3Hello Ms Becker, thank you for your message.
My result
WPM
Accuracy
Access card
Open the practice page and enter this code:
TYPE-8B-42
Your nickname
What the teacher version does
We set it up together with your school, to fit the way you teach.
New class
Class 8BTYPE-8B-4226 joinedClasses with a code, no email
The teacher creates a class, students join with a code and a nickname.
- Class average WPMCSV export
Progress per student and class
Lesson, speed, accuracy and progress since the start at a glance, exportable as CSV.
- Upload your own text
cover-letter.txt
Lesson 7Lesson 8due FridayAssignments with your own texts
Upload your own texts, assign lessons, set a due date.
- 1Comet44
- 2Blue Falcon37
- 3Pixel33
Class challenge
Everyone types the same text, leaderboard with nicknames, a rerun a few weeks later shows the progress.
34 WPM · 96%
DE
2
AT
2
CH
5
FR
14/20
Suggested grades
From speed and accuracy, with grading scales for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France (out of 20).
Certificate
Lakeside Example School
41 WPM · 97%
Supervised test
Certificate with the school name
For job applications: speed and accuracy, confirmed in a supervised test.
- ABKMSL3 teachers
Class 8B handed over to K. Meyer
Several teachers per school
One license for the whole school, classes can be shared and handed over.
Pricing for schools
Teachers are always free. You pay per class or per school, once a year, no auto-renewal trap.
Class
€79
per year, up to 30 students
- Full course including shortcuts
- Teacher version with class overview
- Assignments and class challenge
- Certificate for every student
School
€490
per year, up to 300 students
- Everything in Class
- Unlimited teachers and classes
- Suggested grades and CSV export
- Larger schools on request
Send us a request and we will set up the teacher version together with your school.
Questions from schools
From about twelve, so middle and high school, plus vocational schools and adult education. It is not made for young children: there is no game world and there are no cartoon characters.
Not for the free lessons and tests. In the teacher version, students join with a class code and a nickname, without an email address or real name.
No, neither in the free nor in the paid version. Analytics only run if someone agrees in the cookie banner.
It runs in any current browser, with nothing to install. A real keyboard is needed: laptop, PC, Chromebook or a tablet with a keyboard attached.
€79 per class and year (up to 30 students) and €490 per school and year (up to 300 students). Teachers never pay.
Yes. English (QWERTY), German (QWERTZ) and French (AZERTY) each have their own curriculum. In a language class, students can practice on the keyboard of the target country.
Get in touch
Tell us briefly who you are and how many students would take part. We reply within one working day.