Teacher zone
- Create classes and assign typing tasks
- Track student progress
Create classes, add students with teacher-generated access codes, assign lessons and texts, and follow each student's typing progress.
Teach touch typing with a clear workflow
Create classes
Organize students into separate classes for lessons, clubs, tutoring, or home learning.
Add students
Add students yourself or let them join from the student zone with a teacher-generated access code.
Assign tasks
Combine typing lessons, standard texts, and your own texts in in-class assignments or homework.
Track progress
Review completion, passing results, typing speed, accuracy, progress, and typing levels.
Class workflow at a glance
Each class keeps the people and both kinds of assigned work together in one practical workspace.
Students
- Student names
- Individual access codes
In-class assignments
- Timed classroom practice
- Live results
Homework
- Tasks with deadlines
- Completion and levels
Teacher zone help
Quick setup
- Create a class. After saving it, you are taken to the class view.
- Choose how students will access the class. This decides whether you add students yourself or let them join by class code.
- Add students or let them join, then create a task.
Ways students can access a class
A student connects to a class in the student zone. When creating a class, you can choose how students are allowed to connect to it.
- By student access code
Each student in a class has an individual access code. This is the most basic access method.
Example:000001 - By class access code and the exact name of an existing student
The student enters the class access code and the exact name of a student that already exists in that class.
Example:C123456+kate libby - By class access code and a new student name
The student enters the class access code and a new name, nickname, or similar identifier. In that case, the student is created automatically in the class, so the teacher does not need to add that student first.
Example:C123456+Parker Chris
The teacher can change the class access policy later. For example, students may first be allowed to add themselves to a class, and later that ability can be blocked.
Assigning tasks
The teacher can monitor only the work done inside tasks created in the teacher zone. Other student activity in AgileFingers is not visible here.
Tasks are assigned to the whole class, not to selected students inside that class.
To assign a task, open a class view and click + task. You can choose lessons and texts that students should complete inside that task. You can also create custom texts for that task. These custom texts are visible only within the teacher zone.
There are two task types:
- In-class assignment - a task with a time limit of up to 90 minutes. It is suitable for short tasks, especially tasks done in a classroom. If you edit an existing in-class assignment and save it again, the in-class assignment duration is reset.
- Homework - a task with an expiry date. It is suitable for tasks that do not require quick finishing.
If a student completes only part of an assignment, that progress can still be seen in the assignment view in the teacher zone. In the case of an in-class assignment, there is a special button that refreshes students' scores after it is clicked.
Deleting data
You can delete the data you create. If you remove a student, class, task, or another related record, the connected data is also removed. For example, removing a class also removes its students, its tasks, and the students' results saved inside those tasks.
Typing club and homeschooling
The teacher zone can also be used outside school, for example in homeschooling, tutoring, family practice, or a typing club.
The interface still uses school-style terms such as class, student, and task, but the system works the same way for any small group.
People Also Ask (FAQ)
Should I add students manually or let them join by class code?
If you want the fastest setup, let them join by class code. If you want cleaner student names and fewer mistakes, add them manually first or use individual student access codes.
Can I assign a task to only one student?
Not inside a class with multiple students. A task is assigned to the whole class. If a class has only one student, then that task effectively applies only to that one person.
Can I see students' other activity on AgileFingers?
No. The teacher zone shows the results of tasks created in the teacher zone. Other student activity outside those assignments is not visible here.
What is the difference between in-class assignment and homework?
In-class assignment has a time limit of up to 90 minutes and is meant for short supervised work. Homework has an expiry date and is better for work completed later.
What happens if I delete a class?
Deleting a class also removes the related data that belongs to it, including students assigned to that class, tasks created for it, and the students' results recorded in those tasks.
What happens if I delete my user account?
Deleting your user account removes the teacher-zone data connected to that account, including classes, students, tasks, and saved results that belong to those records.