do my students need to sign in or have accounts?

No, and they cannot create one. A student opens a link or enters your class code and starts typing. Nothing about who they are is asked for or sent.

can i see which students finished?

Yes, in a class session. Start one from a saved practice and each student who joins appears by a made-up alias — like blue fox — with how far through they are, and their accuracy and speed when they finish. You also see the words and keys the class found hard. Aliases last for that session and no other, and a session's results are deleted 30 days after it ends. Outside a session, a student sees their own result and can copy one line of it for Google Classroom.

does it work on chromebooks and through our school's filter?

Yes. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, and there is one host to allow: schools.lowkeytype.com. Every page, font and practice comes from it. If your filter matches exact host names, allowing lowkeytype.com alone will not admit it — list schools.lowkeytype.com itself, or *.lowkeytype.com; add lowkeytype.com too if students should also use the free lessons there. For a written review or a filter request, email schools@lowkeytype.com.

what happens if a student clears their browser?

Their own practice history on that device is cleared. Shared links and your class code keep working, and your saved practices are unaffected, because they are stored under your teacher account.

what is the class code, and who can see what it shows?

A six-digit code that leads to your class page. Anyone with it can see your display name and the practices you have made visible, so it is a way to find your class rather than a password. You can pause the class page instantly, or change the code if it travels too far.

For teachers: an email address, a display name, the practices you save, and when you last used your classroom. In a class session: each alias's progress and results — numbers and which words and keys gave trouble, never what was typed — kept 30 days after the session ends. For everyone: anonymous counts of practices being created, shared, opened and finished, kept for three months and never shown to anyone as individual activity. The privacy page lists it all.

typing practice for a class, without student accounts

You can run typing practice for a whole class with no student accounts: make a practice, share one link or one class code, and students start typing. Sign in with your email to save practices and run a class session, where you watch the class type by made-up aliases — students still never sign in.

how it works

1. make a practice. Open schools.lowkeytype.com/create and choose a word list, a passage, or a ready-made set such as a Dolch sight-word list. No account is needed to get a link.
2. share it. Copy the link into Google Classroom or an email, show the QR code on the board, or print a handout. The words travel inside the link, so it keeps working.
3. or give your class a code. Sign in with your email to save practices and get a six-digit class code. Write the code on the board once; each week, choose which saved practices it shows.
4. or run a class session. From a saved practice, press start class session. Students enter your class code as usual and join the session from your class page — nothing new on the board. Each student who joins gets a made-up alias, and you watch who has joined, who has finished, and the words and keys the class found hard. It ends when you end it, or after three hours.
5. students type. Students open the link, or go to schools.lowkeytype.com and enter the code. They see the words first, type them, and get a plain result: accuracy, speed and time.

questions

do my students need to sign in or have accounts?: No, and they cannot create one. A student opens a link or enters your class code and starts typing. Nothing about who they are is asked for or sent.
can i see which students finished?: Yes, in a class session. Start one from a saved practice and each student who joins appears by a made-up alias — like blue fox — with how far through they are, and their accuracy and speed when they finish. You also see the words and keys the class found hard. Aliases last for that session and no other, and a session's results are deleted 30 days after it ends. Outside a session, a student sees their own result and can copy one line of it for Google Classroom.
does it work on chromebooks and through our school's filter?: Yes. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, and there is one host to allow: schools.lowkeytype.com. Every page, font and practice comes from it. If your filter matches exact host names, allowing lowkeytype.com alone will not admit it — list schools.lowkeytype.com itself, or *.lowkeytype.com; add lowkeytype.com too if students should also use the free lessons there. For a written review or a filter request, email schools@lowkeytype.com.
what happens if a student clears their browser?: Their own practice history on that device is cleared. Shared links and your class code keep working, and your saved practices are unaffected, because they are stored under your teacher account.
what is the class code, and who can see what it shows?: A six-digit code that leads to your class page. Anyone with it can see your display name and the practices you have made visible, so it is a way to find your class rather than a password. You can pause the class page instantly, or change the code if it travels too far.
what do you collect?: For teachers: an email address, a display name, the practices you save, and when you last used your classroom. In a class session: each alias's progress and results — numbers and which words and keys gave trouble, never what was typed — kept 30 days after the session ends. For everyone: anonymous counts of practices being created, shared, opened and finished, kept for three months and never shown to anyone as individual activity. The privacy page lists it all.

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