Typing is an important skill that you can learn which will help you in developing your digital skills.

There are a number of free and paid typing apps that you can use to learn touch typing so you can type quickly without looking at the keyboard.

One free app is called Typing.com. This resource offers lessons which can be filtered based on difficulty, and there are also a number of fun games to play to practise your typing skills.

EXPLORE – Typing.com

Another app you could try is KeyBr

This uses artificial intelligence algorithms to learn which letters you have mastered and which letters you need to practise a bit more.

EXPLORE - KeyBr

Throughout the course you can practise your typing skills as most of your activities, tasks and all the assignments involve typing. We have put together digital workbooks that you can type your answers and notes into whilst working through the course, to work on your typing skills.