GoKeys! Help Contents
- Starting GoKeys!
- Creating your own exercises
- Select Lesson Screen
- Learn Keys Screen
- GoKeys! Typing Screen
- GoKeys! Menus
GoKeys!
GoKeys! is designed to help teachers show students around the computer keyboard. GoKeys! is a fun-based, basic trainer that is not designed to train high-speed touch typists. GoKeys! has short lessons that aim to help students get to know the keyboard quickly. It has no enforced schedules or progression routines. The teacher can progress at a pace suited to the classroom and not be locked into a program that prevents slower students from ever getting to all the keys. GoKeys! also allows the teacher to create their own exercises for training or testing!
Some of the Advanced Features of GoKeys!:
- Big easy to read letters
- Short manageable lessons that fit easily into shorter class times
- Clear, easy to read on-screen data for teacher observation
- No enforced progression schedule
- Easy to read progress scores at every stage
- Easy to print reports for teacher records
Starting GoKeys!
When you start GoKeys! and click on Select a Lesson, you will have a choice of the GoKeys! Lessons or the Extra Lessons to practice. GoKeys! Lessons are listed down the columns in the best order for developing keyboard skills in the correct sequence. Extra Lessons are listed in alphabetical order. After you have completed a lesson, it will appear on the Completed Lessons tab on the selection page. If you repeat a lesson at any time, the most recent results will be displayed for that lesson on the View Results page. After you click on Start Lesson, you will see the practice screen which will explain which fingers to use for the new keys. This screen also gives you the chance to practise the new letters which appear in the little test screen at the top of the page. When you are ready to go on to the exercise, click on Start Typing.
Select Lesson Screen
When you start GoKeys! and click on Select a Lesson, you will have a choice of the GoKeys! Lessons or the Extra Lessons to practice. GoKeys! Lessons are listed down the columns in the best order for developing keyboard skills in the correct sequence. Extra Lessons are listed in alphabetical order. After you have completed a lesson, it will appear on the Completed Lessons tab on the selection page. If you repeat a lesson at any time, the most recent results will be displayed for that lesson on the View Results page.
Learn Keys Screen
After you click on Start Lesson, you will see the practice screen which will explain which fingers to use for the new keys with the aid of a large keyboard graphic the highlights the new keys in green. The fingers to use for these new keys are shown in blue. The remainder of the home keys are shown in yellow. This screen also gives you the chance to practise the new letters which appear in the little test screen at the top of the page. When you are ready to go on to the exercise, click on Start Typing.
GoKeys! Typing Screen
After you click on Start Typing, you will
see the typing screen. The timer will start once you commence typing. While you
are typing the correct letters the traffic light will stay green, but if you make
an error, it will turn red and force you to wait a short time before continuing.
This delay reflects the lost time and productivity caused by typing errors.
When
you reach the end of a line, a new line will automatically appear until there are
no lines left. As you go, a blue progress bar shows you how far you have progressed
in the exercise. When you reach the end of the lesson, a message appears on screen
and then you are taken to the Results Screen.
As you type the lesson, your progress is
constantly updated on the screen, showing the number of Words Typed, the number
of Errors, and the current Words Per Minute based on a standard 5-letter word. A
percentage of incorrect keys pressed over correct keys is displayed as the Accuracy
figure. Continued pressing of an incorrect key will result in an error being counted
every time, although keys pressed during the stop time are not counted. A small
keyboard graphic is displayed at the top of the screen to assist with remembering
the new letters.
Menu Options
Go Menu
Select Lesson
File | Select Lesson… When you start GoKeys! and click on Select a Lesson, you will have a choice of the GoKeys! Lessons or the Extra Lessons to practice. GoKeys! Lessons are listed down the columns in the best order for developing keyboard skills in the correct sequence. Extra Lessons are listed in alphabetical order. After you have completed a lesson, it will appear on the Completed Lessons tab on the selection page. If you repeat a lesson at any time, the most recent results will be displayed for that lesson on the View Results page.
View GoKeys! Results
File | View Results The View Results Screen is reached by either completing a lesson or by selecting View Results from the main menu. This screen displays your results in all lessons completed so far. Incomplete lessons are not recorded. From this screen, you may print a progress report, continue to select another lesson, or exit GoKeys!
Print Preview
File | Print Preview The Print Preview is reached by either from the main menu or
from the View Results screen. This screen displays your Progress Report as it will
be printed. All you need to do is click on the Printer button
to have it print out. You may use the Print Setup button
to choose your preferred printer.