There are 734 modules, arranged sequentially over 24 levels, covering 4,000+ words, including punctuated sentences. Your own experience of completing the early modules will give you an idea of how quickly a module might be finished, but each student works at his or her own pace and may repeat each module as much as they wish.

Each of the 24 levels is structured in groups of five modules, four modules where new words are introduced, and the fifth as a dictation module to test and reinforce learning.  

Whether you are using TTRS purely as a touch-typing tool or as part of a phonics and literacy program, it is recommended that all students begin on Level 1, Module 1 and do not skip any modules.

TTRS is designed to be followed sequentially to develop the skill of touch-typing alongside the paced acquisition of the building blocks of literacy.  When you enter the Levels section, you will see the words which are covered in each level. 

Level 1 introduces and names the vowels a e i o and u. This is important information for readers, whatever their age. The course then moves on to combine vowels and consonants into three letter words. 

You may need to pay your students a little extra attention on Module 8 when capital letters are introduced. This is the first time that students will need to use both hands on the keyboard at the same time.

From the beginning, students are encouraged to line up their fingers on the home keys, and follow the fingers on the screen rather than looking down at their hands. Very quickly they are typing whole words without consciously thinking about how to do it.

The course takes a whole word approach from here on. This is a significant strategy as it gives meaning to letter combinations. 

Traditional off the shelf touch-typing packages often focus on random letters, and pressure students to reproduce them at speed. This is not the way students with learning differences learn best. 

Levels 2 and 3 use consonant clusters combined with vowels to draw attention to patterns of sounds and graphemes in the target words. 

We recommend that as soon as possible after the end of Level 3, but based on your own judgement of when this is appropriate, you adjust the settings to remove the hands as a visual indicator of where the fingers should go on the keyboard.
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Levels 4 to 12 are where students are introduced to diagraphs, trigraphs and the simple spelling rules of the English language. Diagraphs and trigraphs are shown and spoken in isolation and then as part of words. 

Levels 13 to 20 include the less common spelling patterns and more complex spelling rules. They also incorporate the rule for suffixing and prefixing and the structure of syllables.

Levels 21 to 24 include lower frequency homophones, silent letters, countries, names and more advanced suffixing and prefixing. 

Throughout the course, every 5th module is a dictation module, designed to test and reinforce learning by presenting the student with the sound of the words which have been covered in the previous four modules but without the words on the screen to copy.

Students, particularly those with language processing difficulties, may find it useful to hear a word several times and can do so by pressing the icon on the screen or the number 2 on the keyboard.

To show a word, press the icon on the screen or press 5 on the keyboard. 

Dictation modules can also be turned on and off by toggling the DICT icon on the level overview screen.

From Level 2, the first and last modules in every level are a words preview (pretest) and words review (posttest) exercise designed to provide more details on your student's spelling progress.

The words preview module provides a baseline assessment of your student's knowledge of the main phonics and spelling patterns introduced in a level. It is taken before Module 1 and can only be completed once.

The words review exercise allows you to see how well your student is doing on these spelling patterns after having completed the level. It is taken following Module 31 and can be repeated.
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Note, you will only see words preview and review on the level overview screen when Enable words review is switched on in your student's settings. Learn more about Level Assessments here.

You can assess how far your student is into a module with a glance at the progress bar running across the top of the on-screen keyboard. As the student works away, a thin bar running from top to bottom on the left indicates WPM (words per minute or typing speed). The right-hand bar indicates their accuracy score.

At the end of each module, a summary of performance is provided to the student. You can configure how this summary looks and sounds in Settings. Visual options include showing an accuracy score in the module completion window, showing a graph, and/or reporting WPM (typing speed). You can also choose to have the results read aloud - this is a good option for students with visual impairments or who struggle with visual processing difficulties, and to have module praise turned on. Module praise consists of graded applause based on accuracy performance.

From the module completion window, a student can choose to Continue and view lines (to proceed to the next module and view the words it contains before beginning), Continue (to proceed to and begin the next module), Repeat (to re-do the current module) or to Quit (to return to the level overview screen).

100% is described as perfect and receives stadium applause.
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Above 95% is described as excellent and receives loud applause.
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Above 90% accuracy is described as good and receives light applause.
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For scores below 80%, it is recommended that the student repeats the module (at the teacher or parent's discretion).

When modules are locked, by default students need to achieve a score of 80% to unlock the next module. The pass mark can be changed in the Admin account by going to Settings within a student's account > General > Pass mark required and changing the score.

If you notice a student has a high WPM and low accuracy it may be that the student is going too fast. Stress the importance of accuracy before speed. With accuracy, speed will come automatically.

If the end of the module is nearing and a low accuracy score is indicated, you might suggest that the student restarts the module before registering a low score. 

Tip: Every time a student logs in, the TTRS system remembers their finishing position from the previous session and presents their next module via the blue Continue button.