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Basic Computer Skills / English and Spanish: Keyboard & Mouse Practice

This resource is for first time computer users. It links users to keyboard exercises, mouse exercises, setting up an e-mail address, and basic Microsoft Office 2013 programs. There are links to Spanish resources.

Typing Practice

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Skillful Senior Touch Typing Links

Very basic keyboard practice for the beginner.  Has sound.

Typing Tutorial

A simple tutorial from GCF Learn Free which gives you step by step instructions on how to type.  It includes a learn and practice section and has sound.

Free Typing Games

This link includes fun and interactive free touch typing games, free touch typing lessons, and free touch typing tests.The free typing tutor has 30 different typing lessons progressively teaching the keyboard.

Typing.com

Typing.com is a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. Typing.com includes entertaining typing games, typing tests, and class management tools for teachers. Students can keep track of their improvement and typing speed.

Good Typing

Free online typing tutor that takes you through 27 lessons.  You can select keyboards from different countries.  You must register so that your progress can be measured.

BBC Schools Dance Mat Typing

This tutorial is for young children but also for adults who want variation and fun.  It has good explanations of hand placement and moves through levels with different characters.

 

 

 

 

Mouse Practice

Skillful Senior Mouse and Arrow Tutorials

Provides  a very easy interactive tutorial on holding the mouse, moving the mouse.   The Arrow tutorial covers the following keys:  arrows, delete, backspace, and insert.  It has sound.

Mouse Tutorial (GCF Learn Free)

A very basic interactive tutorial on clicking and moving the mouse.

Mousing Around

Provides very thorough mouse movements and practice clicking and dragging items.

 

 

 

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