LibGuides: Effective Reading, Writing, and Studying: Typing Lessons: Tap, tap, tap

The following benefits of speed typing were gathered using OpenAI (2024)

Increased Productivity: Save time by typing quickly
Improved Focus: Keep your focus on your writing, not the keyboard
Enhanced Academic Performance: Type your thoughts as they occur. Transfer messy, handwritten notes to easy-to-read typed notes.
Better Time Management: Spend more time on content and less time on the process of typing
Career Advancement: Typing is a useful timesaving skill in the workplace

Reference

OpenAI. (2024, April 23). Benefits of speed typing [ChatGPT 3.5 conversation]. https://chat.openai.com/share/f7690f98-b8a0-4acd-8432-240cbe8d79c4

These links are a variety of free typing courses. Try these out and keep your practice sessions short and frequent. Happy typing!

GCF Global: Typing Tutorial
A verbal guided tutorial through the process of typing. This site is like having your own typing instructor. Lesson not working? Try clicking on the lesson for it to pick up on your typing.
keybr
One you have a sense of where to put you fingers and what key is assigned to which finger, this site has easy-to-use examples and a keyboard on the screen (so you can look at that and not at your keyboard). This site also uses common words in English (e.g. words like "that," "this," "then") rather than uncommon letter combinations. And, you can see statistics on your typing as it compares to other users.
Peter's Online Typing Course
If you prefer written instructions, you might enjoy this typing course site. And, with an easy-to-navigate menu on the left, you can jump to the areas you would like to work on. Also offers musical typing, which incorporates music to develop even typing.
Typing.com
With fun, short video clips on each section, typing.com can be helpful if your enthusiasm is waning. This site guides you letter-by-letter as you type, with each keystroke sounding like a typewriter key. Realistic-looking hands on a keyboard on the screen show you how to set your fingers as you type.
TypingAcademy
This site allows you to modify a lot of the features, including keyboard layout (e.g. Windows or Macintosh). Need some practice typing words? Under "Practical exercises" this site has the top English words for you to practice typing.
TypingClub
A visually-appealing site, with brief lessons that incorporate both hands (practicing keys F and J) in the beginning lesson. Offers a voice over setting that tells you verbally what key to type.

Watch this brief (approx. 2 min) video to learn how to set up for speed typing.