Turn any student laptop
into a

A calm, locked-down space for your students. Build, grade, and give feedback in minutes.

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TypeWriter is in pilot. Free for teachers, and free for districts to set up on managed devices.

Two ways to lock down a test

Secure test Fullscreen Details

Lock the test after a student is away for

5s 10s 15s 30s 45s 60s

Test activity

Left the test 1 time (7s away)

0:05 Switched to another app or window

Browser Lockdown

Fullscreen assessments, with consequences for leaving the screen. Choose when the test locks if a student navigates away.

A laptop showing only the TypeWriter student sign-in screen — no browser tabs or address bar.

Kiosk Lockdown

With district IT setup, the whole device locks to TypeWriter, just like a standardized test. No other tabs, no other apps, only what you want them to see.

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One simple, super-fast workflow for teachers

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Who's behind this

I'm a high school history teacher. I built TypeWriter to bring the same lock-down environment used for standardized tests to everyday assessments. It's just me, I answer my own email. Give it a try and you'll see a teacher built it, not big edtech.

“It's fine, it works good.”A student

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Teachers

Bring TypeWriter to your classroom

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IT & Administrators

Reviewing TypeWriter for a school or district

We'll send our schedule of data, how the app handles student information, what it does and doesn't do on a managed device, and a time to talk.

What we store, and what we don't →

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