Training Schedule

 

 

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The TypeWell training course begins in earnest on the trainee's training start date (see available training start dates).  The course has 29 lessons that each take most trainees between 1 and 3 hours to complete.  The time required varies based on lesson difficulty and the trainee's learning rate. 

Here are the key points: 

• The training materials are sent for arrival a few days before the trainee's start date. 
• The course can be completed in as few as 18 days of daily work, or be spread out over several months. 
• There are 29 assignments. 
• Each is due between 1 and 4 days after the previous is turned in. 
• The TypeWell teacher may take up to one full business day (24-72 hours) to provide feedback for some lessons. 
• If assignments are too late, the trainee's access to the course will be locked, and special arrangements would have to be made to reopen it. 
• There's a way to take a week off if all other assignments are turned in early, but it's not recommended. 

The trainee should schedule time for the lessons during the day, rather than trying to cram them into evenings.  The course is hard work, and the trainee will learn best when fresh.  Since the lessons require serious concentration, the trainee should arrange his or her schedule to have uninterrupted time in a room where the door can be closed. 

Teacher Feedback

For many of the lessons, the trainee will received email feedback from his or her TypeWell teacher.  In some cases the trainee won't be permitted to proceed until the teacher is satisfied that the trainee has learned the lesson's materials well. 

Be aware that the teacher may take up to one full business day (24-72 hours) to provide feedback for each lesson. 

How Fast Should The Trainee Go?

We recommend that trainees who work part-time on the lessons try to do a lesson every 2-3 days.  That's a good speed for learning, and it gives a safety margin to avoid being late in case something interrupts the planned schedule.  Trainees with full-time to work on the training can do 1 or 2 lessons per day.

Trainees may go faster if they like.  But there's a limit to how fast they can go.  First, as we mentioned the trainee may have to wait up to one full business day (24-72 hours) for the teacher's feedback before continuing on some lessons.  Second, if the trainee goes too fast (more than two lessons per day), the system will tell the trainee to slow down.  This is to make sure the trainee has time to fully absorb the information in each lesson. 

No Breaks Longer than 3 Days

The skills the trainee learns in each lesson build on what was learned in previous lessons.  It is important to keep one's skills growing steadily, and not have long gaps between lessons.  A gap of more than a few days between lessons could cause one's skills to fade, and not provide an adequate base for the skills in the next lesson.   That is why the trainee can never take more than 3 days off between turning in assignments. 

At the completion of each lesson, we'll give the trainee the due date for the next assignment.  For planning purposes, stick to the rule of turning in at least one assignment every 2-3 days.  If the trainee must schedule a vacation in the middle of the training course, or have an unscheduled emergency, there's a way to make extra time for one assignment if all the other assignments are turned in early. 

If the trainee is very late on too many assignments, the course will be cancelled. 

Internet needs

The trainee must access the Internet to turn in the assignments.  However, the trainee doesn't need to have Internet access on the training computer itself.  The trainee does need to have a way to transfer files from the training computer to the Internet computer. 

If the trainee's usual Internet connection stops working, or if the trainee doesn't have an Internet connection at home or work, it is his or her responsibility to find a connection.  Commonly available places that let one have Internet access for a fee are local Internet cafes or Kinkos stores. 

If in laying out the schedule, the trainee plans to turn in a lesson while traveling, he or she might be able to get a hotel with Internet access.  But if not or if the hotel's Internet access goes out during the visit (unfortunately very common!), look for an Internet cafe or Kinkos.