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Custom Extra Activities for Typing in CodeHS

Learn how to create your own typing practice activities and share them with your students.

Written by Jiahao Xian
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With Custom Extra Activities, teachers can go beyond the built-in Typing curriculum. You can create your own practice passages, including vocabulary words, content from other classes, or sentences tailored to your students. Students can then practice those passages alongside their regular Typing lessons.

Extra Activities

Each custom activity appears as a card showing its title, description, number of phrases, status, goals, timer, and attempts. From the tile, you can:

  • Copy Link: Copy a direct link to share the activity.

  • Preview: Try the activity as a student would see it.

  • Edit: Change the title, description, lines, or requirements.

  • Assign: Make the activity available to students in your section.

  • Remove: Remove the activity from this section (can be reassigned in "Activities Library/Manage Activities" > "In Use".

Image of the Activity Tile in Typing in CodeHS

Creating a Custom Extra Activity

  1. Navigate to the Typing app in the left-hand navigation menu.

  2. Select the Section you'd like to create an activity for.

  3. Click the Lessons tab > Extra Activities, then click:

    1. No prior custom activities: "+ Add Activity"

    2. With existing custom activities: "Manage Activities" > "+ New Activity"

  4. In the modal, enter a Title and an optional Description for the activity, then type or paste the text into the Lines that you want students to practice.

  5. Requirements (optional): Words Per Minute (WPM), Accuracy, Timer, Attempts, and Shuffle the lines.

  6. Sharing (optional): Share with your school or district and the sections you teach.

  7. Click Save Activity.

  8. In the Activities Library, toggle on "In Use" to display the activity in your Extra Activities tab.

    GIF showing how to create a custom extra activity in CodeHS Typing

Editing Custom Activities

Method 1:

  1. From the Extra Activities Tile, click "Edit"

  2. Make any adjustments to Title, Description, Lines, Requirements, and Sharing.

  3. Click "Save Activity".

Screenshot showing the Edit activity button for Typing in CodeHS

Method 2:

  1. From "Manage Activities" > Actions, click "Edit"

  2. Make any adjustments to Title, Description, Lines, Requirements, and Sharing.

  3. Click "Save Activity".

    GIF showing Edit activity in Manage Activities for Typing in CodeHS

Assigning Extra Activities

  1. From the Extra Activities Tile, select "Assign".

  2. In Assignment tab within the modal, you can select who can access this activity:

    1. Unavailable: Students cannot open this activity

    2. Hidden: Students can open this activity only when you send them to it

    3. Available: Students can access this on their lessons page

  3. Click "Save".

    Image showing the Assign button in Extra Activities tiles
    Image showing Assignment Tab in Assign Extra Activities Modal

Push Activity to Students

  1. From the Extra Activities Tile, select "Assign".

  2. In the modal and Assignment tab, you can select who can access this activity:

    1. Hidden: Students can open this activity only when you send them to it

    2. Available: Students can access this on their lessons page

  3. Click "Save" (Only Hidden and Available settings unlock the "Push to Students" tab).

  4. Click the "Push to Students" tab and select the individual students or select all.

  5. Click "Push to Students".

    Image showing Push to Students tab for Extra Activities in Typing in CodeHS

Activities Library and Manage Activities

  1. Navigate to the Typing App > Lessons tab > Extra Activities tab, and click "Manage Activities".

Screenshot showing Manage Activities button within the Extra Activities tab

Each activity in the library shows:

  • In Use: A toggle that controls whether the activity is being used in this section.

  • Activity: The activity's title and description.

  • Access: Who created the activity (e.g. "Created by you").

  • Lines: The number of lines (phrases) students will type.

  • Actions: Options to Edit, Hide, or Delete the activity.

    • Edit: Make any adjustments to Title, Description, Lines, Requirements, and Sharing.

    • Hide/Unhide: Hide/Unhide the activity (can be found in "👁️ Showing Available/Showing Hidden").

    • Delete: Permanently deletes the activity.

Activities Library in Typing in CodeHS

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