Personal Bests and Badges

Personal Bests

Every time a new activity is completed, it is compared to personal bests in speed and accuracy.

When students restart an already completed activity, they are shown their targets and their best recorded score. It’s up to them to try to outdo themselves!

When a personal best is broken, this achievement is highlighted with a medal and a message that a new record has been set.
The student can click the Show all results for this activity link on the screen that appears when an activity has been completed to view the activity history and their previous results.

Badges

Notifications

Each time a student obtains a badge, a temporary notification is displayed in the window.

The number of new badges obtained is shown in a small blue circle over the notification bell. By clicking the notification bell, a menu appears showing the list of recent notifications.

Each badge shown provides a shortcut to the Badges section, where the student’s full collection of badges can be seen.

List of badges

Students access the Badges section in the Results tab.

You can also access this section from a student account by clicking the Badges tab.

Progress badges

Progress badges encourage students to complete all activities. The badges related to the texts are exclusive to the three default collections of texts.

Badge Title How to collect it
Initial test Complete the initial test.
Exercises completed Complete all the exercises.
Texts completed Complete all the texts in a collection.
Word Waves completed Complete every Word Wave.
Games explored Attempt all the games.
Step 1 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 1.
Step 2 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 2.
Step 3 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 3.
Step 4 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 4.
Step 5 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 5.
Step 6 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 6.
Step 7 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 7.
Step 8 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 8.
Step 9 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 9.
Step 10 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 10.
Step 11 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 11.
Step 12 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 12.
Step 13 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 13.
Step 14 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 14.
Step 15 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 15.
Step 16 exercises Complete all the exercises in step 16.
Section 1 texts Complete all the texts in section 1.
Section 2 texts Complete all the texts in section 2.
Section 3 texts Complete all the texts in section 3.
Section 4 texts Complete all the texts in section 4.
Section 5 texts Complete all the texts in section 5.
Section 6 texts Complete all the texts in section 6.
Section 7 texts Complete all the texts in section 7.
Section 8 texts Complete all the texts in section 8.
Section 9 texts Complete all the texts in section 9.
Section 10 texts Complete all the texts in section 10.
Section 11 texts Complete all the texts in section 11.
Section 12 texts Complete all the texts in section 12.
Section 13 texts Complete all the texts in section 13.
Section 14 texts Complete all the texts in section 14.
Section 15 texts Complete all the texts in section 15.
Section 16 texts Complete all the texts in section 16.
Section 17 texts Complete all the texts in section 17.
Section 18 texts Complete all the texts in section 18.
Section 19 texts Complete all the texts in section 19.
Section 20 texts Complete all the texts in section 20.
Section 1 Word Waves Complete all the Word Waves in section 1.
Section 2 Word Waves Complete all the Word Waves in section 2.
Section 3 Word Waves Complete all the Word Waves in section 3.
Section 4 Word Waves Complete all the Word Waves in section 4.
Section 5 Word Waves Complete all the Word Waves in section 5.

Performance badges

Performance badges encourage students to advance to the highest levels of keyboard mastery.

Badge Title How to collect it
5 exercises at 100% Complete 5 exercises with 100% accuracy.
10 exercises at 100% Complete 10 exercises with 100% accuracy.
15 exercises at 100% Complete 15 exercises with 100% accuracy.
25 exercises at 100% Complete 25 exercises with 100% accuracy.
50 exercises at 100% Complete 50 exercises with 100% accuracy.
75 exercises at 100% Complete 75 exercises with 100% accuracy.
All exercises at 100% Complete all exercises with 100% accuracy.
5 texts at 100% Complete 5 texts with 100% accuracy.
10 texts at 100% Complete 10 texts with 100% accuracy.
15 texts at 100% Complete 15 texts with 100% accuracy.
25 texts at 100% Complete 25 texts with 100% accuracy.
50 texts at 100% Complete 50 texts with 100% accuracy.
75 texts at 100% Complete 75 texts with 100% accuracy.
100 texts at 100% Complete 100 texts with 100% accuracy.
150 texts at 100% Complete 150 texts with 100% accuracy.
175 texts at 100% Complete 175 texts with 100% accuracy.
All texts at 100% Complete all texts with 100% accuracy.
5 Word Waves at 100% Complete 5 Word Waves with 100% accuracy.
10 Word Waves at 100% Complete 10 Word Waves with 100% accuracy.
15 Word Waves at 100% Complete 15 Word Waves with 100% accuracy.
25 Word Waves at 100% Complete 25 Word Waves with 100% accuracy.
50 Word Waves at 100% Complete 50 Word Waves with 100% accuracy.
All Word Waves at 100% Complete all Word Waves with 100% accuracy.
Cosmik Ball - 500 pts Score 500 points at Beginner level in the Cosmik Ball game.
Cosmik Ball - 1000 pts Score 1000 points at Intermediate level in the Cosmik Ball game.
Cosmik Ball - 1500 pts Score 1500 points at Expert level in the Cosmik Ball game.
Cosmik Ball - 2000 pts Score 2000 points at Expert level in the Cosmik Ball game.
Monkeys in Jeopardy - 500 pts Score 500 points at Beginner level in the Monkey in Jeopardy game.
Monkeys in Jeopardy - 1000 pts Score 1000 points at Intermediate level in the Monkey in Jeopardy game.
Monkeys in Jeopardy - 1500 pts Score 1500 points at Expert level in the Monkey in Jeopardy game.
Monkeys in Jeopardy - 2000 pts Score 2000 points at Expert level in the Monkey in Jeopardy game.
Magical Duel - Round 5 Successfully complete the first 5 rounds of the Magical Duel game.
Magical Duel - Round 10 Successfully complete the 10th round of the Magical Duel game.
Magical Duel - Round 15 Successfully complete the 15th round of the Magical Duel game.
Magical Duel - Round 20 Successfully complete the 20th round of the Magical Duel game.

Perseverance badges

Perseverance badges encourage students to keep improving and completing activities as often as possible throughout their training.

Badge Title How to collect it
25 improvement activities Complete 25 improvement activities.
50 improvement activities Complete 50 improvement activities.
100 improvement activities Complete 100 improvement activities.
250 improvement activities Complete 250 improvement activities.
500 improvement activities Complete 500 improvement activities.
1000 improvement activities Complete 1000 improvement activities.
Active 5 days in one week Be active 5 days in one week.
Active 7 days in one week Be active 7 days in one week.
Active 20 days in one month Be active 20 days in one month.
Active 50 days in one year Be active 50 days in one year.
Active 100 days in one year Be active 100 days in one year.

Mystery badges

The 18 mystery badges give students a clue to encourage them to explore all Typing Pal’s features.

Badge Title How to collect it
Mystery Badge It’s a secret. Students only receive a clue.

From the management interface, you can find out how students can collect the mystery badges. Go to a student account and click on the Badges tab. Scroll down to find the mystery badges, which are identified by a question mark.

Limited Edition Badges

Limited edition badges are the only badges that you can unlock only within a specific timeframe corresponding to a particular event. The challenges are displayed in grey on the badges page as soon as they’re available. The arrival of a limited edition badge is also announced on Typing Pal’s Facebook page. Follow us so you don’t miss anything!

Once a challenge has been successfully completed, the badge will be displayed in colour at the top of the list. If the challenge is not completed, the grey badge will disappear at the end of the relevant timeframe. Given their fleeting availability, limited edition badges are not counted in the progress bar.