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HOW TO USE ASANA


What is

Asana?


Asana is a web and mobile application


Designed to improve team collaboration in working for

a project


Get updated with tasks

you assigned to team

members


Asana enables you to save time

and effort


Conversation instead of

EMAILS


Previous project’s

tasking can be used for

future reference


In this tutorial you will learn:


How to sign up and log-in with AsanaHow to use its

workspace by creating tasks or projects


How to assign tasks to team membersHow to maximize its

features for team collaboration


Open web browser, type

www.asana.com


You will be directed to the

website


To register, type email

address


Open email to verify registration


Click Verify your email address


Click to confirm in your email inbox


If you register with personal email, you will need to

register with work email too


Enter a work email address


Verify registration in

your work email


Asana video presentation will

appear on the screen once you

successfully registered


Complete Profile then Click continue


Enter email address and password to

log-in


NOW LET’S START

EXPLORING!


First, we will update Profile


Shown here is your ASANA workspace


Your Dashboard


In the dashboard, you will find MY

TASKS


It is where you can find all tasks that you created


There are 2 kinds of

projects that you can use with Asana


1. Personal Projects

Company Name


Company Name

Company Name

2. Company Projects


LET’S WORK ON PERSONAL PROJECTS


Company Name


Click “+“ to create a Project


We name the project “Creating Online Tutorials”


There are options when you click

the arrow


REMEMBER TO POPULATE

NECESSARY FIELDS


We now Add a Description of the Project


Click Create Project


Created project will appear in the Dashboard


You will have the List of task

List


You can start a conversation

Conversations


There is Calendar to track the

project

Calendar


Progress

Track progress of the project


Progress

Keep all attachments in the

Files


Let’s add a Task


Task is to create Asana

tutorial


Click the button if you

assign a task to someone


This is personal so I will click Assign to Me

button


My profile picture shows, which means I will do the task


Pressing Enter after each task,

you can add another task


Add a task within this task,

Subtasks can have different assignees and

due dates


You may click if task is

completed c


Click to track time spent on

this task

c


Sign up with Harvest if you don’t have an account yet


Harvest is a paid account


You can start using a free 30-day trial


Click if task is completed


ATTACHING FILE TO THE TASK OR

PROJECT


There are different ways to

attach a worksheet in

Asana


TO ATTACH FILE FROM

COMPUTER


Click Attach From Computer


Click the file


File is now

attached


TO ATTACH A FILE FROM DROPBOX

OR GOOGLE DRIVE


You must sign-up with these portals


Dropbox and Google Drive can be your extension

in keeping files apart from computer


Click the file, then click Choose


These are other

functionalities in the task pane


NOW YOU CAN MONITOR

PROGRESS OF YOUR WORK


TEAM PROJECT


Click + button in PROJECTS


Click Create Project


Create tasks


Assign a member


Set a timeline in your calendar


Check progress of

tasks


Members can get updates and follow up by

utilizing conversation

feature


TASK IS CLEARED

IF COMPLETE

D


COMPANY PROJECTS


Update Company settings

My Company

My Company


My Company


Add membersMy

Company


Added members can

have full access to my

company projects


Contractors or interns can be invited as

guest


They will have limited access of the

project


Company Project

Dashboard


Click to Invite people


Team conversation

pane My Company


My Company

Members can now view their

Tasks


You can set a

recurring task in the

calendar


A file attached will be accessed also by

the member


Certain tasks can be made public to the company members


Click Invite as Guest for people

who are restricted for

specific project


Leaving it uncheck will

allow them to have full access to the Company


USE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS TO

WORK EVEN FASTER


For more detailed

information, view Product

Demo


Asana Product Demo

https://asana.com/guide/help/fundamentals/demo


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