How to use Asana

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Asana is an online tool used for

Project Management. It organizes
tasks and monitors collaboration
when working with a team.
Members of the teams can
communicate within the tool
without using an email.
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On your browser type

https://asana.com

Type your email

address or sign up
via Google account
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Click Accept
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An introduction
video appears. You
may watch or click
Continue
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Asana will ask to

complete your profile,
then click the forward
arrow
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Asana will ask for emails of team

members. These could be updated
in the Project section of the tool.
Click the forward arrow.
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Asana will ask for the name of

your team, then click the
check mark
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Asana has 3 Panes

in its work screen

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Projects
Pane

Tasks Pane

Tasks Details
Pane
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For the first time users, Asana will

ask to create the first project
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Projects Pane is the

section where Projects
are created and Team
members are added.

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To create a new project, click Projects

and this screen appears
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Enter Project Name,

then Create Project
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The Project
Blog Posts is
added to the
list of Projects
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To delete a project,
point to the down
arrow to the right of
the project name,
then click
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From the drop down

list, choose Delete
Project

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Asana asks if this is

the right Project to be
deleted. Click Delete
Blog Posts
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Asana shows that the

Project was removed.
Undo button is
shown if the Project
is not to be removed.
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Add People is
the part where
Team members
are added.
Click to add a
Team member
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1. Enter email address of

Team member

2. Click Invite

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Added member appears

on the list of People

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To remove a Team
member, point to
the member name, a
down arrow will
appear

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Click Remove from

Recents
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The Tasks Pane shows the

tasks listed for a
particular Project
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If the cursor is pointed to a task, a

box and a person icon will appear.
Click to the person icon to assign
the task
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The task can be assigned to

another person or to yourself
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The Decide Topic Task is assigned to

myself. The Due Date icon on the
upper right is clicked to assign a
calendar due date for this task.
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The Date 6/13/15 and time 9am is the

set due date. June 13 also appears on
the right side of the Task name and
the upper right side of the Task
Details Pane.
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Asana sends an email to the assignee. Clicking the

link in the red circle will bring the assignee to
Asana to see more details.
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Click the Subtasks icon to write down

the details of the Subtasks.
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Click the second icon to the right of

Click the second icon to the right of
the subtasks and the assignee box
the subtask to define the assignee.
will appear
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Create the assignee by putting his

email address.
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Click this icon to define the due date.

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Click this icon to add comments or

instructions to the subtasks.
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Click this icon to indicate that

subtask is completed
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Subtask is now checked and tagged

completed. It can also be unchecked
to indicate that it is not yet complete
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Tasks in the Task Pane can be

checked to indicate that it is
complete. Ensure that subtasks
attached to the main Task are also
completed
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We have basically
gone through the
most important
functions in order
to work using
Asana. If you want
to explore other
detailed functions,
you can check out
the steps in the
lower part of the
Task Pane.

Enjoy Asana!
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