Asana Essentials: Organize, Track, and Engage

Asana is a leading project management and collaboration tool, enabling teams to coordinate tasks, manage projects, and track progress in real-time. This course guides students through Asana's core functionalities, from setting up tasks and organizing projects to using templates and workflow automations. With hands-on exercises, students will build their own projects and explore the different views for tracking progress, while learning how to communicate and collaborate effectively with their teams within the platform.

Learning Objectives
- Set up a project and create tasks with details like due dates and assignees
- Differentiate between Asana's task views: List, Board, Calendar, and Timeline
- Utilize Asana templates and automate workflows for increased productivity
- Track progress through dashboards and generate reports for team updates

Topic Outline

Introduction to Asana and Setup
- Overview of Asana's capabilities
- Setting up an account and exploring the interface
- Understanding the Asana structure (Workspaces, Teams, Projects, Tasks)

Creating and Managing Tasks
- Adding task details, subtasks, and comments
- Organizing tasks with due dates and priorities
- Exploring different task views (List, Board, Calendar)

Project Creation and Collaboration
- Setting up a new project with sections and milestones
- Inviting team members and assigning roles
- Task dependencies and timeline visualization

Templates and Workflow Automation
- Using pre-built and custom templates
- Setting up automated rules for tasks

Tracking and Reporting Progress
- Monitoring project status and individual tasks
- Using dashboards and generating reports
 

Prerequisites
Participants should ideally have access to a team or individual Asana account. No prior experience with Asana is required.