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How to Use Basecamp

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Open your browser


Type in “basecamp.com”


You will be directed to the

Basecamp site


Click the “Free trial” button


Then fill out this form


Enter your full name


The name of your company


Your e-mail address


And your password


Then click “Start Free Trial”


You can now start exploring

Basecamp

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Just click “Explore”


Here now is the main menu

of your account


Let’s now start creating a

project

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Start by clicking”New

Project”


This form will appear


Give your project a name


Then if you want, you can also

put


a brief description or

additional details about it


Working on a project is

easier


if you do it with others

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So let’s now invite some

people to your team


Write the e-mail addresses

of your team


Tick this box


If you want to include a

message to them


Then click “Start the project”


Here now is your created

project


You can now create your

Discussions


your To-do list


your Files


your Text documents


and your Events


Inside the project that you

created!


Let’s start with “Discussion”


When you click it, you will

see this page


Enter the subject of the

discussion


Click on the body then

type your message


You can also attach some

files


Click “Select files from your

computer”


Locate the file that you

want to attach


Then double click it


Wait for the file to upload


Below are options you can

choose from


Choose this if you want a

mail


to be sent to your team


Click this if you want to

choose


Who among the members

will receive an e-mail


If you simply want it to be

posted on Basecamp


Click this


Then click “Post this

message”


This is how it looks like in the

project page


You will see that these

parts were updated


You can directly click on the

discussion subject


Then you will see this


You can now start

discussing about it with

your team


You can write your messages

inside the discussion box


Let’s now try making a “To-

do list”

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Click “To-do list”


Then it will go just below

the “Discussion”


Give it a title


Then click this button


Then click on this part


Then write a to-do item


You can assign a specific

person to do the task


By clicking the drop-down

menu


Set the a due date by

clicking this


You can also attach any file

by clicking “Attach files”


Then click “done” when

finished


Let’s now create an

“Event”


When you click it


A calendar will appear


See this to-do list that we

made earlier?


All to-do lists are synchronized

with the calendar


To add a new event


Click on a specific date for

this to appear

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Give it a title



Add additional information

below the title



Set the date by clicking this



If you want the event to

be repeated


click the drop-down menu

then choose from the options



Click on this box to add

e-mail recipient


Or simply type “Everyone”


For all the members to be

notified


Set the reminder by clicking

the drop-down menu


And when done, click

“Add this event”


There goes the event that

you created


When you go back to the

main project menu


You will see this reminder

on the right side


about the event that you

just made


Let’s now create a Text

document


This is the document page


Click here to add a title


Click on the body and start

typing anything


You can change the styles by

clicking the menu above


When done, click “Save

this document”


Then go back to the

project page


by clicking the project title


Notice that everything has

been updated already


Everything that you input

will be shown on the page


Now, let’s look at the

“Everything” page


Upon clicking, you will see

this page


As the description says:


If you click one of them


All the discussions will be

shown


Let’s now look at “Progress”


This is how it looks like inside


It shows a list of what you

and your members


have been doing with your

projects

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Now, let’s go to “Everyone”


Click that and you will see this


This is where you will see the

people


who are involved in the

projects you created


On the top are the members


below are the companies

connected to the project


If you want to add more

members


Just click “Add people”


Type the e-mail address of

the new member


Then choose the project you

want the member to access


And also which calendar too


Decide whether you will give

the new member the power


To create new projects or

to be the administrator


Then finally, click “Send the

Invitation”


Same goes when you want

to add a company


Click “Make a Company”


Then start writing the details

in this form


Inside the company that

you created


You can also create another

group or department


Just click “Add a group”


Add name to the group


Then choose your members


by clicking the box next to

their names


Then click “Create the Group”

afterwards


This is how it looks like after

you create it


Now that’s about the

basics of Basecamp


Lastly, let’s go to “Me”


You will see this page


This is the list of activities

that you’ve done


Well, that’s all about the

basics of Basecamp


Organizing a project

made easy


With this helpful online tool


Go ahead and give it a try

now!


Unity is strength... when there is

teamwork and collaboration,

wonderful things can be achieved.

--Mattie Stepanek

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