Asana for Beginners

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Learn Project Management in Asana

It might feel like you’re learning an entirely new language as you dive into Asana, but don’t worry—once you’ve got a handle on the basics, you’ll be ready to go! For new users, here’s our recommended approach:

Work in My Tasks

My Tasks is where you can find all the to-dos (or Tasks in Asana) that are assigned to you. Change your view to a List, Board, Timeline or Calendar. If you’re using Asana to manage your individual work, My Tasks is a great place to start. Learn more.
Your Inbox

Find updates on work that you’re a part of, such as when new Tasks are added to a Project or a team member (Collaborator) posts an update on a Task that you follow.
Discover the fundamentals of the inbox.

Manage your notifications in a way that best suits your personal work style!

Notification Settings

Create Projects

Projects let you organize your Tasks in a way that makes sense for your Project goal and provides a way to bring in other Collaborators. Get started with a Blank project, or use Asana templates to get a jump on organizing. Asana Project Basics.
Project Views

Change your view of any project from List to Board, Timeline, or Calendar—whatever makes the most sense for your project, and how you’re interacting with it! View Basics.
Favorite Your Most-Used Projects

Click the Star icon next to any project title to add it to the left sidebar for quick access!
Search in Asana

Asana has a robust Search tool to quickly find Tasks and Projects. (Trust us, it’s worth being best friends with the search bar instead of relying on your brain to remember where everything lives!)