HOW TO USE
BASECAMP 3
Basecamp is an online
program that lets you
manage projects in a very
effective way. It will help
get the project done by
sharing all the information
LET’S BEGIN THE
TUTORIAL
Open your browser
Click the address box
Type: basecamp.com
Press Enter in your keyboard
This is the website of Basecamp 3
CREATING AN ACCOUNT
Fill up this form
Type your Name here
Type Your Email here
Type Company/Organization here
Click Start my free account
You will be ask to
check your email for verification
In your email inbox, you will
receive this message
Click this button to proceed
You will be directed to this page
CREATING YOUR FIRST
PROJECT
Click Make your first Basecamp
Type here the name of the project
Type here the description of your project
Click this button to Add people in your project
Click Add new people
Type here his/her name
Type here his/her email address
Type here his/her job title
You will be ask by this question
For now let’s click NO THX
You will also be ask this question
Welcome to your new Basecamp
LET US NAVIGATE THE SITE
This is your main menu
Latest Activity are everything across your projects
Basecamps is where you can see all your projects
Hey ! Is where you can see new message,
comments, news etc.
Campfires are collection of project discussions
Reports are a collective information in your project
This is your dashboard
Campfire is for group discussion
Message Board is for private messages
To-dos is to outline and divide the task
Schedule is to set up milestones, deadlines and
key dates so everyone knows what’s coming
Automatic Check-ins is to keep up with your
team on a regular schedule
Docs & Files is a place to store and organize
assets and reference material.
LET US CREATE A DISCUSSION
Type here your discussion
Your message will appear here
In your dashboard you will see here the discussions
CREATING MESSAGE BOARD
Click Message Board
Click Post first message
Type here the headline
Type message here
At the bottom of your message, click this
to remove people getting this message.
Uncheck the boxes
Click Save Changes
Only this person can receive the message
Click Post this message to send to your people
Your dashboard will be updated
Click Make the first list
Type here the name of the list
Click Add this list
Type here the task
Type the name of the person assign to the task
You may choose No due date, Due on and Runs from
Click Add this to-do
Your task has been save and assigned
Type here to make a new task
Your To-do’s has a new task.
Click here to view all the task
Click here to view
Click Mark this done ! If the task is complete
A big check will replace the box and
in the dashboard To-do’s shows All done!
CREATING SCHEDULES
Click Schedule on the dashboard
Click Add the first event
Type here the event name
Type here the name of persons who will
be notified by this event.
Type here some details of the event.
Click Publish this event
The event has been created
CREATING AUTOMATIC
CHECK-IN
Click Set up an automatic check-in
Type here what question do you want to ask
Check/uncheck who do you want to ask
Set the day and time of your question
Click this to choose the day of the week
Click this button to choose the following
Click Start collecting answers
Your automatic chck-ins has been saved
DOCUMENTS AND FILES
Click Docs & Files
Under the Docs & Files you may choose the
following:
Click Start a doc
Type here the title of the document
Type here the details of the documents
Click Publish this document
The document has been saved
Click Docs & Files
Click Upload files
Select a file from your computer
Click Post these files
Your file has been uploaded
THAT’S ALL THE BASIC
FUNCTIONS OF BASECAMP 3