Allan T. Aguirre’s Tutorial on

Rescue Time improves

productivity

It keeps eye on the

target while…

…manages distraction

Distraction

Distraction

Distraction

Distraction

Distraction

Distraction

Let’s start – open your

browser

Go to

www.rescuetime.com

Click Sign Up to register

Choose Lite or Premium

For free, choose Lite

Click Sign Up Now

Enter your email address

Create a password

Re-enter your password

for confirmation

Choose the Lite plan

Click Sign Up!

Check email confirmation

Go back to Rescue Time

Click desktop app to

install Rescue Time

Click Next on the pop-

out window

Then click Next to

create shortcut

Check box to start

during boot up

Otherwise, leave it

untick, then click Next.

Click Install

Click Finish to end the

installation

Enter your email

address for activation

Confirmation window for

successful activation

Click Close

The next step is to

customize

Choose your three most

productive activities

Click the categories

There are several

selections for

productive activities

There are several

selections for

productive activities

There are several

selections for

productive activities

Choose your three most

distracting activities

There are several

selections for

distractive activities

There are several

selections for

distractive activities

There are several

selections for

distractive activities

Check if time zone is

correct

You can adjust your

privacy options

Click Finish up to end

the customization

Your account has

been configured

Your statistics will

show after 10 minutes

Weekly summary report

sending via email

Example of email report

Example of email report

Now let’s see first your

goals

Default goals is set for you

To edit, click goal

section page

These are your

productivity goals

To see day’s progress,

click today

Progress for the day -

business goal

Click Open daily timer

for daily time logged

Daily time logged box

will appear

Below are websites

and applications used

Click this week for weekly

progress

The weekly view

Click this month for monthly

progress

The monthly view

Click Set new goal to adjust

goals

You can adjust your

productive time

Or adjust your daily

distracting time

Click VIEW ALL GOALS

for all goals

Daily summary goals

Click More details about

this goal for details

Details of the goal will be

shown

If you click Goal settings

“Goals & Alerts” page will

show

Now let’s see your

Dashboard

Dashboard shows how you

spend your time

Point to categories to see

websites and applications

Click more details to

see hour spent

Hours spent will be shown

Export, share or print the

report

Options for Twitter, email

and printing

Alert is only on Premium

account

Example of alert notice

on a desktop

Set a new goal for the

given category

Graphical representation

for each category

Summary of your goals at

the bottom

You can view different

reports

View reports on websites

and applications

Graphical representation of

websites and applications

Below are activities

ranked according to time

View your activities by the

hour

View the day timer

The Day timer

Export and/or share the

report

Categorize your activities

Review your categories

and revise if necessary

Adjust the category of every

activity

Adjust the score of every

activity

Or delete an activity

Manage as well the

categories you set

Change the score of your

category

Click options for rules

on adding categories

The rules for adding

categories

Click to add new sub-

category

You can choose which

top-level category but…

…preferably use the

Miscellaneous category

Enter your category name

Put the default score

Activity not categorized is

under Uncategorized

You can also view

reports by Categories

Graphical representation

of categories

Below is the ranking of

categories

Graphical representation

of sub- categories

Graphical representation

according to hour

Again, you can view Day

timer

The Day timer

Export/share the reports

You can also edit the

categories

View reports by

Productivity

Graphical representation

of productivity

Click ? for meaning of

productivity pulse

Your productivity pulse

Graphical representation

of productivity by the hour

Below is the time spent

per productivity

You can still view your

Day timer

Report could be exported

and/or shared

You can adjust the

categories of the activities

View reports by Your Goals

Summary of all your goals

by the day

View details of your goal

Open a daily timer

Create a new goal

And that’s it, you can

log out!

“The productivity of work is not the

responsibility of the worker but of the

manager.” - Peter Drucker