HOW TO USE TRELLO
By: ANNA MARIE J. PINEDAwww.annamariepineda.com
OPEN YOUR BROWSER TYPE IN
https://www.trello.com
THIS IS THE HOME PAGE
YOU CAN EITHER LOG IN OR SIGN UP
LET’S SIGN UP FOR FREE AS OUR SAMPLE
YOU CAN CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT…
OR SIGN UP WITH GOOGLE
LET’S CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT
TYPE IN YOUR NAME…
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS…
YOUR PASSWORD...
THEN CLICK CREATE NEW ACCOUNT
OPEN YOUR EMAIL VERIFICATION
THEN CLICK VERIFY ADDRESS
HERE WE ARE IN YOUR ACCOUNT PAGE
CLICK WELCOME BOARD
A TRELLO BOARD IS A LIST OF LISTS…
FILLED WITH CARDS, USED BY YOU…
PERSONALLY OR AND YOUR TEAM.
IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ORGANIZE
PROJECTS OF ANY SIZE.
SHOWN ARE SAMPLE BOARDS
SCROLL TO THE RIGHT TO SEE MORE
WE HAVE THE BASIC
INTERMEDIATE…
& ADVANCED
FOR STARTER WE WILL DO THE BOARD BASIC
SEE THIS SAMPLE
LET’S CLICK CREATE NEW BOARD
OR CLICK THE (+)
SEE SAMPLE TITLE, MAKE YOUR OWN
MY WEBSITE IS THE TITLE OF OUR 1ST BOARD
THEN CLICK CREATE
BY DEFAULT BOARDS ARE SET TO PRIVATE
BUT YOU CAN ALSO SET BOARDS TO PUBLIC OR
TEAM VISIBLE
FOR THE MEANTIME LETS STICK TO PRIVATE
ON THE OTHER HAND
YOU CAN CREATE YOUR TEAM…
CLICK CREATE A TEAM
TEAMS ARE PEOPLE AND BOARDS, LIKE
YOUR COMPANY, YOUR FAMILY, OR YOUR
ROOMMATE.
PUT YOUR TEAM NAME
ANY DESCRIPTION (OPTIONAL)
THEN, CLICK CREATE
AS OF THE MOMENT LET’S SKIP THE…
MAKING A TEAM & FOCUS ON PERSONAL
BOARD
WHICH REPRESENTS YOUR PROJECT
THE MAKING OF A WEBSITE
LET’S START WITH TO DO LIST…
FOLLOWED BY DOING LIST…
& ENDING UP WITH DONE LIST
A LISTS KEEP CARDS ORGANIZED IN THEIR VARIOUS STAGES OF
PROGRESS.
THEY CAN BE USED TO CREATE A WORKFLOW
OR ACT AS A REPOSITORY OF IDEAS.
LET’S MAKE A CARD, THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF A BOARD.
OUR FIRST CARD UNDER TO DO LIST
CARDS UNDER TO DO LIST
CARD IN DOING LIST…
AND LASTLY YOUR CARD IN DONE LIST
CLICK ON THE 1ST CARD OF TO DO LIST…
…TO OPEN THIS BOX
LET’S EXPLORE ONE BY ONE
YOU CAN ADD MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
ABOUT YOUR CARD
ADD DESCRIPTION OR NOTES TO CARD
LINKS TO WEBSITES, OR STEP BY STEP DIRECTIONS.
YOU CAN EVEN FORMAT YOUR TEXT WITH
MARKDOWN.
CLICK FORMATTING HELP
MARKDOWN IS A SIMPLE LANGUAGE USED TO ADD FORMATTING TO
TEXT.
TRELLO USES A MODIFIED VERSION OF
THE MARKDOWN SYNTAX.
IT ALLOWS YOU TO EASILY ADD BOLD,
ITALICS…
LINKS, LISTS, PARAGRAPHS, HEADERS, AND IMAGES AND CODE BLOCKS TO BLOCKS OF
TEXTS.
YOU CAN ADD MARKDOWN TO YOUR CARDS IN THE CARD'S
DESCRIPTION…
CHECKLISTS AND COMMENTS
OPEN COMPLETE SYNTAX
YOU CAN VIEW THE ENTIRE MARKDOWN
SYNTAX AT DARINGFIREBALL.NET.
ADD A COMMENT WITH EMOJI
ADD A MEMBER
ADD LABELS BY COLOR CODING
ADD CHECKLIST
ADD A DUE DATE
ADD AN ATTACHMENT
MOVE A BOARD TO OTHER LOCATION
COPY A CARD
SUBSCRIBE TO A CARD TO GET NOTIFY FOR ANY CHANGES
ADD TO ARCHIVE/DELETE
SHARE & MORE…
WE’RE JUST STARTED A CRASH COURSE
on all the essential elements of Trello
NEXT STEP, LET’S THE DIGITAL WAY TO ACHIEVE THE SAME WORKFLOW,
minus the sticky stuff wearing off.
YOU CAN STRUCTURE YOUR BOARDS AND LISTS
in a way that makes sense to you.
NEVER GET LOST IN AN ANNOYING EMAIL CHAIN AGAIN
keeps everything in one place, for
everyone to access
WHOLE SUITE OF ADVANCED TOOLS
that allow you to get more in-depth (and more fun) with your
goals.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE
on whatever device you are using
ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU NEED TO STAY
ON TOP OF CAN BE SOLVED WITH A TRELLO
BOARD.
“ONCE YOU START SOMETHING DON’T STOP UNTIL YOU
COMPLETE IT. DON’T LET EXCUSES, PROBLEMS, HARD
WORK OR ANYTHING STOP YOU FROM COMPLETING IT”
SONYA PARKER
