BASECAMP TIP SHEET
Basecamp (http://basecamphq.com/) is an online project collaboration tool.
There are many others you might also encounter: zoho (http://www.zoho.com/projects/) , deskaway
(http://www.deskaway.com/), pelotonics (http://pelotonics.com/), easy projects
(http://www.easyprojects.net/), ace project (http://www.aceproject.com/). The list actually extends
into the dozens.
It offers a 60-day free trial version that is pretty robust. If you think you might want to use it to
coordinate your group projects in the class, you may want to delay setting up your free account or you
will have to pay the small fee to continue using it at the end of 60 days.
Without signing up for an account you can take a set of podcast tours to see how to use Basecamp.
This link connects to a tour of a basecamp project at KEEN footwear.
https://basecamp.com/tour
You can also see various guides and tutorials here:
https://basecamp.com/help
There is also a video collection:
https://basecamp.com/help/videos
One feature allows you to make and manage to do lists, which is helpful in keeping track of your
own project items and knowing who is responsible for what:
https://basecamp.com/help/videos/organizing-to-dos
Obviously, other easily accessible software allows you to send messages and share files, but Basecamp
helps avoid some of the problems that develop when people forget to reply to all or when you lose track
of which is the latest version of a document a group is editing.
https://basecamp.com/help/videos/email-content
When you have an account, this is what you see(your dashboard) when you sign in:
I have two projects and one of the projects has two events. You can create a new project by clicking on
the “Create” button.
The first time you do that you will see a box that instructs you
Welcome to your new project
This Overview screen will show you the latest activity in
your project. But before we can show you activity, you'll
need to get the project started.
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→ Post the first message
→ Create the first to-do list
→ Add an event to the calendar
→ Upload the first file