(4.1) Manage.me : dashboard

App Screen 1

Welcome to the user guide for the Manage.me Dashboard. this blog post explains all the functionality provided by the Dashboard screen of the app.

Getting started

First things first, make an account on Manage.me , you just need a valid email id and a mobile no. to get started so make an account, so that you can better follow this guide by trying things yourself along. Signup Process is simple, here is a short video to help you through the signup process.

Signup process

Dashboard

Time Tracker

Time tracker is the main feature of this app , this feature provides 3 kinds of agenda views to provide an insight into your weekly , daily and monthly schedule and allocated /free time. The view provided by time tracker are as follows :-

1. Month : this gives a monthly view of all your allocated tasks and deadlines to give you an insight into your schedule and progress on plans.
2. week view : This is the most used one and provides the weekly view o f your schedule and deadlines.
3. day focus : this view allows to focus on a particular day and [prepare your schedule for a particular day.

aim of the time tracker is to provide a vertical gantt chart kind of view of our time to give an insight into available and allocated time. following is small video demonstrating the use of time tracker , the same also acts as the canvas on which you will be adding/editing tasks to make your plans.

Using Time Tracker

1. Adding (allocating) Tasks : to add a task simply click on any black area (unallocated) on the time tracker canvas, this will mark the starting time and drag till your desired end time, release mouse click to allocate the event, you will see sync successful green colored alert above time tracker this means the task has been synced with cloud server. Here is a short video to show the things in action.

adding a task

2. Changing Time Slot /Date of the task : to change the time slot or date of the task simply click on event , drag it and drop it on your desired date / time slot to update the event . simple , following is a short demo.

relocating a task

3. Changing Duration of task : to change the duration of the tsak simply hover the mouse towards the end of the task time block , cursor will change to an extender , simply click and drag the cursor to change the size of the time allocation block to update the task.

resizing a task

4. Adding All Day Events : these events are allocated in a special section right under the date section called the all day section. these events do not occupy a time slot , instead they sit on the top of the stack of tasks right under the date to act as reminders or deadlines. here’s a video demonstrating their use.

5. Deep Customization of a Task Block : Apart from the minor time and date changes , this app allows more granular customization like changing color of the event block , adding description to them , changing categories or titles or deleting the task entirely can be done from a new screen called the event detail page, this page can be accessed for any event by clicking it. click on the following link for detailed guide on event details page.

(5.1) Manage.me : Task Details Page

For a Detailed Guide on the Misc. Screen’s functionality, refer the following link.

(6.1) Manage.me : Misc. Screens