StretchLearn Course

Run real projects in Trello and Asana — boards, timelines, and automation that does the busywork

Go from an empty board to a working project system: kanban workflows, due dates and dependencies, a clean timeline, Butler and Rules automation, and dashboards your stakeholders actually read.

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Beginner9 hrSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

This course teaches non-technical team members and new project leads to run real projects in Trello and Asana with no prior experience. You will design a kanban workflow with a clean work-in-progress flow, add due dates, assignees, custom fields, and task dependencies, lay work out on a timeline, and remove manual steps with Butler automation in Trello and Rules in Asana. Every lesson ends with a concrete build step on a sample project and a worked example you can copy onto your own board, plus guidance on when Trello, when Asana, and when a spreadsheet is the right tool.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Choose between Trello, Asana, and a simple list for a given project based on team size, complexity, and reporting needs

Build a kanban board with clear stages, work-in-progress limits, and swimlanes that mirror how your team actually works

Manage tasks end to end using due dates, assignees, custom fields, subtasks, and dependencies that flag blockers early

Lay a project out on a Trello timeline or Asana Timeline and adjust dates without breaking dependent work

Automate repetitive moves and reminders with Trello Butler and Asana Rules to cut manual upkeep

Report progress to your team and stakeholders using Asana Dashboards, Trello dashboard cards, and a weekly status routine

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Foundations: Boards, Lists, and Cards

Understand what Trello and Asana are, how their core building blocks differ, and which one fits a given project, then create your first board and your first project. You leave able to set up the basic structure in either tool with intent.

3 lessons

Trello vs Asana: How They Differ and When to Use EachContent · 45 min

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Creating Your First Trello BoardContent · 45 min

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Creating Your First Asana ProjectContent · 45 min

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Module 2

Module 2: Kanban Workflows That Match Your Team

Design columns, swimlanes, and work-in-progress limits that mirror how your team really operates, and add the structure that keeps a board honest. You leave with a board layout that exposes bottlenecks instead of hiding them.

3 lessons

Designing Columns and SwimlanesContent · 45 min

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Work-In-Progress Limits and Card FlowContent · 45 min

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Templates, Recurring Work, and Backlog GroomingContent · 45 min

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Module 3

Module 3: Dates, Dependencies, and Timelines

Add the scheduling layer that turns a board into a plan: due dates, custom fields, dependencies, and a timeline view you can adjust without breaking the chain. You leave able to schedule a multi-step project and re-plan it when reality shifts.

3 lessons

Due Dates, Start Dates, and Custom FieldsContent · 45 min

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Task Dependencies and BlockersContent · 45 min

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Building a Timeline or Gantt ViewContent · 45 min

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Module 4

Module 4: Automation, Reporting, and Team Habits

Cut manual upkeep with Butler and Asana Rules, report progress with dashboards stakeholders trust, and lock in the weekly habits that keep a board from rotting. You leave with a reusable rule library and a status routine.

3 lessons

Automating Trello with ButlerContent · 45 min

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Automating Asana with RulesContent · 45 min

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Reporting, Dashboards, and the Weekly Status HabitContent · 45 min

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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

TrelloAsanaproject managementkanbantask managementautomationButlerteam productivity