Course overview - Jira Tutorial

- [Instructor] Welcome to Course 1 of the Managing Jira Cloud Project series, presented by Atlassian University. At Atlassian University, our mission is to help Atlassian users like you develop new skills, improve your team's work, and advance your professional career. In this series, we will be learning how to create, configure, and maintain projects in Jira Cloud, and how to partner effectively with Jira administrators. Now let's take a look at what you'll be learning in Course 1. In this course, you will get an overview of how to manage projects, components of a Jira project, identify permissions, and assign project roles. In order to succeed with this course, you will need a basic understanding of Jira Cloud projects, boards, issues, issue types, and workflow. If you're new to Jira, we recommend starting with one of Atlassian University's Jira Essentials courses. The topics we will cover in this course are managing projects and managing roles and permissions. The approximate time for each topic includes the lecture and demo. Get started with Jira Cloud in a few simple steps. First, go to the Atlassian homepage at www.atlassian.com, click the blue Try now button at the top right of the page, scroll down to the plan and track section on the left side of the next page, click the light gray Try cloud button under JIRA software, then register and download from the signup page. Now, let's get started.