This document provides a tutorial on how to use the productivity tracking software RescueTime. It includes instructions on signing up for a free Lite account or paid Premium account, downloading and installing the RescueTime desktop app, customizing tracked activities and goals, and viewing generated reports on productivity, distractions, and time spent on websites and applications. The tutorial demonstrates how to optimize goals, categories, and settings to gain insights from RescueTime analytics and improve time management.

1. Allan T. Aguirre’s Tutorial on

2. Rescue Time improves
productivity

3. It keeps eye on the
target while…

4. …manages distraction
Distraction
Distraction
Distraction
Distraction
Distraction
Distraction

5. Let’s start – open your
browser

6. Go to
www.rescuetime.com

7. Click Sign Up to register

8. Choose Lite or Premium

9. For free, choose Lite

10. Click Sign Up Now

11. Enter your email address

12. Create a password

13. Re-enter your password
for confirmation

14. Choose the Lite plan

15. Click Sign Up!

16. Check email confirmation

17. Go back to Rescue Time

18. Click desktop app to
install Rescue Time

20. Click Next on the pop-
out window

21. Then click Next to
create shortcut

22. Check box to start
during boot up

23. Otherwise, leave it
untick, then click Next.

24. Click Install

25. Click Finish to end the
installation

26. Enter your email
address for activation

28. Confirmation window for
successful activation

29. Click Close

30. The next step is to
customize

31. Choose your three most
productive activities

32. Click the categories

33. There are several
selections for
productive activities

34. There are several
selections for
productive activities

35. There are several
selections for
productive activities

36. Choose your three most
distracting activities

37. There are several
selections for
distractive activities

38. There are several
selections for
distractive activities

39. There are several
selections for
distractive activities

40. Check if time zone is
correct

42. You can adjust your
privacy options

43. Click Finish up to end
the customization

44. Your account has
been configured

45. Your statistics will
show after 10 minutes

46. Weekly summary report
sending via email

47. Example of email report

48. Example of email report

49. Now let’s see first your
goals

50. Default goals is set for you

51. To edit, click goal
section page

53. These are your
productivity goals

54. To see day’s progress,
click today

56. Progress for the day -
business goal

57. Click Open daily timer
for daily time logged

59. Daily time logged box
will appear

60. Below are websites
and applications used

61. Click this week for weekly
progress

63. The weekly view

64. Click this month for monthly
progress

66. The monthly view

67. Click Set new goal to adjust
goals

68. You can adjust your
productive time

69. Or adjust your daily
distracting time

70. Click VIEW ALL GOALS
for all goals

72. Daily summary goals

73. Click More details about
this goal for details

75. Details of the goal will be
shown

76. If you click Goal settings

77. “Goals & Alerts” page will
show

78. Now let’s see your
Dashboard

79. Dashboard shows how you
spend your time

80. Point to categories to see
websites and applications

81. Click more details to
see hour spent

83. Hours spent will be shown

84. Export, share or print the
report

85. Options for Twitter, email
and printing

87. Alert is only on Premium
account

88. Example of alert notice
on a desktop

89. Set a new goal for the
given category

90. Graphical representation
for each category

91. Summary of your goals at
the bottom

92. You can view different
reports

93. View reports on websites
and applications

94. Graphical representation of
websites and applications

95. Below are activities
ranked according to time

96. View your activities by the
hour

97. View the day timer

98. The Day timer

99. Export and/or share the
report

100. Categorize your activities

101. Review your categories
and revise if necessary

102. Adjust the category of every
activity

103. Adjust the score of every
activity

104. Or delete an activity

105. Manage as well the
categories you set

106. Change the score of your
category

107. Click options for rules
on adding categories

109. The rules for adding
categories

111. Click to add new sub-
category

113. You can choose which
top-level category but…

114. …preferably use the
Miscellaneous category

115. Enter your category name

116. Put the default score

117. Activity not categorized is
under Uncategorized

118. You can also view
reports by Categories

119. Graphical representation
of categories

120. Below is the ranking of
categories

121. Graphical representation
of sub- categories

122. Graphical representation
according to hour

123. Again, you can view Day
timer

124. The Day timer

125. Export/share the reports

126. You can also edit the
categories

127. View reports by
Productivity

128. Graphical representation
of productivity

129. Click ? for meaning of
productivity pulse

131. Your productivity pulse

133. Graphical representation
of productivity by the hour

134. Below is the time spent
per productivity

135. You can still view your
Day timer

136. Report could be exported
and/or shared

137. You can adjust the
categories of the activities

138. View reports by Your Goals

139. Summary of all your goals
by the day

140. View details of your goal

142. Open a daily timer

144. Create a new goal

145. And that’s it, you can
log out!

146. “The productivity of
work is not the
responsibility of the
worker but of the
manager.”
- Peter Drucker