Jira 2026 in Under 1 Hour
A short, hands-on course on the Jira Free plan. You follow one small team through one project, and you do every step yourself.

After the course, you can:
- Create a free Jira account and set up a Scrum space
- Use the words every Jira team uses: spaces, work items, epics and sprints
- Write good user stories, then order and size the backlog
- Plan a sprint and run it on the board with a daily standup
- Log a bug and find any work item fast with filters
- Run a sprint review and retro, and read the reports
- Add one automation rule and build a simple dashboard
- Ship a release
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Lessons
- Lesson 0
Course introduction
- Lesson 1
Day 1: the project brief
- Lesson 2
The words every Jira team uses
- Lesson 3
Create your free Jira account
- Lesson 4
Create your Scrum space
- Lesson 5
Epics, stories, tasks and subtasks
- Lesson 6
Write a good user story
- Lesson 7
Order and size the backlog
- Lesson 8
Plan your first sprint
Coming soon - Lesson 9
The board and the daily standup
Coming soon - Lesson 10
A tester finds a bug
Coming soon - Lesson 11
Find work fast with filters
Coming soon - Lesson 12
Sprint review, retro and reports
Coming soon - Lesson 13
One automation rule
Coming soon - Lesson 14
A simple dashboard
Coming soon - Lesson 15
Release version 1.7
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