How to Use and Install the Upwork Desktop App in 2021 | Upwork Beginner Tutorial
How to Use and Install the Upwork Desktop App in 2021 | Upwork Beginner Tutorial
How do you install the Upwork desktop app and start working on hourly rate jobs with clients? In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install the desktop app and time tracker for Upwork step-by-step. I’ll also show you how to use the app to log your hours when working with clients.
It is necessary to have the Upwork desktop app installed on your Windows or Mac computer if you are working on hourly rate projects for clients. You’ll be able to track your hours as you work and manually log time on hourly contracts. The app also offers you payment protection so you can be sure to get paid for the hours you put in and protects both the client and the freelancer.
Note: I am not sponsored by Upwork to create this video. These videos are meant to be tutorials and instructional videos on how to get started as a freelancer and all opinions are my own.
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6.24 -> Hello, everyone and welcome back to my channel
Jennifer Marie vo where I teach you different
10.64 -> ways that you can make money online working
from home. In my last tutorial, I discussed
15.44 -> the difference between fixed price contracts
and hourly contracts on Upwork. And Upwork is a
20.8 -> freelancing platform where you can find different
jobs that you can do online. So in today's video,
26.16 -> I'm going to show you how to install the Upwork
desktop app so that you can get started tracking
31.6 -> your hours and get paid per hour once you
start a new contract with a client on Upwork.
37.28 -> If you haven't already, make sure to subscribe
to my channel for more videos just like this one
41.6 -> on how to become a work from home freelancer.
Before we get started, I just want to make it
46.8 -> clear that I have not been sponsored by Upwork. To
create this video. All opinions in this video are
52.24 -> my own. I'm simply sharing with you my experience
working on Upwork. I am currently a top rated plus
58.4 -> Freelancer on Upwork. As of the time of creating
this video, I have a 100% job success rating
64.56 -> and have earned over 80,000 US dollars since I
started freelancing on Upwork at the end of 2017.
71.2 -> I have a whole bunch of different tutorials
you can follow about freelancing on Upwork,
75.2 -> which I will link you to in the description
below. So let's get into the video. To start
80.48 -> doing hourly jobs, you need to download the Upwork
desktop app by going to upwork.com slash AB slash
87.52 -> downloads. The app allows you to track time
by running the time tracker as you work.
93.84 -> This also gives you payment protection on hourly
contracts, you're going to go ahead and click
99.44 -> on your download version. If you don't know what
version of computer you have, type in about your
104.88 -> PC. And then under system type, you'll see if
you have a 64 bit operating system or 32 bit,
112.16 -> choose the standard version of whichever
operating system you have. And then click
117.28 -> Download up work desktop app. So once the dot e xe
file downloads, go ahead and double click on it,
124.32 -> then agree to the license agreement. And then
use your login credentials to log into Upwork.
131.12 -> Now you'll get a bit more information about the
app Upwork on your desktop is a time tracker and
136.8 -> instant messenger. You'll run the time
tracker and describe your activity as you work
142.08 -> for payment protection on hourly contracts, you
can access the time tracker and messages through
148.16 -> the Upwork icon in the system tray or menu bar.
Okay, so now we've opened up the time tracker,
155.44 -> you can click on this message icon to open
or close your messages with your clients.
162 -> If for whatever reason the time tracker hasn't
popped up, you can right click on the Upwork icon
167.76 -> in your system tray right here. And go open
time tracker. So now you have your clients here.
175.12 -> And now you'll select the client you want to
start working for. So you can see that right
179.44 -> now the time tracker is off. To start working
simply click the on button. So now it will be
186.4 -> tracking the work that we're doing. It will start
to track time as you do work for this client,
192 -> you can fill out a memo here of whatever it is
that you're doing. And click Update. You can even
198.24 -> set a reminder to create a new memo at a certain
time interval if you want to update what you are
203.28 -> working on. This is a way to keep your client
updated about what you are doing. To turn it off
208.8 -> just click the off button. If you have done work
for a client and you want to add work manually,
214.72 -> you can click Add manual time and enter the date
and time slot where you worked for the client and
221.84 -> also add a memo. But remember that the manual time
does not qualify for up work hourly protection.
228.24 -> So once you start tracking your hours your
hours will pop up here for how many hours
232.64 -> or minutes you have worked today. And then
here we'll show you how many hours you have
236.88 -> worked for this client this week. If there is
an hourly limit, it will show you right here.
242.56 -> So where it says latest screen capture the Upwork
desktop app automatically uploads a screenshot and
248.56 -> activity summary to the work diary for every
10 minutes that a freelancer tracks time.
254.24 -> So as you are working the app will take screen
captures that will be saved in your work diary so
259.2 -> clients can review your progress and check that
you are actually doing your job. Whether that
263.84 -> is video editing, graphic design, translating,
writing, data entry or whatever else you have been
269.2 -> hired to do on your computer. So once you have
finished working or if you are stopping to take
274.08 -> a break, you'll just click the off button, you can
turn the on and off button as needed to track your
279.6 -> time working with the client. To view your work
diary, you can click View work diary. And this
285.68 -> will direct you to Upwork website where you can
view all the hours you have worked for this client
290.64 -> and also toggle through different clients. So
here you can toggle through your different clients
296.96 -> and you'll be able to see the time autotrac
reflected by The green squares you can see here,
302.32 -> and manually tracks will be reflected by the
yellow. Alternatively, you can click on my
307.36 -> jobs and then go to work diary as well. So from
here, you can also delete anything that you want.
314.72 -> So this has been automatically tracked time and I
wasn't actually doing any work here, I just wanted
318.8 -> to do this as a demo. So I'm going to press
Delete. And this will delete the screenshots,
324.16 -> memos and activities for this. So once I delete
that now it will show that I haven't done any
329.52 -> work for this client so far. So let's go back to
the time tracker, you can change the settings by
335.44 -> clicking on the gear icon and going to settings.
And here you can select the screen capture,
342.4 -> either to capture the active monitor or capture
all monitors. And you can also adjust the
347.68 -> notifications for when the app takes a screenshot.
You can turn off the notification or sound in case
353.76 -> you find it distracting while you work. And you
can test it out as well by clicking test it out.
360.48 -> And you'll hear a little click sound. So
you'll know when the app has taken a picture
366 -> or screenshot of your screen while you're working.
There's also other things you can change as well
371.44 -> the time zones, you can take a camera shot while
with screen shots while you're tracking as well.
377.76 -> And if you are working on hourly
contracts with multiple clients,
381.04 -> and you want to change between them
to start working for a new client,
384.56 -> so let's say I did an hour work for
this client here. I can go back select
390.16 -> another client and click Start and this will
start tracking for my next client as well.
397.84 -> And that is basically all you need to
know about using up works desktop app
401.6 -> and time tracker. I will be creating more
Upwork tutorial soon and giving you more
406.08 -> tips on how to get more jobs and secure
more clients. So if you haven't already,
410.64 -> make sure to subscribe to my channel and click
like on this video. It really does help me out.
415.84 -> Thanks again for watching and
I'll see you in my next tutorial.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFQ15HJUQ2E