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Atlassian Answered: What is Jira? Find out more to earn a kudos badge! šŸ’”

Do you want to learn more about Atlassian? Then take a look at our video series: Atlassian Answered ā­ļø

With Atlassian Answered, the amazing @Kevin Lee answers your top questions about Atlassian in an easy to understand way.

Jira is commonly used across lots of teams, but what is it? Watch Kevin’s video for an introduction!

So now that you’ve watched this Jira overview, you can earn the Atlassian Answered: Jira kudos badge!

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To earn the badge, you’ll need to do both of the following:

  1. Complete the Get started quickly with Jira learning course

  2. Leave a comment below with something you learnt from this video! Whether you’re a new Jira user or an expert, let us know what you found helpful

Want to earn more Atlassian Answered kudos badges? Check these out here!

 

16 comments

Stephen_Lugton
Community Champion
October 27, 2025

Thanks @Angelie Stephens I already recommend the Get started quickly with Jira learning course to all our new starters!

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Kai Krause
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October 27, 2025

The point Start navigating Jira | Learning - Atlassian Community is with the new navigation nice explanied i think 

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Carlos
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October 27, 2025

Learning the basics of Jira at its core is a great start for diving deeper into it to get the best use for myself and my team.

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Tomislav Tobijas
Community Champion
October 27, 2025

I've heard ā€œJiraā€ mentioned so many times in the video that I’m tempted to share this article with my colleagues who still say ā€œJay-raā€. Maybe it’ll help with pronunciation too šŸ˜…

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Liz Tanner
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October 27, 2025

The non-software-industry-related examples and customization emphasis I think is the most important overview of Jira for non-tech newbies or prospective customers. Up to the past few years, Jira had always been typecast as a software, dev, DevOps, IT, ITSM, or tech dept's software. The quick use cases and simple Kanban example shared in the video make Jira more inviting to non-tech clients and teams outside of Jira's tech-based user personas.

This also will really help system and network admins better serve clients. For instance, a DevOps sprint reports and associated metrics are a go-to for identifying process bottlenecks... but, your first-time sales client needs data for lead generation and SEM insights. Thinking beyond software/tech will prep new and old Jira admins for troubleshooting and enhancements, esp. w/ customized features.

 

Vronik
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October 27, 2025

Hi

These basic and updated courses are fantastic, especially for those new to JIRA and who need to understand the basic features to progress further in the tool. I think it's essential for Atlassian to update the videos because the tool is constantly evolving, and some become obsolete.

Great idea

Regards

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Gor Greyan
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October 28, 2025

Hi @Angelie Stephens

Thanks for this idea.

I have passed the "Get started quickly with Jira" course, when I we have started to use Jira Cloud — super helpful!
Great course for beginners to understand the basic concept of Jira.

I have recommended it in our organization.

Amrik Birdi
Contributor
October 28, 2025

Great insight to Jira for beginners

Rinjini Poddar
Contributor
October 28, 2025

I successfully completed the course — a great starting point for beginners learning Jira.

Yash Smith October 28, 2025

Thanks for sharing! We focus on creating innovative and scalable software solutions powered by the latest technologies like AI, IoT, and automation. Whether you’re interested in building mobile apps, management systems, or custom platforms, our expert developers can help turn your idea into reality.

Urmo
Contributor
October 28, 2025

Jira course is long time ago done but video is good for new users to undestand better how Jira works and why Jira is so popular.

Valerie Knapp
Community Champion
October 28, 2025

Just as a reminder, this is another course where you will need to update the terminology from 'projects' to 'spaces'

Johanna Lundhag October 28, 2025

Will send it to your new users! :)

Bobby Taylor
Contributor
October 28, 2025

These short learning materials are so helpful and easy to share with team members, new or experienced. Keep them coming please!

Rhett Livengood
Contributor
October 28, 2025

good overview.  Learned what Jira is.

Hector Florin
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October 28, 2025

Good view, it shows how Jira organizes the projects layout and how to customize it.

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