Let’s Clean Up! Video Tutorials

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The video below is designed to help you understand some of the program's key features and give you a feel for what it's like to interact with the program. It is divided into short sections that you can view individually or all at once. If you want to view a different topic at any time, just click the entries in the Video Menu.

1. Overview (Housekeeping Software Overview - What Let's Clean Up! can do for you)

The Let's Clean Up! program makes it easy to keep your home clean and in order. It keeps track of all of your household chores and tells you which ones need to be done each day. By using the program, you gain a sense of control over your household responsibilities that you may never have experienced before.

If you've searched online, you've probably found plenty of static chore lists and maybe you've even tried to create one for yourself. But if you've tried using one of those lists, you've probably found that it wasn't nearly as helpful as you had hoped. Static chore lists are far too rigid.

Let's Clean Up! is different. It's not just an unchanging list of all the chores that will ever need to be done. It actually produces a different list of chores each day, depending on how often you plan to do each chore and how long it's been since you did each of them.

Let's Clean Up! is adaptable to your family and your lifestyle. It allows you to describe each chore with as much or as little detail as is appropriate for you and your cleaning team.

If you have young children, you can provide detailed instructions such as "Take everything off the top of the dresser, dust each piece and the top of the dresser, and then put everything back. Dust the bookcase. Dust the lamp.", whereas you might only enter "Dust all horizontal surfaces" as instructions to adults.

As your children get older, it's easy to change the chore descriptions if you desire.

Let's Clean Up! has a built-in points system that can help motivate and reward you and your team for a job well-done. The program allows you to award a different number of points for each completed chore. You provide the rewards, and the program keeps track of how many points each person has earned towards them.

You might actually start to look forward to cleaning!

2. How to Use Let's Clean Up! (How to Use Let's Clean Up! House Cleaning Software)

Using Let's Clean Up! is a 3-step process:

  1. First, set up your cleaning schedule.
  2. Then, when you're ready to clean, print out your cleaning checklist for the day.
  3. And finally, when you're finished cleaning, tell the program what you accomplished.
Setup:

The program has a wizard that makes it easy to set up your initial list of chores. After you've used the wizard, you can use the "Set Up Schedule" feature to fine-tune your schedule. You can:

  • Add, delete, or change chore descriptions
  • Change how often each chore should be repeated
  • Assign chores to specific people or groups of people
  • Enter the number of points each chore is worth
Ready to Clean:

When you're ready to start cleaning, click the "Ready to Clean" button. Just enter the date and which team members should be included, and up pops your cleaning checklist. You can print a single checklist, or a separate one for each person. You can also set up the program to use different print sizes for different team members. Print the list, then, as you clean, check off the chores you completed on the list.

Finished Cleaning:

When you're finished cleaning, click the "Finished Cleaning" button. Enter the date and which team members should be included, and then you'll see the Finished Cleaning Checklist. Using your printed checklist as a guide, mark which chores were completed. If you're using our reward system, you should also make sure that the correct team member's name is selected for each completed chore and adjust the number of points awarded if necessary.

Pretty simple, right?

3. Using the Schedule Setup Wizard (Creating a Cleaning Schedule with the Schedule Setup Wizard)

The first time you start up Let's Clean Up!, the program will ask if you want to set up your cleaning schedule. If you answer "Yes", it'll start up the New Schedule Setup Wizard, which is the simplest way to create a brand-new cleaning schedule.

  1. The first thing the wizard does is to ask you how often you plan to do most chores, and whether you plan to do most chores on one certain day of the week.
  2. Next you'll see a screen that lets you enter information about chores that you'll do in your bathrooms. If you have more than one bathroom, enter a different name for each bathroom. Then edit the list of chores that will be done in every bathroom. If you add a chore, make sure you enter it in the blank space at the end of the list.
  3. Next, you'll go through the same process for your bedrooms.
  4. The screen for the kitchen works the same way, except that the program assumes that you don't have more than one kitchen.
  5. Then you can enter chores that you do outdoors.
  6. Then list all the rooms in your home other than bathrooms, bedrooms, and kitchens. First, delete any rooms from the list that are not in your home. Next, add any rooms that are missing from the list. You can change the name of a room if you need to. Finally, put a check mark next to each room where you plan to do the chores listed to the right. Then edit the list of chores if necessary.
  7. The last screen in the wizard lets you add chores that didn't fit into any of the previous screens.

When you click the "Finished" button, the wizard creates your cleaning schedule for you. Then you can use the "Set Up Schedule" feature to fine-tune your schedule and assign chores to specific people or groups of people if you desire.

4. Using the Reward System (Home Cleaning Software - Chores Reward System)

One of Let's Clean Up's exciting new features is a system for accumulating and managing points that you can use to motivate and reward yourself and your teammates for a job well-done. You provide the rewards, and Let's Clean Up! keeps track of everything else.

To get started, think about what types of rewards would be the most effective. Be creative! Make sure each team member knows what they're working towards, and how many points they'll need. If you do this step right, your team will be clamoring to do the more difficult chores!

Now, how does the system work in Let's Clean Up?

First, go into "Set Up Schedule" and enter the number of points that each chore is worth. It's also a good idea to assign a rotation list or team member to as many chores as possible so that it'll be easy to keep track of who earned the points for each chore.

When you finish cleaning, make sure that the team member and number of points is correct for each completed chore. You can also enter bonus points if someone did an especially good job.

To see how many points have been earned and to redeem points, use the "Manage Points" feature.

Enter the name of the team member first, and you will see a summary of the number of points they've earned. There is a button to see a detailed report that lists of all the points that the team member has redeemed so far.

To redeem points, just enter the number of points to be redeemed and a description of what they're being redeemed for.

It's that simple!

Here are some reward ideas to get you started:

  • For kids, you might offer TV or video game time, special meals or snacks, a special toy, pocket money, or special outings. You are the best judge of what will help motivate your kids!
  • For adults, you might offer a backrub, a trip to a favorite restaurant, or whatever type of entertainment that person most enjoys. Make it something that's worth working for.

5. Rotating Chores (Rotating Home Chore Responsibilities)

Rotation lists allow you to rotate chores between groups of team members. Each chore in your cleaning schedule has a field where you can select the list of people who will do the chore in a rotating order. You don't have to use rotation lists if you don't want to, but they can help you assign chores more fairly and keep your cleaning team members from feeling like they're stuck in a rut doing the same chores every time.

When you attach a rotation list to a chore, the program automatically selects the first name on the rotation list as the person who will do the chore next. You can change that name if desired. When you use the "Finished Cleaning" checklist to complete a rotated chore, the program uses the rotation list to determine who will be assigned to do the chore next. If you change the name of the team member who completed the chore, it also changes who'll do the chore next.

To manage your rotation lists, click the "Edit Rotation Lists" button. Each rotation list has its own name. You can go directly to a specific list by selecting its name from the drop-down list, or you can use the browse buttons to page through all the lists. You can change the name of a rotation list by first going to that list and then typing the new name.

To add a new rotation list, click the "Add New Rotation List" button and enter the name of the new list. You also have the option of copying all the team members from an existing rotation list into the new list.

To add a team member to a rotation list, first go to that list and then select the name from the drop-down list or type in the name of the team member at the end of the list.

To delete a team member from a rotation list, first go to that list and then click on the name of the team member you want to remove. Then click the "Delete Row" button.

A chore will be rotated between team members in the same order that the members are listed in the rotation list. If you want to change that order, you can use the "Move Selected Team Members Up or Down" buttons.

To delete a rotation list, just go to the list and click the "Delete Current Rotation List" button.

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