Welcome toOnline 101A FinancialAccounting5.0 units

Paul R. St. John, CPA – Fullerton CollegeOrientation for Online Fall 2014

Professor St. John’s Background• Started at Santa Monica College and

graduated with a Bachelor of Science -Business Administration degree with an option in Accounting at Cal State Long Beach

• CPA licensed in California and in public accounting for over 30 years

• Last 14 years teaching here at Fullerton College full time 2

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Audited these diverse areas …• Advertising agency• Motion picture film production• Real estate housing developer• Mobile home manufacturers• Escrow companies• Private high school• Furniture manufacturer and retailer• Gemological Institute of America• American Gemological Society• Teleflora

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Faculty Website still available, but has essentially been replaced by Blackboard (Bb) once semester has started

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In the next slide I will show you how to keep this PPT in show presentation mode with another window open at the same time.

After viewing the next slide, stop (escape) this PPT and open the syllabus from my website and then restart the PPT in presentation (window) mode.

How to have Lecture PPT or even this

orientation window open while working

on Blackboard or looking at the

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• Select: Slide Show• Set Up Slide Show• Browsed by an

individual (window)• OK

Viewing these power points in Slide Show mode reveal timing and animations that are important

Now continue this Orientation PPT while looking at the syllabus in another window.

Let’s Look at the Syllabus• Websites, faculty office hours, WileyPlus access

through Bb ONLY• Text, Software, & Supplies• Attendance, Campus Tutoring, ADA

Considerations, Academic Honesty Policy, and Computer Labs

• Students have 10,000 points available from chapter WileyPlus activities, discussion board, group, other activities, and final exam.

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Final is 4,000 pts. or 40% of the grade

Students should go into the final with at least 4,400 points

65% of 4,000 = 2,600 + 4,400 =7,000 pts. to pass course

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4,050 points (including Appendix E 150 pts. below) all graded automatically in WileyPlus, 300 per chapter

1,950 points all graded manually by professor

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Everything listed by due date

Ch. 1 Available a Week before School • So Get an early start• WileyPlus ONLY available through FC Bb• Buy only from FC Bookstore or you can

buy etext through FC Bb/WileyPlus course• But wait, the first 14 days are FREE and

access comes with etext• So keep Bb open while viewing this PPT in

Slide Show Presentation (window) mode

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WileyPlus through Bb for every chapter• In Class Practice

• For Online class this is really pre-homework and is required• Chapter PowerPoint’s help you through these ICPs• Algorithmic – everyone has different #s• There are 5 attempts per exercise or part given for 50 points

• Homework• See due dates in the schedule in syllabus• The deadlines and details are also in Bb/WileyPlus• Algorithmic – everyone has different #s• 5 attempts per exercise or part for 150 points possible

• Chapter Test• 25 pooled multiple choice questions• Questions linked to etext• Two attempts and not timed for 100 points

• Not in WileyPlus - 50 points for the Discussion Board in Bb

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Sign in if not already.May take up to 24 hours after late registration to show up in our Bb course.

Username is your student number preceded by an @.

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101AF Financial Accounting Bb Home Page

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Do are not supported in this course, but were left in for those

who might want them.

Home Page:

Announcements

Tasks – You manually update the status of your tasks

Note the left menu bar:

101A Home PageContent / Assignments

Discussion BoardYour Group

Tools / emailBb HelpSyllabus

[This] Orientation PowerPoint

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Chapters are revealed on Monday at 8am a week before the official start of the chapter

Click Left Menu Bar to show Content/Assignments

Click right squares to show detail, if any

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Chapter 1•Introduce Yourself•Follow on Twitter•etext Reading•Discussion Forum•Lecture PPT•In Class Practice (ICP) •Chapter Test•Business Activity•Homework•Homework Helper PowerPoints (PPTs)

Click on the right boxes to expandSee breadcrumbsSee your Bb gradesGrades also in WileyPlus and they sync often, but not always immediately

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If you click on Chapter 1, you will be entering WileyPlus for the first time and will have to register. Don’t choose a “privacy” setting or I will not be able to see your grades in WileyPlus.WileyPlus syncs your grades regularly to Bb, where I can, of course, see them. You will need to have your access code within 14 days. Enter it now if you have it.

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• This etext is broken down by sections and doesn’t have page numbers

• Self-Test Questions are used in my Lecture PowerPoints

• Questions are used in the chapter discussion board• Brief Exercises and Do It! Review used in the In Class

Practice assignments• Exercises and Problem: Set A used in Homework• Broadening Your Perspective is the source of the

communication and ethics cases, and BYP2-5• A Look at IFRS compares the US standards to the

emerging international standards

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Lots of Multimedia Resources available. Use as required to learn the material.

Online Section – Chapter ActivitiesWithin the first 48 hours (Tuesday midnight):1.Read Chapter (Ch.) 1 (etext or hard copy)2.View the Lecture PPTs in presentation mode while3.Preparing the In Class Practice in WileyPlus4.Answer only 1 question in the ch. Discussion Forum5.Take ch. Test using only 1st attempt and NO guessing6.Get started on Ch. 1 Biz Activities extra assignmentBy Thursday, but no later than Saturday: 7.Attempt all Homework and research missing Test ?s8.Read, Rate, & Reply to peer answers in Disc. Forum9.Ask or Answer peer questions in the Disc. ForumBy the Sunday deadline:10.Finish Homework, Test, Disc. Forum, & Biz Activities

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Discussion Forums set up by chapter – your new question thread should have a specific subject for example a question on “P4-1A part b” should be in the Ch4 Discussion Forum

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Go to Discussions,Introduce Yourself and post a photofor 50 extra credit points

Time Commitment – 16 week Course 101A Financial Accounting

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Per Week In Class Outside Class Total TimeTraditional 5.5 11 16.5

Online 0 16.5 16.5

Hybrid 2.8 13.7 16.5

Hours per Week (roughly a ch. / week)15+ 14-12 12-10 9 or less

Extra Assignments by ChapterBesides In Class Practice, Discussion, Homework, & Test (350 pts.)

1.Ch. 1 - Business Activities in Discussion Board (100 pts.)

2.BYP2-5 in the Discussion Board (100 pts.)

3.GLS P3-5A in Bb/WileyPlus (100 pts.)

4.GLS P4-7A in Bb/WileyPlus (100 pts.)

5.Comprehensive Problem Ch. 5 done in Your Group (100 pts.)

6.SEC 10K recap and analysis using Excel template (100 pts.)

7.Comp. Prob. Ch. 7 done in Your Group (100 pts.)

8.Communications Case written assignment (100 pts.)

9.Comp. Prob. Ch. 9 done in Your Group (100 pts.)

10.Current Event PowerPoint (200 pts.)

11.Ch. 11 no extra assignment (Appendix E has its own week -150 pts.)

12.SEC 10K recap with ALL ratios learned (100 pts.)

13.Group Analysis of Industry SEC 10K recaps (100 pts.)23

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Course SLOs in Brief• Identify, record, categorize and summarize

transactions• Recognize revenues and expenses in the

proper period as required by accrual basis GAAP

• Prepare adjustments related to bad debts, inventory, and long-term assets

• Prepare and analyze financial statements• Ensure the integrity of financial information

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etext and WileyPlus free for 2 weeks• Get into Bb/WileyPlus

even before buying your text

• WileyPlus is available only through our Bb website

Extra Credit:•Follow me on Twitter

• @FCProfStJohn

•Introduce Yourself

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A Tough, Time Consuming 5 Unit Course • It may seem like a lot of busy work, but accounting

requires lots of practice to really understand what is happening and why

• You should take 15 seconds and reflect after each exercise is performed successfully

• Why is it important and how does it fit into the accounting cycle?

• Once you get it, you have it for life and you can apply accounting to any of your pursuits and passions

• The first four chapters are the most important• The math for the most part is not that tough• Everyone can succeed as long as you put in the time and

effort• So let’s get it done, this semester!

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If you can’t put in the time & work to get through this ride, then do the right thing and give someone else your seat.