Accounting Software Consider Your Teaching Learning Opportunities. Susan V. Crosson Santa Fe Community College Gainesville FL

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1 Software Consider Your Teaching Learning Opportunities Susan V. Crosson Santa Fe Community College Gainesville FL

2 = Information Architects Why add Software to your courses? Business/Financial Literacy Literacy Because it is how accounting is actually done.

3 and Education is Changing Doing Focus THE BOOKS Principles of, Tax, Audit, Government and Bookkeeping Skills and Expertise Manual systems to learn accounting processes Value added since gatekeeper to data and accounting information Stewards of locked up data and information Using Focus THE COMPUTER Computer-based (evolved from manual) accounting programs done by accountants in accounting department Value-added from Information and analyses fulfillment Team player who provides data and information to their business Present and Future Focus THE INTERNET Technology and accounting integrated throughout economy software on every desktop not just in accounting department database not legacy systems Information accessible from anywhere xbrl, search engines generated & accessed by everyone B2B Value-added is driven by User Interface What s s role?

4 Popular software

5 Software Market* Entry-level software: Sales up to $5 million; 20 employees; 5 million companies. (PT; QB, MOA) Small to medium business software: Sales up to $100 million; 100 employees; 516,000 companies. (PT; QB; MOA, GP) Small to medium enterprise software: Revenues up to $500 million; 500 employees; 84,000 companies. (GP;MAS90;MAS200) Enterprise resource planning software: Revenues $500 million+; 500+ employees; 17,000 companies. (SAP; Peoplesoft) *A Strategy for Finding the Right Software, Journal of Accountancy, September 2003;

6 Software Educational Cost Retail Cost Peachtree by Sage FREE to schools al_partnerships.cfm $ $ QuickBooks by Intuit Office 2007 by Microsoft Two versions: Express or Professional Dynamics-GP by Microsoft Pro Educational Site license $ $ e/intuit_education_program/qb_educat or_resources.aspx Or 140 day Trial version w/ textbooks Or 30 day FREE Online Edition Office Express 2007: Office Professional 2007: y=officeaccounting&culture=en-us Academic Alliance FREE to schools or 120 day educational version c_alliance.mspx Pro: $99.95 to $3, Online: $ /mo. Express FREE download or part of Office Small Business, Professional, or Ultimate Suites Professional: FREE limited use or $149 new or $99 upgrade $15,

7 Software Integration Options Financial CYGL/Peachtree QuickBooks Online or Pro MS Office Managerial MS Office Dynamics GP Computer Business Software Applications Peachtree QuickBooks Pro MS Office Dynamics GP Intermediate QuickBooks Online or Pro MS Office Dynamics GP

8 Publisher-Designed: CYGL Looks like the text and goes with the text!

9 Peachtree Peachtree Sales Navigation Aid

10 QuickBooks Online Edition Home Page

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12 QuickBooks Pro 2008 Home Page

13 Office 2007

14 Office 2007

15 Dynamics-GP 10.0

16 Software Basic Business Processes: buy, sell, build, track Acquisition/Payment Sale/Collection Conversion Human Resource Financing

17 First Software Experience: Information Generation Principles of I Financial Principles of II Managerial Intermediate Information Systems QuickBooks, Peachtree, Office Service Business followed by Retail Business Small Business

18 Basic Tasks/Processes

19 User Roles

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21 QuickBooks Project

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24 Microsoft Office Professional

25 Dynamics-GP 10.0

26 First Software Experience Recap Financial CYGL/Peachtree QuickBooks Online or Pro MS Office Managerial MS Office Dynamics GP Computer Business Software Applications Peachtree QuickBooks Pro MS Office Dynamics GP Intermediate QuickBooks Online or Pro MS Office Dynamics GP

27 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Integrating Software

28 Scaling Software Experience Through the Curriculum Intermediate I Intermediate II Information Systems Tax Audit Managerial/ Cost QuickBooks, Peachtree, Office, Dynamics-GP, SAP Service, Retail, Manufacturing, Logistics, Not-For-Profit Small, Mid-Size, Large, Multinational

29 Course Software Applications driven by User Interface Intermediate Managerial/Cost AIS Tax Audit Work Authentic Data Sets in Software Databases

30 Evolution of and Education Doing Focus THE BOOKS Principles of, Tax, Audit, Government and Bookkeeping Skills and Expertise Manual systems to learn accounting processes Value added since gatekeeper to data and accounting information Stewards of locked up data and information Using Focus THE COMPUTER Computer-based (evolved from manual) accounting programs done by accountants in accounting department Value-added from Information and analyses fulfillment Team player who provides data and information to their business Present and Future Focus THE INTERNET Technology and accounting integrated throughout economy software on every desktop not just in accounting department database not legacy systems Information accessible from anywhere xbrl, search engines generated & accessed by everyone B2B Value-added is driven by User Interface What s s role?

31 Software in Your Course? QuickBooks, Peachtree, Office, Dynamics-GP, SAP

32 Computer textbooks & supplements, Computer with Peachtree 2008, Release 15, 12e (includes software CD) 18 chapters; 700 pages Computer Essentials with QuickBooks Online Edition, 3e (30 days free) 7 chapters; 225 pages Computer Essentials with QuickBooks Pro (140- day CD) 7 chapters; 250 pages Computer with Microsoft Office 2007 (includes software CD) 14 chapters; 600 pages Computer Essentials with Microsoft Office (includes software CD) 7 chapters; 275 pages Computer with Dynamics GP 10.0, 2e (includes software) formerly Great Plains 12 chapters; 650 pages Computer Essentials with Dynamics GP 10.0, 2e (includes software CD) - 7 chapters, 275 pages Publication Date: June 15, X Publication Date: June 1, 2008 Excel (student data CD) 12 chapters; 500 pages Supplement: Student Guide to QuickBooks Pro 2006 (data CD) includes end-of-chapter transactions from College, 11e GL supplement: Carol Yacht s General Ledger and Peachtree CD-ROMs Various ISBNs;

33 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

34 Susan Crosson Santa Fe Community College Gainesville, FL