Online Class: Introduction to QuickBooks 2011

This QuickBooks course is geared for the small business and the small business owner. It contains the features that you loved in Quicken, then goes a step further to give small business the robust accounting system much needed.

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  • 15
    Lessons
  • 17
    Exams &
    Assignments
  • 7
    Hours
    average time
  • 0.7
    CEUs
 
 

Course Description

QuickBooks® 101 is a course geared for the small business and the small business owner. It contains the features that you loved in Quicken®, then goes a step further to give small businesses the accounting software they need to take their numbers from an expensive CPA's desk to their own computers.

This course was designed for any small business who wants to start doing their accounting in-house.   It's also perfect for the student who wants to learn this software program for their employer or to further their skills and career. Whether you want to learn QuickBooks Pro or Premier, this course will teach you everything you need to know to be able to use the software program for almost any business type.

You'll learn:

·    How QuickBooks® is organized

·    How to create lists that you'll need to be able to use the software efficiently

·    The features of QuickBooks 2011 and, much more importantly, the ones you'll need

·    How to set up QuickBooks.   QuickBooks 2011 has a difficult setup process. We'll walk you right through it and explain everything along the way

·    How to create bank accounts and other accounts in QuickBooks

·    How to track your expenses in QuickBooks

·    How to track inventory

·    How to use QuickBooks to generate invoices and sales receipts

·    All about Accounts Payable and QuickBooks 2011

·    How to write checks using QuickBooks

·    How to write credit memos

·    And how to do all of your business accounting, including payroll and taxes, using QuickBooks.

Each lesson gives step-by-step instructions and provides detailed screenshots of the actual software whenever possible. After completing this course, you'll be a pro at understanding and using QuickBooks! So why not join us today?
In order to benefit fully from this course and its exercises, please make sure you have a working copy of QuickBooks® installed on your computer before registering.

Intuit and QuickBooks are trademarks and service marks of Intuit Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. 
  • Completely Online
  • Self-Paced
  • 6 Months to Complete
  • 24/7 Availability
  • Start Anytime
  • PC & Mac Compatible
  • Android & iOS Friendly
  • Accredited CEUs
Universal Class is an IACET Accredited Provider
 

Course Lessons

Lesson 1: Introduction to QuickBooks

QuickBooks can be used for almost all financial business processes. You can use it for entering receipts, tracking expenses, invoicing, payment tracking, tax tracking, purchase orders, and even to prepare reports and statements regarding your finances. Additional lesson topics: QuickBooks Pro ; QuickBooks Premier 11 Total Points
  • Lesson discussions: Quickbooks; Reasons for Taking this Course
  • Complete Assignment: Course Introduction and Goals
  • Assessment: Lesson 1 Exam

Lesson 2: Installing the Software and Mastering the EasyStep Interview

You'll install your QuickBooks 2011 software like you would any other software program. 10 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 2 Exam

Lesson 3: QuickBooks Lists

You still need to add products, employees, customers, and other pertinent information that QuickBooks will need. You will enter this information into lists. We'll teach you to do that in this lesson. 9 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 3 Exam

Lesson 4: Creating More Lists

In this lesson, we're going to continue to learn how to create lists that you're going to need to use this software effectively. 9 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 4 Exam

Lesson 5: Creating Invoices

Invoices are bills that you send customers. In this lesson, we're going to learn how to create and print them. 10 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 5 Exam

Lesson 6: Collecting and Tracking Money from Customers

In this lesson, you're going to learn how to enter payments into QuickBooks, deposit the money into the bank, track the amounts that is owed, and even add finance charges. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson discussions: Quickbooks Use
  • Assessment: Lesson 6 Exam

Lesson 7: Paying Bills

This is a lesson that nobody likes to think about. It's about paying bills using QuickBooks 2011. 10 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 7 Exam

Lesson 8: Inventory

QuickBooks 2011 allows you to track your inventory. 10 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 8 Exam

Lesson 9: Your Checkbook

Learning how to keep your checkbook in QuickBooks is very important. Take your time with this lesson as we go through it. It will save you time and aggravation later. 10 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 9 Exam

Lesson 10: Credit Cards

QuickBooks can be used to track your business credit cards as well as your checkbook. 9 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 10 Exam

Lesson 11: Printing Checks

In this lesson, we're going to learn to print checks and registers. 10 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 11 Exam

Lesson 12: Payroll

If you don't want to pay for payroll services, and you insist on doing it yourself, we'll show you how to use QuickBooks to do your payroll. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson discussions: Payroll
  • Assessment: Lesson 12 Exam

Lesson 13: Your Budget

In this lesson, we're going to teach you how to create your budget. 10 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 13 Exam

Lesson 14: Balancing Accounts

In this lesson, we're going to learn to balance your bank account using QuickBooks. 10 Total Points
  • Assessment: Lesson 14 Exam

Lesson 15: Reports

QuickQuickBooks 2011 gives you the ability to run several different types of reports. We're going to talk about these in this lesson, as well as teach you how to run them. Additional lesson topics: Five Essential Reports 84 Total Points
  • Lesson discussions: End of Course Poll; Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course); Course Comments; Reasons for Taking this Course
  • Assessment: Lesson 15 Exam
  • Assessment: The Final Exam
222
Total Course Points
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Define what QuickBooks and how it can be used.
  • Demonstrate installing the software and mastering the easy step interview.
  • Identify QuickBooks lists.
  • Demonstrate creating more lists.
  • Demonstrate creating invoices.
  • Demonstrate collecting and tracking money from customers.
  • Demonstrate paying bills.
  • Identify inventory.
  • Identify your checkbook.
  • Summarize credit cards and their use in QuickBooks.
  • Identify printing checks using QuickBooks.
  • Determine how to use QuickBooks for payroll.
  • Identify and create your budget in QuickBooks.
  • Identify balancing accounts in your QuickBooks program.
  • Determine creating and running reports in QuickBooks.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
 

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