QuickBooks® Online Essentials

no certificate
with CEU Certificate*
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15Lessons
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31Exams &
Assignments -
10Hours
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1.0CEUs
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1,392Students
have taken this course
Course Description
QuickBooks® Online Essentials contains all the features and tools that a small business, or even a contractor, would need to keep track of vendors, customers, and financial accounts. You can pay bills using QuickBooks® Online Essentials, prepare payroll, and even print checks. However, to do things such as prepare budgets, keep track of employee time, and create purchase orders, you would need to upgrade your account and pay a higher monthly fee. The online version does not provide the inventory capabilities that its desktop counterpart does, the same capabilities that make the desktop version perfect for even larger companies.
This course is designed for the beginning or intermediate user of QuickBooks® Online Essentials. The purpose of this course is to teach you how to successfully navigate and use QuickBooks® Online Essentials as your business' accounting software. However, it's also useful for those who have used previous versions of QuickBooks® and want to learn about new layouts or features.
As a student, you do not need access to QuickBooks® Online Essentials to satisfactorily complete this course. Screenshots and step-by-step instructions will be provided to teach you how to use the program without you having to use it at all. However, it is highly recommended that you utilize the 30 day free trial Quicken (the makers of QuickBooks®) gives with their online program so that you can follow along, then practice what you learn.
You'll learn how to use all the features of QuickBooks® Online Essentials including:
· Setting up your company in QuickBooks®
· Creating customer, vendor, and employee lists
· Managing payroll in QuickBooks® Online Essentials
· Creating and tracking invoices
· Paying Bills
· Writing checks in QuickBooks® Online Essentials
· And much more!
However, even though you do not necessarily need access to QuickBooks® Online Essentials to complete this course, we do highly recommended that you at least utilize the 30 day free trial Intuit (the makers of QuickBooks®) gives with their online program so that you can follow along with all of our tutorials and practice what you learn.
- Completely Online
- Self-Paced
- Printable Lessons
- Full HD Video
- 6 Months to Complete
- 24/7 Availability
- Start Anytime
- PC & Mac Compatible
- Android & iOS Friendly
- Accredited CEUs

Course Lessons
Lesson 1: Introduction to QuickBooks Online Essentials
Lesson 1 Video
Review Article: Review of Quickbooks Online
Complete: Lesson 1 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 1: Introduction to QuickBooks Online Essentials
Lesson 2: Getting Started with QuickBooks Online Essentials
Lesson 2 Video
Review Article: Getting Started Guide
Complete: Lesson 2 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 2: Getting Started with QuickBooks Online Essentials
Lesson 3: Add Company Users to QuickBooks
Lesson 3 Video
Review Article: Multiple users, multiple benefits--how it works
Complete: Lesson 3 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 3: Add Company Users to QuickBooks
Lesson 4: Setting Up Your Company In QuickBooks Online Essentials
Lesson 4 Video
Complete: Lesson 4 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 4: Setting Up Your Company In QuickBooks Online Essentials
Lesson 5: Setting Preferences
Lesson 5 Video
Complete: Lesson 5 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 5: Setting Preferences
Lesson 6: Setting Up Accounting
Lesson 6 Video
Complete: Lesson 6 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 6: Setting Up Accounting
Lesson 7: Creating Lists
Lesson 7 Video
Complete: Lesson 7 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 7: Creating Lists
Lesson 8: Creating Transactions and Entering Data
Lesson 8 Video
Complete: Lesson 8 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 8: Creating Transactions and Entering Data
Lesson 9: Paying Bills
Lesson 9 Video
Complete: Lesson 9 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 9: Paying Bills
Lesson 10: Collecting and Tracking Money from Customers
Lesson 10 Video
Complete: Lesson 10 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 10: Collecting and Tracking Money from Customers
Lesson 11: The Checkbook
Lesson 11 Video
Complete: Lesson 11 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 11: The Checkbook
Lesson 12: Printing Checks
Lesson 12 Video
Complete: Lesson 12 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 12: Printing Checks
Lesson 13: Payroll
Lesson 13 Video
Complete: Lesson 13 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 13: Payroll
Lesson 14: Reports
Lesson 14 Video
Complete: Lesson 14 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 14: Reports
Lesson 15: Online Banking
Lesson 15 Video
Take Poll: End of Course Poll
Take Survey: Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course)
Complete: Lesson 15 Assignment
Complete: Final Exam
Complete Exam: Lesson 15: Online Banking
Learning Outcomes
- Describe QuickBooks Online is and how it differs from other QuickBooks products.
- Demonstrate setting up QuickBooks Online and adding company users.
- Demonstrate setting up accounting.
- Determine creating lists.
- Demonstrate creating transactions and entering data.
- Demonstrate paying bills with QuickBooks Online.
- Demonstrate collecting and tracking money from customers.
- Demonstrate how to use the checkbook with QuickBooks Online Essentials.
- Demonstrate printing checks and running payroll with QuickBooks online.
- Demonstrate report creation and report printing.
- Demonstrate using QuickBooks with online banking, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
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- Earn an Official Certificate Documenting Course Hours and CEUs
- Verify Your Certificate with a Unique Serial Number Online
- View and Share Your Certificate Online or Download/Print as PDF
- Display Your Certificate on Your Resume and Promote Your Achievements Using Social Media

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