In the last few months I have done 2 Accounting Courses using MYOB.
The first was a really good introduction to MYOB. It is an NCES US & I think we can use it as such both online & in our NCBAC (will check that out with NZQA). If we can’t use it as a US course we will use it as an introduction to MYOB. It comes complete with additional exercises, an assessment and answers. This is a well written resource which takes the student through the steps required for a transaction and displays the resulting invoice or purchase order. Then there are 3 more exercises where the student has to set up businesses (these consolidate their learning}.
This resource is user-friendly and uses Plus 6TE. We can print as many copies as we want & send them out to students with Plus 6TE on a CD. The only problem is the student would have to go to the nearest CLC to sit the assessment (with Q4U online they have to do this).
The assessment was straight forward and easy to interpret & covered all the elements required for the US.
The second course was US 331/332. This was not so user-friendly. I didn’t have problems with the course as I had been through the book a couple of times before. I did have problems with the assessment. It was not easy to interpret, included features which were not covered in the book & the correct answers contained transactions which were not mentioned in the actual assessment.
There are several sections in the book for 331/332 which I will amend as they are not included in the elements and not used by businesses which operate MYOB. For example Time Billing and Back orders.
To deliver a successful Accounting course the facilitator must be familiar with the material & know how to get the correct answers, i.e. must be familiar with the methods used to get the result.
We have a modified assessment for these units (331/332) which we will get moderated.
Online Courses
It is important to stay in contact with your students. In order to have a successful Discussion Board the facilitator must keep responding to all students. If you just set up the Discussion topic & then leave it to the students they will not communicate as frequently as when the facilitator continues to contribute.
If the student has a deadline to finish the unit or course & the deadline is approaching a facilitator should e-mail the student & ask how they are going or if they are having problems rather than remind them that the unit is due.
The facilitator should be checking the Digital Drop Box on a regular basis say 2x a week. If a student has a deadline then a facilitator should also have one & perhaps let the students know at the beginning of the course that their assignments will be marked within a week or a reasonable time.
Specific feedback is really important: a student wants to know what they have done well & what they have not done well so a facilitator should always provide specific feedback
The first was a really good introduction to MYOB. It is an NCES US & I think we can use it as such both online & in our NCBAC (will check that out with NZQA). If we can’t use it as a US course we will use it as an introduction to MYOB. It comes complete with additional exercises, an assessment and answers. This is a well written resource which takes the student through the steps required for a transaction and displays the resulting invoice or purchase order. Then there are 3 more exercises where the student has to set up businesses (these consolidate their learning}.
This resource is user-friendly and uses Plus 6TE. We can print as many copies as we want & send them out to students with Plus 6TE on a CD. The only problem is the student would have to go to the nearest CLC to sit the assessment (with Q4U online they have to do this).
The assessment was straight forward and easy to interpret & covered all the elements required for the US.
The second course was US 331/332. This was not so user-friendly. I didn’t have problems with the course as I had been through the book a couple of times before. I did have problems with the assessment. It was not easy to interpret, included features which were not covered in the book & the correct answers contained transactions which were not mentioned in the actual assessment.
There are several sections in the book for 331/332 which I will amend as they are not included in the elements and not used by businesses which operate MYOB. For example Time Billing and Back orders.
To deliver a successful Accounting course the facilitator must be familiar with the material & know how to get the correct answers, i.e. must be familiar with the methods used to get the result.
We have a modified assessment for these units (331/332) which we will get moderated.
Online Courses
It is important to stay in contact with your students. In order to have a successful Discussion Board the facilitator must keep responding to all students. If you just set up the Discussion topic & then leave it to the students they will not communicate as frequently as when the facilitator continues to contribute.
If the student has a deadline to finish the unit or course & the deadline is approaching a facilitator should e-mail the student & ask how they are going or if they are having problems rather than remind them that the unit is due.
The facilitator should be checking the Digital Drop Box on a regular basis say 2x a week. If a student has a deadline then a facilitator should also have one & perhaps let the students know at the beginning of the course that their assignments will be marked within a week or a reasonable time.
Specific feedback is really important: a student wants to know what they have done well & what they have not done well so a facilitator should always provide specific feedback
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