AC122.01: Seminar Unit 1
August 24, 2011
School of Business
and Management
Agenda
• Welcome
• Syllabus
• Office Hours
• Discussion Board Grading
• Assignments Grading
• Late Policy
• Seminar procedures and Polling
• Questions
Seminar Rules by Greg Rose
1. If I type *BREAK* everybody quit typing, OK? Type “OK” if you
get this one!
2. When asking questions, please RAISE YOUR HAND (TYPE //).
Otherwise you might interrupt a stream of dialogue.
3. Please do NOT start side conversations.
4. Do not interject “I agree” or “good point” because this clutters the
seminar. We assume you agree and think the point is good!
5. Don`t worry about typos. Be clear as you can and refrain from
smileys and slang – use proper English.
Syllabus
• You should thoroughly review the entire Syllabus!
• It is in Doc Sharing.
• This is the contract between you and the
University
Your Syllabus is the greatest tool
for our class!
• Discussion Board Requirements
• Reviews
• Textbook Assignments
• Continuing Project
• Final Project
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Payroll Accounting
• Textbook: Payroll Accounting 2011 Edition
• Authors: Bernard J. Bieg & Judith A. Toland
• ISBN: 978-1-111-53105-8
Textbook Website View
Payroll Accounting 2011,
21st Edition
Bernard J. Bieg, Judith A.
Toland
ISBN-10: 1111531056
ISBN-13: 9781111531058
© 2011
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Textbook Website
• Has practice quizzes for each chapter
• Has flash cards for key terms
• Templates available for assignments
• Also has a practice final exam
• http://www.wadsworth.com/cgiwadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_iss
n=9781111531058&token=22838504CB24D9822EFF4A585B39
F6A27F9A07F4E42FA8EFB55E0ED1084638EC79E92AEE687
844ABD38AD1C13767C2BB
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Office Hours
Thursday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
AIM Name hwatkinsk
Outside of office hours:
Virtual Office
Email
Discussion Board Grading
Four (4) items make up the Discussion Board grade.
Quality
Participation
Clarity and Organization
Professional & Netiquette
Quality
40% of your post will be measured on this criteria:

Discussion questions were answered completely

Posts were on topic and unique in content

All posts demonstrated analysis of the topic
Participation
30% will be measured on the following criteria:

Initial post by Saturday, midnight EST

Posts made on at least 3 different days

The original post to be no less than 100 words
Clarity and Organization of Writing
20% of your post will be measured on these criteria:

Posts were organized and logical

No spelling or grammatical errors

References were used and cited properly
Professional & Netiquette
10% in your post will be measured on these criteria:

Respect and consideration toward class

Appropriate language

Professional use of abbreviations and acronyms
Discussion Guidelines
• Be clear about which message
• Make sure you are adding something new
• Make your postings clear and easy to follow
• See others in the Syllabus
Assignments
Use Homework Templates in the Units
Show your work.
Submit assignments as attachments in the Dropbox.
• Separate your work such as 1a, 2b or 3d
Reviews
• Reviews are 1 hour in length only.
• Reviews consist of 10 multiple choice or True/False
questions from the text and course objectives.
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Weekly Projects
• Due last day of the units in Units 2 - 6
• Worth 40 points each
• Submit to Dropbox – Put your name in file name
• Grades returned by Sunday night following the due date (if
submitted on time)
• Templates under Units
– Save Time
– Guide to Correct Answer
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Continuing Project
• Units 3 -7 Contain a continuous problem that you will work on at
the end of each chapter.
• Units 3 – 6 assignments will be graded for completion and not
accuracy.
• Unit 7 will be graded for accuracy.
• There is a template in Unit 3.
– Units 3-6
– Unit 7
10 points each unit
50 points
– Contnuing_Payroll_Problem_Beig_2011.xlsm
Units 3-7
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Final Project
• Worth 250 points total split into several parts:
– Unit 8 Part 1 is divided into 4 different parts to
make it more manageable. 130 points total
Final Project Part 1
40 points
Final Project Part 2
30 points
Final Project Part 3
30 points
Final Project Part 4
30 points
• You will work on this in Unit 8
• The template can be found in Unit 8:
– Final_Payroll_Project_Bieg_2011.xls
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Final Project - continued
• Worth 250 points total split into several parts:
– Unit 9 Contains Part 2 which is also divided into 4 different
parts to make it more manageable. 120 points
Final Project Part 5
30 points
Final Project Part 6
30 points
Final Project Part 7
30 points
Final Project Part 8
30 points
• You will work on this portion in Unit 9
• The template can be found in Unit 9:
• Final_Payroll_Project_Bieg_2011.xls
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Determining Your Grade through the Syllabus
and Rubrics!
• Grade Point Distribution
• Late Policy
• Extenuating Circumstances
• Grading Scale
• Grading Rubrics
GRADING CRITERIA/COURSE EVALUATION AC122
Assessments
Number
Points each
Total Points
Discussions
8
20
160
Projects
5
40
200
Seminar/Alternate
8
15
120
1
10
10
6
20
120
Continuing Project
1
50
90
Final Project
4
1
10
130
250
1
120
1
50
Assignment
Professional
Development
Activity
Review
Writing Assignment
50
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Total Points
1000 Points
Late Policy
• Located in Syllabus
– Up to 1 week late 20% point reduction
– 1 to 2 weeks late 30% deduction in points
– No work will be accepted more than two (2) weeks after the
due date.
• Extenuating Circumstances
– Computer issues are not extenuating circumstances
– Late DBs are not accepted.
– No late work accepted after end of Unit 9
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Writing Assignment
• Unit 10
• Worth 50 points
• Introduced in Unit 9
• IMPORTANT:
• No late submission of Writing Assignment
• Submit to Dropbox – Your name in file name
and inside of the file.
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Late Policy
1 - 7 days late 20% deduction in points
8 - 14 days late 30% deduction in points
Extenuating Circumstances
You should review all current policies in the Kaplan
University Catalog and/or addendum.
Seminar
We will have a seminar each week (1-8).
Wednesday at 8:00 PM EST
Polling may be used.
If you do not attend, a quiz or another assignment is
available for the points.
Questions
Thank you for attending this
seminar.