SAGE 50 Assignment
TEXTBOOK AND SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:
Yacht, Carol, Computer Accounting with Sage 50 Complete Accounting 2015, 18th Edition,
McGraw-Hill/Irwin, ISBN No. 9781259350313
For making backups, you can use the following external media: USB flash or thumb drive; one
CD-R for a CD-RW disk drive; one DVD-R for a DVD-RW drive. Backups can also be made to the
hard drive or network drive.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. Develop the skills necessary to do general ledger computer accounting for service,
merchandising, nonprofit, and manufacturing businesses.
2. Complete exercises using accounts receivable, accounts payable, invoicing, payroll,
inventory, and job cost systems.
3. Prepare financial statements and complete financial statement analysis.
4. Complete the computer accounting cycle using Sage 50 Complete Accounting 2015
software.
5. Complete computer accounting projects that require designing service and merchandising
businesses.
6. Complete Online Multiple Choice Quizzes, and QA Templates. (Online Learning Center at
www.mhhe.com/yacht2015.) Certain quizzes, and QA Templates will count toward your final
grade. For practice, you should also complete Feature Quizzes and Assessment Rubrics.
These will aid in the learning process.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. (Evaluation Level) Explain the methods for utilizing Sage 50 Complete to record
transactions for a business.
2. (Analysis Level) Analyze financial reports which can be used to make sound business
decisions.
3. (Knowledge Level) List the steps to set up accounting records for a business utilizing
Sage 50 Complete.
4. (Analysis Level) Compare and contrast the benefits of utilizing Sage 50 Complete to
maintain accounting records in a variety of business industries and situations.
5. (Analysis Level) Explain and demonstrate the steps to process payroll information in
Sage 50 Complete.
6. (Evaluation Level) Summarize and demonstrate the process to track inventory and
maintain inventory records in Sage 50 Complete.
1) Due Dates
The assignments are due on or before the final day of class. See Class Calendar for actual due
dates as they range throughout the semester. Please save all assignments as PDF documents
(you can print any document to PDF which will save the document as a PDF file) or as Excel
Spreadsheets, depending on what is requested. Append each document to the previous one so
that you have only one PDF file when you are finished. The PDF file or the Excel Workbook will
then be uploaded into Blackboard. Plan on one PDF file or Excel Workbook for each assignment
that is to be turned in; however, append to the back of that assignment all the other
assignments required even though they are not being graded. For example, Sage Ch2 Ex. 2-2
will be graded; appended to that assignment should also be Sage Ch 1 Ex 1-2 (you do NOT need
to append data files [.ptb], just the exercises that create output which usually follow the first
exercise that creates or saves the data files).
Late assignments will be accepted up until the day of the final exam but will only receive 75% of
the grade you earn. Assignments will not be accepted after the day of the final exam.
THESE ASSIGNMENTS ARE TIME CONSUMING. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MOMENT
TO COMPLETE THEM. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THEM THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER AND
PLAN ON FINISHING WELL BEFORE THE DUE DATE. ALSO, PLEASE BE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR
WORK ON A REGULAR BASIS AS YOUR GO THROUGH THE STEPS.
PLEASE see the following ‘schedule’ which walks you through this course in a 15-week
framework. I have based due dates on this schedule, but will accept assignments/quizzes for
chapters 1, 2, and 3 up to the due date for chapter 3 as being on time. You may submit any
assignment late, but it is subject to a 25% reduction in points. Please note that all
assignments/quizzes are online – see below in the detailed schedule.
NOTE. I will accept assignments early. Early assignments are subject to extra credit.
2) Assignment grading
a. Each turn-in assignment/quiz listed on the syllabus (see end of this memo) includes
multiple outputs from the end-of-chapter exercises. These turn-in assignments will be
equally weighted and will each represent 2% of your final grade for a total of 10% of your
final grade. Not every chapter has a turn-in assignment/quiz.
b. There are two comprehensive projects as well which add up to another 10% of your final
grade.
c. Chapter 15 does not have to be completed but will count for extra credit of 2% of your
final grade.
3) Information to be turned in:
a. For each chapter, you will usually only complete online material and only submit certain
chapters. Please do not send a completed QA template to be graded if it is not
requested. See the schedule below.
4) Extra Credit:
a. If you choose to complete Chapter 15, it will count as extra credit. Should you not turn in
Chapter 15, it will not count against you.
GRADING POLICY:
The tables below illustrate points, grading scale, and grading instruments. See the syllabus for
due dates.
GRADING INSTRUMENTS
POINTS
Exercises & Assessment Rubrics
80%
QA Templates & MC Quizzes
20%
POINTS
Project 1
50
Project 2A
50
TOTAL Weight
TOTAL Points
100%
100%
100
100
The Schedule below shows due dates for weekly assignments:
SAGE 50 REQUIREMENTS
The review questions, analysis questions, or assessment rubrics are due when the chapter
exercises are completed. Questions will be collected at random, unannounced intervals and will
be worth extra credit, up to 2% of your final grade. Assignments may be turned in before due
dates. Assignments/quizzes turned in late are subject to a 25% point reduction.
Weekly Schedule of Assignments
WEEK ENDING
TOPIC
HOMEWORK
*All chapter work must be completed. Chapters 1 through 7,
including the end-of-chapter exercises, are cumulative. If you
only complete the exercises, your data will not match
illustrations in textbook and Check your Figure amounts.
**Quizzes. All quizzes are online. Complete the Multiple
Choice online quiz and the QA Template.
WEEK 1
Chapter 1
Complete Chapter 1.* Exercises 1-1 and 1-2. Complete
quizzes**, www.mhhe.com/yacht2015.
WEEK 2
Chapter 2
Complete Chapter 2. Exercises 2-1 and 2-2. Complete QuizzesChapter 2. Complete online quizzes and QA templates. E-Mail
completed quizzes to pierceb@winthrop.edu
WEEK 3
Chapter 3
Complete Chapter 3. Exercises 3-1 and 3-2. Complete QuizzesChapter 3. Complete online quizzes and QA templates. .
WEEK 4
Chapter 4
Complete Chapter 4. Exercises 4-1 and 4-2. Complete online
quizzes and QA templates.
WEEK 5
Chapter 5
Complete Chapter 5. Exercises 5-1 and 5-2. Complete online
quizzes and QA templates. E-Mail completed quizzes to
pierceb@winthrop.edu
WEEK 6
Chapter 6
Complete Chapter 6. Exercises 6-1 and 6-2. Complete online
quizzes and QA templates.
WEEK 7
Chapter 7
Complete Chapter 7. Exercises 7-1 and 7-2. Complete online
quizzes and QA templates. E-Mail completed quizzes to
pierceb@winthrop.edu
Complete Chapter 8. Exercises 8-1 and 8-2. Complete online
PROJECTS TO
SUBMIT
UPLOAD MULTIPLE
CHOICE ONLINE
QUIZ RESULTS AND
COMPLETED QA
TEMPLATES TO
BLACKBOARD
Upload to Bb: Ex. 2-2
Upload Completed
Multiple Choice
online quiz results &
QA template
Upload to Bb: Ex. 5-2
Upload Completed
Multiple Choice
online quiz results &
QA template
Upload to Bb: Ex. 7-2
OOPS: Upload to Bb:
Ex 8-2
quizzes and QA templates. E-Mail completed quizzes to
pierceb@winthrop.edu
WEEK 8
Chapters 9
Complete Chapter 9. Exercises 9-1 and 9-2. Complete online
quizzes and QA templates.
WEEK 9
Chapter 10
Complete Chapter 10. Exercise 10-1 and 10-2. Complete online
quizzes and QA templates. E-Mail completed quizzes to
pierceb@winthrop.edu
Upload Completed
Multiple Choice
online quiz results &
QA template
Upload to Bb: Ex. 101
Upload Completed
Multiple Choice
online quiz results &
QA template
WEEK 10
Chapter 11
Project 1
WEEK 11
WEEK 12
Complete Chapter 11. Exercise 11-1 and 11-2. Complete online
quizzes and QA templates.
Chapter 12
Complete Chapter 12. Exercises 12-1 and 12-2. Complete
online quizzes and QA templates
Page 395: Chart of
Accounts, Nov 30,
2015 Balance Sheet,
Acct Reconciliation,
GL Trial Balance
(unadjusted), Dec 31,
2015 General
Journal, Cash
Receipts Journal,
General Ledger,
Balance Sheet,
Income Statement &
Post-closing Trail
Balance. (Combine
into one Excel
workbook or one PDF
file). NOTE: I will
accept Project 1 as
being on time if
submitted Week 12
but it will NOT be
subject to early turnin credit.
WEEK 13
Chapter 13
Complete Chapter 13; Exercise 13-1 and 13-2. Complete online
quizzes and QA templates. E-Mail completed quizzes to
pierceb@winthrop.edu
Upload to Bb: Ex. 132
Upload Completed
Multiple Choice
online quiz results &
QA template
WEEK 14
Chapter 14
Complete Chapter 14; Exercises 14-1 and 14-2. Complete
online quizzes and QA templates
Project 2
WEEK 15
Chapter 15
Complete Chapter 15; Exercise 15-1 and 15-2. Complete online
quizzes and QA templates. E-Mail completed quizzes to
pierceb@winthrop.edu
Step 8, page 612:
Chart of Accounts,
Customer Ledgers,
Vendors Ledger, GL
Trial Balance,
Account
Reconciliation,
Balance Sheet,
Income Statement &
Statement of Cash
Flow (combine into
one Excel workbook
or one PDF file).
Upload to Bb: Ex. 151 & 15-2
Upload Completed
Multiple Choice
online quiz results &
QA template
WEEK 16
Project 2 [ Last date ]
Step 8, page 612:
Chart of Accounts,
Customer Ledgers,
Vendors Ledger, GL
Trial Balance,
Account
Reconciliation,
Balance Sheet,
Income Statement &
Statement of Cash
Flow (combine into
one Excel workbook
or one PDF file).