Welcome to
Online 101A
Financial
Accounting
5.0 units
Paul R. St. John, CPA – Fullerton College
Orientation for Online Fall 2014
• Started at Santa Monica College and
graduated with a Bachelor of Science Business Administration degree with an
option in Accounting at Cal State Long
Beach
• CPA licensed in California and in public
accounting for over 30 years
• Last 14 years teaching here at Fullerton
College full time
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Professor St. John’s Background
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• Advertising agency
• Motion picture film production
• Real estate housing developer
• Mobile home manufacturers
• Escrow companies
• Private high school
• Furniture manufacturer and retailer
• Gemological Institute of America
• American Gemological Society
• Teleflora
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Audited these diverse areas …
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staffwww.fullcoll.edu/pstjohn
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Faculty
Website still
available,
but has
essentially
been
replaced by
Blackboard
(Bb) once
semester
has started
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staffwww.fullcoll.edu/pstjohn
After viewing the next slide, stop (escape) this PPT and open the
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How to have Lecture
PPT or even this
orientation window
open while working on
Blackboard or looking at
the syllabus
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• Websites, faculty office hours, WileyPlus access
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• Text, Software, & Supplies
• Attendance, Campus Tutoring, ADA
Considerations, Academic Honesty Policy, and
Computer Labs
• Students have 10,000 points available from
chapter WileyPlus activities, discussion board,
group, other activities, and final exam.
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Let’s Look at the Syllabus
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Students should
go into the final
with at least
4,400 points
65% of 4,000 =
2,600 + 4,400 =
7,000 pts. to
pass course
4,050 points (including
Appendix E 150 pts. below)
all graded automatically in
WileyPlus, 300 per chapter
1,950 points all graded
manually by professor
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Final is 4,000
pts. or 40% of
the grade
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Syllabus
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Everything listed by due date
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Ch. 1 Available a Week before School
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• In Class Practice
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For Online class this is really pre-homework and is required
Chapter PowerPoint’s help you through these ICPs
Algorithmic – everyone has different #s
There are 5 attempts per exercise or part given for 50 points
• Homework
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See due dates in the schedule in syllabus
The deadlines and details are also in Bb/WileyPlus
Algorithmic – everyone has different #s
5 attempts per exercise or part for 150 points possible
• Chapter Test
• 25 pooled multiple choice questions
• Questions linked to etext
• Two attempts and not timed for 100 points
• Not in WileyPlus - 50 points for the Discussion Board in Bb
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who might want them.
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Tasks – You manually update the
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[This] Orientation PowerPoint
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101AF Financial Accounting Bb Home Page
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Chapter 1
• Introduce Yourself
• Follow on Twitter
• etext Reading
• Discussion Forum
• Lecture PPT
• In Class Practice (ICP)
• Chapter Test
• Business Activity
• Homework
• Homework Helper
PowerPoints (PPTs)
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see them.
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• This etext is broken down by sections and doesn’t have
page numbers
• Self-Test Questions are used in my Lecture PowerPoints
• Questions are used in the chapter discussion board
• Brief Exercises and Do It! Review used in the In Class
Practice assignments
• Exercises and Problem: Set A used in Homework
• Broadening Your Perspective is the source of the
communication and ethics cases, and BYP2-5
• A Look at IFRS compares the US standards to the
emerging international standards
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Lots of Multimedia Resources available. Use as required to learn
the material.
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Within the first 48 hours (Tuesday midnight):
1. Read Chapter (Ch.) 1 (etext or hard copy)
2. View the Lecture PPTs in presentation mode while
3. Preparing the In Class Practice in WileyPlus
4. Answer only 1 question in the ch. Discussion Forum
5. Take ch. Test using only 1st attempt and NO guessing
6. Get started on Ch. 1 Biz Activities extra assignment
By Thursday, but no later than Saturday:
7. Attempt all Homework and research missing Test ?s
8. Read, Rate, & Reply to peer answers in Disc. Forum
9. Ask or Answer peer questions in the Disc. Forum
By the Sunday deadline:
10. Finish Homework, Test, Disc. Forum, & Biz Activities
Ch1 - FINANCIALS
Online Section – Chapter Activities
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Go to Discussions,
Introduce Yourself
and post a photo
for 50 extra credit
points
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Discussion Forums set up by chapter – your new question
thread should have a specific subject for example a question on
“P4-1A part b” should be in the Ch4 Discussion Forum
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In Class
Outside Class
Total Time
Traditional
5.5
11
16.5
Online
0
16.5
16.5
Hybrid
2.8
13.7
16.5
Hours per Week (roughly a ch. / week)
15+
14-12
12-10
9 or less
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Per Week
Orientation
Time Commitment – 16 week Course
101A Financial Accounting
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B
C D/F
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Besides In Class Practice, Discussion, Homework, & Test (350 pts.)
1. Ch. 1 - Business Activities in Discussion Board (100 pts.)
2. BYP2-5 in the Discussion Board (100 pts.)
3. GLS P3-5A in Bb/WileyPlus (100 pts.)
4. GLS P4-7A in Bb/WileyPlus (100 pts.)
5. Comprehensive Problem Ch. 5 done in Your Group (100 pts.)
6. SEC 10K recap and analysis using Excel template (100 pts.)
7. Comp. Prob. Ch. 7 done in Your Group (100 pts.)
8. Communications Case written assignment (100 pts.)
9. Comp. Prob. Ch. 9 done in Your Group (100 pts.)
10. Current Event PowerPoint (200 pts.)
11. Ch. 11 no extra assignment (Appendix E has its own week -150 pts.)
12. SEC 10K recap with ALL ratios learned (100 pts.)
13. Group Analysis of Industry SEC 10K recaps (100 pts.)
Extra Assignments
Extra Assignments by Chapter
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Student Learning Objective
• Identify, record, categorize and summarize
transactions
• Recognize revenues and expenses in the
proper period as required by accrual basis
GAAP
• Prepare adjustments related to bad debts,
inventory, and long-term assets
• Prepare and analyze financial statements
• Ensure the integrity of financial information
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Course SLOs in Brief
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• @FCProfStJohn
• Introduce Yourself
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• It may seem like a lot of busy work, but accounting
requires lots of practice to really understand what is
happening and why
• You should take 15 seconds and reflect after each exercise
is performed successfully
• Why is it important and how does it fit into the accounting
cycle?
• Once you get it, you have it for life and you can apply
accounting to any of your pursuits and passions
• The first four chapters are the most important
• The math for the most part is not that tough
• Everyone can succeed as long as you put in the time and
effort
• So let’s get it done, this semester!
A Tough Course
A Tough, Time Consuming 5 Unit Course
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Thought for the Day
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If you can’t put in the
time & work to get
through this ride, then
do the right thing and
give someone else
your seat.
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