Welcome to
Online 101A
Financial
Accounting
Paul R. St. John, CPA – Fullerton College
Orientation for Online Summer 2013
June 13, 2013
• 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 13 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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Paul R. St.John, CPA
staffwww.fullcoll.edu/pstjohn
Faculty Website still available, but has
essentially been replaced by Bb
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Paul R. St.John, CPA
staffwww.fullcoll.edu/pstjohn
• Websites, faculty office hours, WileyPlus access
through Bb ONLY
• Text, Software, & Supplies
• Attendance, Campus Tutoring, ADA
Considerations, Academic Honesty Policy, and
Computer Labs
• Students have 10,000 points available from
chapter, discussion, group, other activities, and
final exam.
Paul R. St.John, CPA Syllabus
Let’s Look at the Syllabus
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Paul R. St.John, CPA Syllabus
New for Summer 2013, follow me on Twitter for
news and homework hints: @FCProfStJohn
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• In Class Practice due 11 pm Wednesdays & Sundays
• Due only 3-4 days after the start of chapter
• 5 attempts
• Homework due 11 pm Wednesdays & Sundays
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Due 7 days after the start of the chapter
See detail schedule in syllabus
These deadlines are also in Bb/WileyPlus
Algorithmic – everyone has different #’s
150 points possible
5 attempts per exercise or part
• Chapter Test due 11 pm Wednesdays & Sundays
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25 pooled multiple choice questions
Questions linked to etext
Two attempts and not timed
100 points per chapter
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Wiley Plus through Bb
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Paul R. St.John, CPA Syllabus
Chapter ICP, Homework, Test &, Bb Discussion
comprise 325 points per chapter = 4,225 pts.
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Syllabus
It may take
up to 24
hours for
your name
to show up
in my class
after you
register
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Bb Login
Page with
Instructions
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Home Page: My Calendar and To
Do are not supported in this
course, but were left in for those
who might want them.
Note the left menu bar:
Home Page:
Announcements
Tasks – You
manually
update the
status of your
tasks
Home Page
Content / Assignments
Discussions
Groups
Tools / email
Syllabus
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Bb Home Page
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Paul R. St.John, CPA 101A Bb Wiley Plus
Bb Content/Assignments Page
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Chapters are revealed 3 to 4 days before their start date
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Chapter 1
• eText Reading
• Discussion Forum
25 pts.
• Lecture PPT 1 of 2
• In Class Practice
(ICP) 50 pts.
• Lecture PPT 2 of 2
• Homework 150 pts.
• Test 100 pts.
• Various
PowerPoints (PPT)
explaining ICPs or
Homework
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The formula: Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders’ Equity
On the next slide I show how the chapter PPT can help you with
the ICP
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ICP: BE1-9 Accounting Equation
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Lecture PPT open while working on In Class Practice BE1-9
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• Select: Slide Show
• Set Up Slide Show
• Browsed by an
individual (window)
• OK
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How to have Lecture
PPT window open while
working on In Class
Practice (ICP) BE1-9
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95%
5 % of the course will be from other
published sources and my work
experience.
95% of the tests will be on material
covered.
Go to Discussions
Introduce Yourself
For 25 extra credit
points
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Discussion Forums set up by chapter – your new question
thread should have a specific subject for example
“P4-1A part b” and should be in the Ch04 Discussion Forum
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In Class
Outside Class
Total Time
Traditional
5.5
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16.5
Online
0
16.5
16.5
Hybrid
2.8
13.7
16.5
15+
Hours per Week
14-12
12-10
9 or less
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Per Week
Orientation
Time Commitment – 16 week
101A Financial Accounting
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B
C D/F
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
Double Time Summer - Hours per Week
30+
28-24
24-20
19 or less
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Per Week
Orientation
Time Commitment – 8 weeks
101A Financial Accounting
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B
C D/F
US Capitol Dome - photo by St.John
• Last-Minute Deal Averts Federal Shutdown
• Fiscal 2011 limited to $1.049 trillion discretionary
• Discretionary budget doesn’t include entitlements
• Medicare
• Social Security
• Government Pensions
• Only $39 billion cut from 2011 budget
• But $79 billion cut from Obama’s request
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A daily feature in the
traditional class… this one
is from April, 2011
Current Events
What’s in the News?
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• The PowerPoint is only your outline – don’t just read
• Tie to financial accounting – limit the details
• Tell a story, let us know the background, and what the
status is today
• Photos a must
• Professional business attire if given in traditional class
• Site at least 3 sources
• 200 points
• PPT may be edited and reused by professor with
byline
• Online presentations should have audio attached
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• Select a current event topic
• Prepare a 3-4 minute PowerPoint
Current Event Presentation
Current Event Presentation
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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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Let’s Recap
• Follow me on Twitter
• Add three examples of
activities in the Group
Discussion page
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• Get into Bb/WileyPlus
even before your text
Register WileyPlus in
Bb only
• Read the etext and get
started on the ICP
• Introduce Yourself
• Get started on the
homework & test
• Go to the chapter 1
discussion forum and
participate
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Thought for the day
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If you can’t put in the
work to get through
this ride, then do the
right thing and give
someone else your
seat.
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