Administrative Office Assistant Expert

Hours: 460 / Access Length: 12 Months / Delivery: Online, Self-Paced

Course Overview:

In this course, we will discuss and become proficient in the skills necessary to succeed as an administrative office assistant, including office etiquette, reception skills, technology, correspondence, calendar management, bookkeeping, travel planning, and other duties performed by an assistant.

This course will provide an introduction to the concepts and uses of accounting in a business environment. The primary areas of study in this course include analysis of business transactions, recording procedures and the use of ledgers and journals, accounting for sales and purchases, managing cash, payroll, accruals and deferrals, and preparation and analysis of basic financial statements. After completing this course, students will have solid understanding of business and financial accounting and its role in bookkeeping administration.

In this course, you will learn how to use QuickBooks Online plus by completing two monthly accounting cycles. In the first lessons, accounting for selling service items will be covered. In later lessons, both service items and inventory items that are sold will be covered. Preparing payroll and creating a new company will also be included. Prior to taking this course, you should be familiar with the accounting cycle and how it is related to a business. While no prior knowledge of QuickBooks Online is required, it will be beneficial to have an understanding of accounting principles.

The majority of this course will be conducted through drill exercises and related practice activities and quizzes based on the knowledge you have gained through completing each chapter. Be prepared for a thorough, and extensive hands-on experience throughout the journey of completing this QuickBooks course. While the reading requirements are light, each chapter contains a number of drills that you must complete, as well as the practice activities assigned and lesson quiz.

Students are eligible for a free 365 day copy of Intuit QuickBooks Online Plus from the
Intuit Education Program in order to follow along with the course content.

Curriculum Developer Biography:

Willow Nolland is an expert in education and eLearning, with more than ten years of experience in curriculum development and instructional design. She has worked in higher education for over twelve years, and has developed numerous courses and has been involved in curriculum development across disciplines. She has experience with academic program development and coordination, curriculum development, student learning outcomes, educational partnerships, and student development. In addition, she has developed and administered professional development programs for various groups, including teachers, counselors, healthcare workers and members of private industry. She is a certified Quality Matters Reviewer and has taken graduate courses in online course development. She designs and teaches online courses at the college level and is proficient in a variety of course management systems. She has helped educators redesign their courses to transition them from a face-to-face format to an online format, and has provided course editing assistance to others. As a freelance instructional designer and curriculum developer, her projects have included course editing and redesign of online continuing education courses for nurses, CEU curriculum development for healthcare workers and teachers, and course review and editing for various colleges and universities.

This course prepares students to take the Intuit QuickBooks Certified User Online certification exam.

Course Outline:

Administrative Office Assistant Career Prep Curriculum:

Lesson 1: The Office Environment

Lesson 2: Communication Skills

Lesson 3: Processing and Understanding Financial Information

Lesson 4: Personal and Professional Time Management

Lesson 5: Document and Records Management

Lesson 6: Career Management

Fundamentals of Accounting Curriculum:

Lesson 1: Introduction to Accounting

Lesson 2: Analyzing Business Transactions

Lesson 3: Recording Transactions

Lesson 4: Accounting for Sales and Purchases

Lesson 5: Payroll

Lesson 6: Accruals, Deferrals and the Worksheet

Lesson 7: Financial Statements and Closing Procedures

Intuit QuickBooks Online Plus Curriculum:

Lesson 1: Introduction to QuickBooks Online Plus

Lesson 2: Create a Company

Lesson 3: Sales and Receivables: Service Items

Lesson 4: Payables and Purchases

Lesson 5: General Accounting and End-of-Period Procedures

Lesson 6: Sales and Receivables: Product and Service Items

Lesson 7: Payables, Purchases and Inventory

Lesson 8: General Accounting, End-of-Period Procedures, and Budgets

Lesson 9: Payroll

Lesson 10: Quickbooks Desktop, Mobile and Additional Features

All necessary materials are included.

Certification(s):

This course prepares students to take the Intuit QuickBooks Certified User Online certification exam.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.