5 activities for the in-person or virtual classroom
Try these fun and engaging ways of teaching accounting topics.
This monthly e-newsletter brings you a roundup of the top stories affecting accounting education, ideas for innovation in the classroom, and resources from the AICPA to support educators.
Calculating depreciation using the SLN function
When teaching depreciation in Introduction to Accounting, faculty always cover a variety of different depreciation methods, including straight-line depreciation. Next time you teach this topic, build your students’ Excel skills by showing them how to use the straight-line (SLN) function in Excel.
Prevent cheating while teaching remotely
Faculty can take these motives into account when attempting to deter cheating in their courses.
What faculty will change about their remote teaching this fall
Amid the challenges of suddenly pivoting to online teaching midway through the semester, many accounting professors learned new techniques and principles that will inform their teaching this fall.
Best practices for teaching case studies
Keep these principles in mind when assigning and teaching case studies to increase your chances of success.
'Engagement triggers' help students learn and remember
Try these easy ways to create relatable lessons in accounting.
Use Excel’s sparklines to quickly show trends in data
Simple to create, sparklines are tiny graphs that help you make sense of data at a glance.
Motivate students to do the assigned reading
Design lessons and class participation so students arrive prepared.
View and edit 2 worksheets in the same workbook side by side
How to view and edit two worksheets from the same Excel workbook side-by-side.
Succeed at teaching no matter your temperament
You don’t have to be very outgoing to be an effective educator.
Make the last day of class meaningful
Ending a course on a bright note can leave your students with a positive impression of your class and reinforce key concepts they’ve learned.
Redesign your final exams to truly promote learning
Try these tips to put together a final exam that helps students retain more, improves their study habits, and encourages them to practice critical thinking.
Use Excel PivotTables to quickly analyze grades
Use Excel PivotTables to quickly analyze grades Want to quickly sort the data in your Excel gradebook by category, such as section number or teaching assistant’s name? PivotTables let you view this data with ease.
Use Excel’s AutoSum button to add up rows and columns with just one click
Want to quickly add up rows or columns of data in your gradebook (or elsewhere)? The AutoSum function makes it easy.
How to get started making videos for your classes
Video-savvy faculty present their best tips and techniques for shooting your own educational videos.
An online pivot can be an opportunity
A faculty member reconfigured her finance class in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis to teach soft skills.
Finding the fun in entry-level accounting
These creative approaches show students accounting is not that intimidating.
Sort by color to group highlighted cells in Excel
Highlighting cells with different colors can help you quickly identify information in a spreadsheet. Excel also lets you sort by color to easily group all the information you’ve highlighted with a given color. Learn how.
How (and why) to write for practitioner journals
By writing for these publications, you can introduce your research to a wide audience and have a large impact upon the accounting profession.
Mental health concerns on campus: What faculty can do
There are steps you can take even if you’re uncertain about the best response.
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