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PREPARING GENERAL LEDGER ASSIGNMENTS

Introduction

Cengage Learning’s General Ledger (CLGL) is an interactive, online version of the Klooster and Allen Automated Accounting software previously available in Cengage Learning’s college‐level accounting textbooks. CLGL is implemented as a Cengage Learning problem type and is implemented in the CengageNOW platforms.

The CLGL problem type provides the following benefits:

� Ties closely to terminology and formats used in the coursematerials.

� Eliminates or hides unused and confusing functions.

� Forgives student errors, allowing easier self‐correction.

� Enables easy assigning, grading, and tracking of student work.

� Emulates the workings of a commercial product.

CengageNOWv2™ (CNOWv2) is an improved version of CengageNOW™ and is the online learning system featured in this guide. CNOWv2 streamlines the creation of a wide variety of assignment types, securely delivering student results, and provides electronic grading.

Contents

� “When to Assign General Ledger Problems” on page 2

� “Creating a CengageNOWv2 Course” on page 3

� “Creating a CLGL Assignment” on page 9

� “Understanding the CLGL Student Experience” on page 17

� “Using the CengageNOWv2 Gradebook” on page 18

� “Helping Your Students Get Started” on page 20

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Preparing General Ledger Assignments

Audience

This document provides an overview of creating Cengage Learning General Ledger (CLGL) assignments, creating courses, previewing assignments as a student, and the available features in your Gradebook. This document assumes that you have already registered for course content with Cengage Learning.

For in‐depth instructions for setting assignment options and managing assignment content, you can refer to the Textual Help in CengageNOWv2. You can also go to the Cengage Learning support site at http://support.cengage.com/magellanweb/TechSupport/Login.aspx, where you can log in and select the appropriate product to view FAQS, download complete user guides, and access other support materials.

When to Assign General Ledger Problems

Most Cengage Learning accounting problems are designed to either teach specific concepts, or to introduce and test on journal entries. Standard journal entry problem types are graded closely for format, accounts, and amounts — so these problems tend to emulate manual journals. CLGL problems, on the other hand, emulate a commercial accounting system, complete with many standard commercial short‐cuts for journal entries and report formatting.

Standard accounting problems grade journal entries in a very structured manner, with some limited student flexibility for “smart entry” of account names in some problems. CLGL grades the student for achieving the correct end result, rather than grading individual journal entries. As in commercial accounting systems, the journal entries are entered in different orders and the student is graded only on whether the end balances are correct.

CLGL also emulates commercial accounting systems by automating some accounting functions, such as statement generation and closing entries. So, CLGL problems are recommended when you want to give students the flavor of inputting journal entries and generating statements within a real‐world work setting. If, on the other hand, you want to teach closing entries or the manual creation of reports, you should assign the standard problem types instead.


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Creating a CengageNOWv2 Course

Note: Course creation and student self‐enrollment procedures are not required if you are accessing CNOWv2 through an integrated Learning Management System such as Blackboard or Desire to Learn.

When you enter CengageNOWv2 from the Cengage Learning Instructor Resource Center (https://login.cengage.com/cb/), your Home page loads.

You can enable self‐enrollment by providing your students with the Student Registration Information PDF generated within CengageNOWv2. This PDF includes a Course Key URL that directs students to a CengageBrain registration page specific to your course.

Course Creation and Student SelfEnrollment

Step Action

1 Cross into CengageNOWv2 after logging in to your Cengage Learning Instructor Resource Center (https://login.cengage.com/cb/). If this is a new account, your first step is to create a course.

2 Click the Courses link in the heading to open the Courses page.



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Step Action

3 Click the Create a New Course button to open the Choose Process page.

From this page you can select to Build a Course Manually, Copy an Existing Course, or Import a Course via a File. The instructions for building a course manually are given in this example.



4 Select Build a Course Manually and click the Continue button to open the Course Information page.

5 Use the Textbook drop‐down menu to select the product you want to use for your course (if multiple titles are available).

Step Action





Step Action

6 Make a selection from the IAC titles listed adjacent to Digital product student will buy (when more than one entry is listed). This field, when available, appears after you have selected a textbook. (Required)

Your choices here correspond to the selection(s) you made on the Selected Product page in your Instructor Resource Center.

Note: Make your selection carefully. The content you select here determines the materials your students are required to buy.

7 Fill out the remaining information for your course, such as Course Name, Course Number, and Dates. When available, you can select whether to include a Syllabus, require a Student ID, or to permit students to send you an email during an assignment take. (CLGL assignments are unable to supply a screen capture as part of the message.)




Step Action

8 Click Create Course when you are done and the Course Created page opens.

If you wish to allow self‐enrollment, you can opt to send the Student Registration Information document to your students from this page (in the image above, the links are circled in red under Course Key).

Note: Clicking Create a Section under Reuse This Course allows you to create multiple sections of the same course. This supplies you with a separate Gradebook for each section.



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9 Click the Student Registration Instructions link to open the Student Registration Information document. You can distribute this page to provide your students with walk‐through instructions for self‐registration.

Links in the heading allow you to Print, Email, Copy (to your system clipboard), or Download the document.

Note: The Course Key is the 14‐character alpha‐numeric sequence at the end of the Course Key URL used for self‐registration.

Step Action



Creating a CLGL Assignment

Once your course and any sections are set up, you can createHomework or Test assignments comprised of CLGL problems.

Creating a Cengage Learning General Ledger Assignment

Step Action

1 Click the Assignments link to open the Assignments page. If necessary, select the appropriate course from the Course or Section drop‐down menu.

2 Click the Create Assignment button to open the Create an Assignment page where you can choose your assignment type. Clicking Cancel allows you to exit without making any changes.




Step Action

3 Select either Test or Homework on the Create Assignment page to open the assignment creation wizard. (Required)

4 Enter your assignment’s name in the Name Your Assignment field.



Step Action

5 Click the calendar icon in the heading to open the Select Dates pane. Use the calendar widget to select the appropriate dates and times. (An Available On date is required.)

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6 Click the Add Content button to open the Available Items page.

7 (Optional) Select from the filtering options to limit your list of available items. Depending on your course materials, you may choose from concepts related to a specific problem type, taxonomy, business program standard, algorithmic regeneration, gradability, or difficulty rating.

Step Action





Step Action

8 Click the product title, to reveal your course content. You can then expand a list of individual chapters and sections by clicking the arrow icons at the left end of each row.

Make your content selections by clicking an adjacent check box.


9 (Optional) Click an item name to open a complete, functional preview of the item’s content in the Preview Item pane. Click Done to return to the Available Items page.

Note: CLGL questions do not support the use of the View Answer Key feature.

10 Click the Done button in the upper right corner of the page when you are finished selecting content to return to the previous page.

Step Action





Step Action

11 (Optional) Edit the available assignment options on the right to best suit the your needs. You can choose to change the number of takes, the availability of feedback, grading preferences, restrictions to taking an assignment, etc. You can even create reusable “option sets” that you can later apply to other assignments.

Note: CLGL assignments cannot be printed and student responses are always forwarded on subsequent takes, regardless of assignment option settings.

12 (Optional) Enter a new point value in the text box adjacent an item name. To see item content, mouse over the item row and click the Preview button that appears.

When available, the Avg Time appearing with each item can supply global information on the average time required to complete that activity.

13 (Optional) Reorganize your assignment by creating grouped pools of questions and dragging pools and/or items in the item list.



Step Action

14 Click Publish at the top of the page when you are done to save your assignment and open the Assignment Created page (or you can click Cancel to exit without saving).

At this point, your assignment is complete and assigned to the current course. However, you still have the ability to make modifications by using the Edit Assignment link on the Assignment Created page or the Edit link on the Assignments page to modify assignment details and options.





Understanding the CLGL Student Experience

You don’t need to leave your instructor account to see the student experience in your course. CengageNOWv2 provides options allowing you to take assignments as a student.

Note: For detailed instructions on the General Ledger, you can click the Help specific to the problem or refer to the General Ledger Overview for Students, which is available on the Cengage Learning support site.

Taking a General Ledger Assignment as a Student

Step Action

1 Go to the Assignments page and click an assignment name to open the Assignment Summary page.

Note: In systems that provide it, it possible access a student view of your entire course by clicking the As Student link in the Global Actions Menu (person icon).

2 Click the Preview as Student link to open the Assignment Ready page.

3 Click the Start Assignment Now button to open the assignment take.

4 Click Yes in the Additional Information pane to see printable instructions specific to the problem you have open. You can now work in a student view.



Using the CengageNOWv2 Gradebook

CengageNOWv2 automatically grades everything it can grade electronically, marks items that must be manually graded, and calculates a student’s final grade or “grade to date.” For those Learning Management Systems that integrate with CNOWv2, the scores are synchronized between the two gradebooks.

Gradebook page



There are numerous options for managing your Gradebook, generating Grade Reports, creating weighted grading categories, manually synchronizing scores, editing scores, and exporting your course Gradebook. The availability of these options can depend on the system you are using. For additional details on these topics and more, see the online Textual Help system or visit the Cengage Learning support site: http://support.cengage.com/magellanweb/TechSupport/Login.aspx.


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Helping Your Students Get Started

For systems that allow self‐enrollment, you can provide students with the information to help them get started. From the Courses page in CengageNOWv2, click links to either Print or Email the Student Registration Instructions. Click the Copy link to copy the registration link to your system clipboard for your preferred method of distribution.

Student Registration Information


Once your students receive the Student Registration Information document, they can use the registration link to go to the CengageBrain site and access a registration page specific to your course.


Document Revision History

Date Version Description Author/Editor

06/30/15 1 Document revised from two originals by South‐Western Cengage Learning and Lysa Kosins.

Pamela Newsom

12/08/15 2 Updated content selection method in the assignment creation wizard.

Pamela Newsom

08/18/16 3 ‐Added Show Answer Key info. ‐ Student data is always forwarded on subsequent takes. ‐ Email Instructor does not provide screen capture for CLGL.

Pamela Newsom

12/16/16 4 ‐ Updated information for contacting Technical Support.

Pamela Newsom


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