Description: The workshop will start with a discussion of how to design a good Excel problem for both managerial and financial accounting. I will then demonstrate how to create templates for students to download. I will then demonstrate how to create grading formulas that will automatically grade each assignment. This discussion will also provide information on how to program Excel to give various levels of feedback to students. Issues such as academic honesty will be discussed with possible solutions presented. Finally, I will demonstate how to easily extract the information from the assignments to facilitate grading.
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Program Level: Intermediate
Method of Delivery: Group — Live
Intended Audience: Finanical or Managerial Accounting instructors who would like to integrate Excel into their classes, but are hesitant due to fears over grading time.
Format/Structure: The workshop will be a discussion and demonstration of techniques used to design and program self-grading Excel assignments. Participants will be able to see self-grading templates being designed and programmed. Participants will also learn how to extract grades and other data from completed assignments without having to open each file.
Learning Objective: Participants will learn how to design a good template for both a managerial and financial accounting course.
Participants will learn how to program in Excel grading formulas that will self-grade.
Participants will learn different methods of identifying academic dishonesty.
Participants will learn how to use two different Excel extraction programs to access grades and other information from completed templates without having to open each file.
Prerequisites: Participants must be familiar with Excel and be able to use formulas and links within Excel workbooks. It is particularly important that participants be familiar with linking formulas between worksheets as this is necessary to create self-grading formulas.
Advanced Preparation Required: Participants should attempt to convert a favorite accounting problem to an Excel template.
