Authentic Assessment Activity

Participants will complete a project during the Module 2 Practice Session which will reflect their learning.
The participants will witness several tutorials which will help them create a customer, a product, and an invoice using the free, online accounting software- Wave Accounting.
Based on Mayer's (2009) theory of active processing, participants will select knowledge from the tutorials, organize the material, and integrate the learning with prior knowledge that they may have as small business entrepreneurs in order to create the final product.

Reference:

Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

Guidelines for Workshop Activity

For this assignment, you will create an invoice based on a customer and product entry designed by your team of three.
You will watch three separate tutorial multimedia presentations of approximately 2 minutes in length each, using your laptops, smart phones, or tablet pcs.
You may review these tutorials as many times as necessary.
After viewing these tutorials, your team will review your tutorial handouts and collaborate to produce three products: a customer entry, a product, and an invoice for sale of the created product, using the free, online accounting software- Wave accounting.
The teams will be assigned the same login name and password to illustrate how multiple users can access the website and make entries simultaneously.
All teams will work simultaneously using the same software.
All teams will have the same user name and password information.
All workshop participants will be able to see everyone’s final products at the same time in real time.
The activity is designed to show you how easy it is to use, and to train your personnel to use the software.

How to Create a Customer Entry:

Go to http://waveaccounting.com/
Sign in using email address: vida.martin@waldenu.edu; and password: waldenu
Once you have signed in, you will be on the company’s dashboard.
Scroll down to the lower left corner of the screen to select ‘Add Customers’ under ‘Settings’.
Then scroll to the right of the next screen and click on ‘Add a customer’.
Decide upon a customer name and address, and simply fill in the information as prompted.
Once you have filled in the required data, you will then select the ‘Save customer’ tab at the bottom of the screen.

How to Add a Product:

From the dashboard, select ‘View all settings’ on the lower left of the screen.
The screen will list a number of options along the left side. Select ‘Products’.
Scroll to the right and select, ‘Add a product’.
Simply fill in the name and description of the product along with any additional information as prompted and save.

How to create an Invoice:

From the dashboard, select the heading entitled ‘Income’.
Scroll to the right and select, ‘Create an invoice’.
Select your customer’s name from the dropdown tab next to ‘Customer name’.
Assign an invoice number and scroll down to select your ‘Terms of Payment’ from the dropdown tab.
Continue to scroll down and select your product from the dropdown tab.
Tab over and the fill in the ‘product details’, adjust the quantity of units being sold, and enter the unit price.
You have the option to save your invoice, save and email the invoice immediately to your client, or save the invoice and instantly create another. Please save your invoice.
Your assessment activity is now complete.
Please advise the facilitator upon completion so that everyone may view the final products simultaneously.
Your activity will be reviewed according to the rubric in your handouts.