Addendum to excellent advice given already. If you're offering a pedagogic approach to accounting principles, it's very likely that you'll have valuable and useful feedback about the usability of the software for learners, the correctness of its tools and reports.
The software has improved a lot from previous educators and accounting professionals alike. On Sun, 10 Sept 2023, 10:45 am , <tkp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I teach a course in Corporate Valuation Theory that is taken by students > from a variety of disciplines. Many of them have not studied accounting, > and > while I devote two lectures and two homework assignments to the subject, it > is impossible to convey the depth of this vast subject and for students to > internalize why double-entry accounting is so extraordinarily powerful. > > > > I currently use examples built in Excel but am exploring the possibility of > moving to GnuCash, which allows its users to think in terms of double-entry > accounting using debits and credits, and to make entries using these terms. > It allows students to create different types of accounts > (asset/liability/equity), make journal entries for them using proper > accounting terminology, and then create financial statements. > > > > Question: Do you know of a simple accounting primer that uses GnuCash and > has many examples and some problem sets as well? If so, I would be very > appreciative if you would share it with me. > > > > Sincerely and with many thanks in advance > > > > Thomas Philips > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
