SecondLifeHWInstructions

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Verifying your Home Work Submission is in my Database for Grading:
There are multiple verifications that you will receive to verify that I have received your homework submission in my database for grading. For SL1 - SL3, after submitting your HW (see dragging a notecard from inventory to HW box instructions below) to the HW box, you will receive text chat verification that the submission was received. You will also receive an e-mail confirmation, and finally you can click the Verify your HW sign. Instructions for using this 3rd option are in the video below:

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=**Accounting Equation Model Instructions:**= Welcome to the interactive accounting model. This model is based on the accounting equation: Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders Equity (Equity for short). The model is intended to show what happens as accounting transactions are captured by this accounting system or entered by you. It does this by changing the size of the account type affected by the transaction and also by displaying the running total of the transactions in the floating text above the model.

The system works via chat. The chat channels that the accounting systems listens on are based on the chart of accounts.

In accounting the accounts that capture business data are numbered and the list of all accounts is called the chart of accounts (aren't accountants ever so clever). This chart has standard conventions such that each type of account is given a number within a set range (the range can be in 100's 1000's etc.) For this model you need to use the following chat channels: 100 for Assets, 200 for Liabilities and 300 for Equity.

Each account also follows rules, based on double-entry accounting, that tells the account whether the current transaction should increase or decrease a particular account. To do this we must speak the language that the accounts understand, well two words of the language anyway: Debit or Credit. When chatting or using a notecard you need to abbreviate debit or credit as follows: DR, dr, Dr or CR, cr, Cr any should work, but the model will not understand if spell out the entire word.

This means that if you want to enter a transaction that increases assets by $1,000 you would type in your chat window: /100 Dr 1000

Typical financial displays (i.e. the financial statements) list numbers in thousands or millions, that is the trailing 000's are left off. In this model I have set the scale to be in the thousands such that any number you enter will be divided by 1000.

Well enjoy, and clicking the outside of the model will clear any previous balances and allow you to start over.

Summary of how to talk with the model:

 * 1) You start with a "/"
 * 2) Then depending on which part of the equation you want to "talk" with (or adjust)
 * 3) You follow the / with a 100, 200 or 300
 * 4) The 100 is for the Assets
 * 5) The 200 is for the Liabilities
 * 6) And the 300 is for the equity, so /100 /200 or /300
 * 7) The next thing you need to do is decide if you are increasing or decreasing the Asset, Liabilities or Equity
 * 8) You do that by telling the model dr or cr (for Debit or Credit)
 * 9) So it would be /100 dr or /100 cr to talk to the asset or
 * 10) /200 dr or /200 cr to talk to the liability or
 * 11) /300 dr or /300 dr to talk to the equity
 * 12) And then follow all of that with an amount
 * 13) So put it all together and you would get something like /200 cr 3000

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Summary of how to create a Notecard (Viewer 2.0):

 * 1) OK let me go over how to get the notecard
 * 2) Click on the briefcase icon in the right sidebar
 * 3) Then click on the + sign at the bottom of your Inventory screen
 * 4) Then select New Notecard
 * 5) Rename that Notecard SL1, or SL2, or SL3
 * 6) Your cursor will be in your inventory on the NewNote, just type the name of the new note now, either SL1, SL2, or SL3. Then hit return to rename the notecard.
 * 7) Now just type in your answer in the new note and choose save.
 * 8) For SL1, you MUST hit return AFTER each sentence for your full response to be properly saved and stored for grading.
 * 9) For SL2-SL3 you will write each part of the transaction on one line, hit return and then type the next part of the transaction, and continue this until all transactions are written on the notecard, see below.
 * 10) Now all you have to do is drag it from your inventory onto the HW box.

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Summary of how to use the Notecard for SL1:
SL1 requires you to answer the requirement listed on the syllabus and for this assignment you will simply be typing in a text response. The steps for completing this assignment are as follows:
 * 1) See steps for creating a notecard above.
 * 2) Name the notecard properly: SL1
 * 3) Begin typing, after then end of each sentence you MUST hit enter/Return on your keyboard. This is necessary because of the way that Second Life sends the information on your notecard to my database for grading. If you don't follow this step, then I will not receive your complete response.
 * 4) When complete, drag the notecard to the HW box (see instructions below).

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Summary of how to write transactions on a Notecard (For SL2, SL3 and SL3):
100 dr 1000 100 cr 1000 100 dr 5000 200 cr 5000 ... Notice the order, you start off with a debit, followed by a credit. That is the order in which all accounting entries are recorded, you begin with the debit and end with the credit. Please follow this convention when creating transactions on your notecard.
 * 1) See steps for creating a notecard above.
 * 2) Name the notecard properly: SL2 or SL3.
 * 3) Transactions have the same three parts as described above: 1) account type (100, 200, or 300), 2) dr or cr, and 3) the amount.
 * 4) You may leave out the **/** when writing transactions on the notecard.
 * 5) Putting it all together you would write a transaction which increased assets by 1,000 as: 100 dr 1000 (note there are no commas used on the notecard).
 * 6) You continue writing each transaction one underneath the last one on the notecard until all transactions have been completed.
 * 7) So as an example your notecard would look like:

See the above video to watch how to write transactions for this assignment.

Dragging a notecard from Inventory to the HW box:

 * 1) Just drag that notecard from your Inventory onto the box.
 * 2) As you drag the notecard onto the HW box, you'll see you're cursor turns white and the box will light up also, when it does release your mouse key
 * 3) It's just like dragging things in Windows.
 * 4) After dragging your notecard onto the HW box, you will see the HW box change color, and via chat a message indicating that your notecard is being processed.
 * 5) Once the contents of your notecard have been processed a confirmation via text chat will be displayed along with the contents of your notecard.
 * 6) Note that for SL2 and SL3 your notecard contents are converted before being displayed in the format I use for grading. This places a, between each part of the transaction so if your notecard contained 100 dr 1000, you will see it displayed as 100,dr,1000.
 * 7) Please review this information very carefully as this is the data that will be stored for me to grade.
 * 8) If there is a problem with the formatting of the notecard, open your inventory, click on your notecard, make any necessary corrections and then resubmit.
 * 9) If the box is a red color and the text above it says "processing [avatar name's] notecard, you will not be able to drop your notecard for submission. You will need to wait until the box returns to its default color and displays the instructions for dragging your notecard onto the box.
 * 10) Check to make sure you've received your e-mail confirmation (sometimes this takes a few minutes, and perhaps longer if there are a lot of avatars all submitting HW at the same time). If you haven't received an email, you should re-submit your assignment.

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=T Account HW Instructions:=

Using the T-Account
To use this interactive T-account you need an Accounting Cube, which is used to communicate with the T-Account. If you don’t have an Accounting Cube, you may get one from the pink box next to the T-Account. Steps for playing the game are as follows:

Step 1: Get an Accounting Cube from the Pink Cube box by clicking the box and making the choice to buy the accounting cube for $0L.

Step 2: Click Keep to get the Accounting Cube placed in your Inventory.

Step 3: Click the Inventory icon (briefcase), then open the folder named Accounting Cube Group 1.0 (for sale) folder.

Step 4: Right click on the Cube and select Wear – this will place the cube over your avatar’s head.

Step 5: Step on the T-Account and press the board below the floating text (its red) – this will display an account name and whether that account is increasing or deceasing.

Step 6: You must determine if the increasing or decreasing account requires a debit or a credit.

Step 7: Once you have made this decision move your avatar to the proper side of the T-account (debit or credit).

Step 8: Change your Accounting Cube to a debit or credit (if necessary) by chatting on channel 2021 (e.g. /2021 debit or /2021 credit).

Step 9: Then touch the Accounting Cube, which will communicate with the T-Account what you are – a debit or credit.

Step 10: The T-Account will provide you with feedback. If you are correct then you can click the T-account board again and continue practicing your T-Account balances. If you are incorrect, the T-Account will provide you with the information needed to correct: 1) either the side of the T-Account you or on, or 2) your type (debit or credit). After making the necessary changes to your positions and/or the Accounting Cube you can touch the cube again to see if you are now correctly positioned.

Step 11: To remove the Accounting Cube from your head, right click it and choose Detach. You will receive an email message confirming receipt of your HW.

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