Choose the course that fits your classroom
10 Modules
10+ Hours
Beginner:
TAD Gaming
Services, LLC
Best for teaching students about a simple, service-based business.
14 Modules
20+ Hours
Intermediate:
Sushi Coma Restaurant, Inc.
Best for teaching students about service and product-based businesses.
16 Modules
32+ Hours
Advanced:
Inflow Heating and Cooling
Best for teaching students about service, product and project-based businesses.
No prior knowledge required.
Each course contains all necessary instructional resources. See below for details.
Every course includes
Overview and Answer Key
Instructor tips, module presentations, and solutions for each assessment
Case Study Guide
Step-by-step instructions for students to follow as they build a sample company
Supporting Files
Case study activity files used to complete each module’s case study
Courses overview
Beginner
Single service-based business
TAD Gaming Services, LLC
Learn the QuickBooks Online foundation by running a video-game services startup.
The company
Ryan, Emily, and King are college friends who worked in the video game industry and decided to start their own company. TAD offers programming, graphic art, and testing services, but none of the partners knows how to set up or run the books.
What students learn
- Getting started and company setup
- Chart of account and lists
- Products and services
- Customers, invoices, and sales receipts
- Vendors and bills
- Banking and reconciliation
- Financial reports
- Budgeting
Best for
Classrooms that want a foundational, service-business introduction to QuickBooks Online.
Annual revenue
Under $500,000
Entity
Partnership
Employees
3 partners — no other employees
10 modules
10+ hours
of instruction & practice
Intermediate
Service and product-based business
Sushi Coma Restaurant, Inc.
Practice inventory, payroll, and sales tax by running a two-location restaurant.
The company
Daniel and Olivia run a restaurant with two locations and both in-house and online sales. Students help them get a handle on inventory and re-order levels, purchase orders, payroll, per-location financial tracking, and the Sales Tax Center — from initial setup through profitability.
What students learn
Everything in the beginner course, plus:
- Classes and locations
- Sales tax
- Credit memos and refund receipts
- Vendor credits and purchase orders
- Inventory
- Payroll
Best for
Classrooms that want to cover inventory, payroll, and sales tax.
Annual revenue
Under $1,000,000
Entity
S-Corp
Employees
2 owners, 10 employees (W-2)
14 modules
20+ hours
of instruction & practice
Advanced
Service, product & project-based business
Inflow Heating and Cooling
Master job costing, estimates, and cash flow with a five-year-old HVAC business.
Advanced is the only course aligned to the QuickBooks Level 1 Certification. Choose this course if certification prep is your goal.
The company
Josh's HVAC company serves residential and commercial customers with 10 full-time workers and independent contractors. Students set up Payroll and contractor payments, learn Job Costing vs. Project Tracking, and use Purchase Orders, Estimates, and Progressive Invoicing to keep cash flow healthy.
What students learn
Everything in the beginner and intermediate courses, plus:
- Estimates
- Subcustomers and projects
- Job costing
- Progressive invoicing
Best for
Classrooms preparing students for the QuickBooks Level 1 Certification
Annual revenue
Under $2,000,000
Entity
Sole proprietor
Employees
1 owner, 10 employees
16 modules
32+ hours
of instruction & practice
Curriculum FAQs
No. Each course is standalone and there are no prerequisites. Content is cumulative meaning intermediate covers everything in beginner and advanced everything in beginner and intermediate.
We recommend you choose which course to teach based on the following:
- Business type/topics: Beginner (service business), Intermediate (adds inventory, payroll, sales tax), Advanced (adds job costing, estimates, cash flow)
- Time available: Beginner is the shortest; Advanced is the most comprehensive
- Certification goal: only Advanced is aligned to the QuickBooks Level 1 Certification exam
Each module will take 1-2 hours, covering both instruction and student case study work. That totals 10 hours for Beginner, 20 hours for Intermediate, and 32 hours for Advanced, as shown in the table above. You can choose how to allocate that time between in-class instruction and assessment or out of class work time.
The Advanced course (Inflow Heating & Cooling) is the only course that fully prepares students for the Intuit QuickBooks Level 1 Certification exam, which is a free, industry-recognized credential. While the Beginner and Intermediate courses develop practical QuickBooks Online skills, they do not cover all of the content required to pass the certification exam. Students taught the curriculum in class can skip straight to Intuit Academy and test out by taking the exam directly.
Yes. Intuit Academy offers a free, self-paced course that students can complete before taking the Intuit QuickBooks Level 1 Certification exam. Students work through the self-paced curriculum on their own schedule, which takes approximately 7.5 hours.
Unlike the courses above, this self-paced option does not include hands-on practice in the actual QuickBooks Online tool.
Twice a year, before the start of each semester, to match the latest QuickBooks Online tool.
Screenshots are created on a populated data set, and QuickBooks Online is always updating. We refresh content twice a year and recommend you check your QuickBooks Online version number if you notice a mismatch.
Educators can't view custom reports created by students unless the student submits the report as a PDF. To view a custom report in a student's company, create the custom report in your demo company first; the student then creates the same report in their company file. Both reports should match the case study in the guides.
Not at this time.
Not at this time.
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