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The software must be registered within 30 days of installation. This activates the trial. Important: You must use your personal information when you activate QuickBooks. Need more help? Visit Register and install a QuickBooks Desktop student trial.
If you didn’t receive an email, check your spam folder. You can search for an email from Intuit Verification Verify@SheerID.com. If you still are not able to find it, email us at education@intuit.com for help.
When the registration is complete you will immediately receive the license information on screen. You will also receive an email with your Online or Desktop license.
If you’ve selected the incorrect QuickBooks version for your class, you are still able to request the other version (either QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop for PC) every 12 months as an active student. Simply go and re-register for the other version here.
Intuit supports staff and students of accredited U.S. institutions.
Faculty or staff: employed by an accredited primary or secondary school, public or private university or college, school district, or board of education
Accredited public or private primary or secondary schools providing full-time instruction for grades K-12, or school districts for such schools
Accredited public or private universities or colleges (including community, junior, or vocational colleges) that grant degrees requiring not less than the equivalent of two years of full-time study
Institutions which fit the above criteria must use the software for instructional purposes only
If you're still not sure if you or your school meets the requirements below, please contact us at education@intuit.com.
Intuit provides free trials of QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, and ProConnect (our industry-leading professional income tax software) to eligible individuals and institutions. Intuit also provides free personal finance curriculum to learn how to use Mint and TurboTax.
Visit our resources page to view product- and program-specific resources, links, and curriculum to get started.
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Yes, each lesson connects to both Jump$tart and CEE’s Personal Finance National Standards.
The license won’t expire as long as an educator meets Intuit's eligibility requirements. QuickBooks Desktop is supported for 3 years. For more info, you can refer to service discontinuation policy. Student Desktop is a 5-month trial. Student Online is a 1-year trial.
If you’ve selected the incorrect QuickBooks version for your class, you are still able to request the other version (either QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop for PC) every 12 months as an active student. Simply go and re-register for the other version here.
You will need to register with Intuit. Visit this page and then choose the software you need. Complete the registration form and submit.
After completing registration, you can access QuickBooks Online Accountant within 20 minutes. For QuickBooks Desktop, you will receive an order confirmation email within 3 business days after registration, which includes your license information.
As an educator you have access to QuickBooks Online Accountant, which has additional features. If you go to “Dashboard” on the left side of your screen, you will see all the same features your students have.
QuickBooks Online Accountant allows you to connect and view your student's version of QuickBooks Online. Your students need to invite you as an accountant to their QBO. Go to invite an accountant.
QuickBooks Online: your students receive a cloud-based account that can be accessed on any computer or smartphone with an internet connection.
QuickBooks Desktop: Educators can request QuickBooks Desktop lab-packs that can be installed on computers in your school's computer lab or library.
High school teachers are required to register for the appropriate software using the Educator form. After completing the registration, you’ll receive a welcome email with a form. List each student’s name on the form. Then email the completed form to educationregistration@intuit.com.
You will need to register with Intuit. Visit this page and then choose the software you need. Complete the registration form and submit.
QuickBooks Online Plus is a 12-month trial. QuickBooks Desktop Accountant Student Edition is a 5-month trial.
When the registration is complete you will immediately receive the license information on screen. You will also receive an email with your Online or Desktop license.
The software must be registered within 30 days of installation. This activates the trial. Important: You must use your personal information when you activate QuickBooks. Need more help? Visit Register and install a QuickBooks Desktop student trial.
You can register once every 12 months. If you're still within the 12-month period, you can email a request for a new license to education@intuit.com with a copy of your current class schedule.
After you have registered with Intuit you will receive an email. This will contain a license number and product code. Need more help? Visit Register and activate a QuickBooks Online student trial.
The confirmation email provides instructions to download and install QuickBooks. If you’re having a problem accessing the software go directly to Downloads & Updates. (Select Accountant version) Note: Education licenses are set up to install on multiple computers in the classroom. You should not install it on a student's personal computer. You can register/activate QuickBooks using the information from the email.
If you didn’t receive an email, check your Spam folder. You can search for an email from Intuit Verification Verify@SheerID.com. If you still are not able to find it, email us at education@intuit.com for help.
QuickBooks Online: Click here to sign in.
QuickBooks Desktop: Click here to download.
Make sure to select the version of QuickBooks Desktop that corresponds to the version listed in your confirmation!
Note: As of January 14, 2020, Microsoft no longer supports Windows 7. Learn more
Intuit provides QuickBooks Desktop in the Windows version only.
As an educator you have access to QuickBooks Online Accountant, which has additional features. If you click on "Dashboard" on the left side of your screen you will see all the same features your students have.
To make sure you have the latest and greatest features, QuickBooks Online updates approximately every 6 weeks. You may experience slight changes to your software when new features are rolled out.
QuickBooks Online Accountant allows you to connect and view your students’ version of QuickBooks Online by having them join as a "client." Click here for information on how to do so.
If you created your company in the last 60 days: please sign in to your account and then copy qbo.intuit.com/app/purgecompany into your browser. You will be asked to confirm. Don't do this unless you're sure you want to start over!
- From the Client list, click on the client name hyperlink
- In the upper right-hand corner click the drop-down next to Edit Client and select Make Inactive.
This will remove the client/student from your client list.
Set up QuickBooks Online Payroll without a subscription. Find details on setup here.
Educators: QuickBooks Online Accountant (QBOA) has free payroll.
QuickBooks Online Enhanced Payroll has a 30-day trial.
No, not at this time.
You are OK! The 3 just means that you can simulate a small business environment which would allow up to 3 users to access the same data file, saved to the same location at the same time.
If you registered for the wrong product (e.g., QuickBooks Online when you need QuickBooks Desktop), you can still register for the correct one. Students may register for both QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online once in a 12-month period.
The confirmation email provides the license information, as well as instructions to download and install QuickBooks. You need the license to install. You can access the QuickBooks download directly through Downloads & Updates (Select the Accountant version). Need help installing the software? Visit Register and install a QuickBooks Desktop student trial
Design for Delight shares many ideas and tools with the design thinking methods developed at IDEO and Stanford University. Most importantly, Design for Delight is focused on understanding and meeting customer needs, which is another way of saying that we practice human-centered design. Many classic techniques associated with design thinking, such as brainstorming, prototyping, and experimenting, are also key features of Design for Delight.
Absolutely! Design for Delight can be used in any subject or class in which students need to build skills in creativity, communication, and collaboration. All you need is a human-centered challenge that students can work on in pairs or teams to come up with an innovative solution.
Yes! Although our content and materials are targeted for older students, you can use many of the ideas and tools in your elementary school classroom. Keep in mind that using Design for Delight doesn’t mean you use every single tool or technique. Many teachers have successfully used basic techniques such as customer interviews, brainstorming, rapid prototyping, and testing with younger students.
Many education professionals have used Design for Delight to approach problems in education such as curriculum design, school schedules, policy changes, and other important topics. We recommend that you use our materials to build innovation skills within your team, and then work together to apply the principles to a current challenge in your work.
While many conventional problem-solving methods start with analysis, often done alone, Design for Delight encourages us to start with customer interactions that enable us to understand the problem firsthand. Furthermore, Design for Delight encourages us to come up with many solutions, rather than just one, based on the belief that generating many ideas makes a creative breakthrough more likely. Finally, Design for Delight is an iterative process that includes creating, testing, and improving on our ideas, instead of a linear approach that concludes after the first solution has been found.
Design for Delight is a great complement to Project-Based Learning. For any given project, students can apply relevant techniques from Design for Delight such as observation, hypothesis testing, and iteration to come up with more innovative and collaborative final outcomes. Furthermore, the Design for Delight framework is ideal for students to learn in pairs or teams, while building their abilities to empathize, work together effectively, and present their ideas.
Access our Teacher Checklist here for the steps to get started. As an educator, be sure to complete the simulation yourself before integrating into your classroom.
We sure do! Check out the videos on our resources page.
They can use any email they would like as long as it ends in @intuiteducation.com (e.g., financeisfun@intuiteducation.com)
No, students should never enter their own personal information within the Mint simulation. Please strictly advise them to use the Mint “How To” guide to connect to the Bank of Intuit to connect to our fictitious accounts.
Be sure your students are using the same computers each time. If they cannot get into the simulation, have them create a new account prior to starting the lesson plan.
Your students should start with the intro activity to get them familiarized with Mint. After that you can go in any order you choose and do not need to complete one before another.
Unfortunately, we do not currently have a “teacher” view. Students will need to complete the student simulation PDFs and share with you directly.
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