Certificate in QuickBooks Online
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Print- QuickBooks Level 1 – Learn the essentials of QuickBooks, including setting up accounts, managing income and expenses, and tracking business finances.
- QuickBooks Level 2 – Advance your skills by exploring payroll, inventory, budgets, and customized reports to maximize QuickBooks’ capabilities.
The Certificate in QuickBooks Online is designed for small business managers, owners, bookkeepers, and accounting professionals who want to enhance their financial management skills. This certificate program combines Level 1 and Level 2 courses, providing a comprehensive understanding of QuickBooks Online, the leading cloud-based accounting platform.
Participants will gain practical knowledge of essential accounting tasks such as entering sales, purchases, payments, and inventory, and develop advanced skills in customization, banking, project tracking, and more.
Certificate Learning Outcomes
- Confidently navigate and customize the QuickBooks Online interface, including setting up company preferences, accounts, customers, vendors, and inventory.
- Record and manage key financial transactions, such as sales, purchases, payments, credits, and journal entries.
- Perform accurate bank reconciliations and manage credit card activity within the platform.
- Generate and interpret essential financial reports for customers, suppliers, inventory, and overall company performance.
- Utilize advanced features including memorized transactions, budgets, project tracking, and inventory bundles.
- Work with multiple currencies, managing international customers, vendors, and transactions using real-time exchange rates.
- Handle complex scenarios, including non-sufficient funds (NSF) checks, bad debts, and end-of-period adjustments.
- Apply accounting best practices in a cloud-based environment, through practical, project-based learning that simulates real-world bookkeeping tasks.
- Small business owners and managers.
- Bookkeepers and accounting professionals.
- Anyone looking to streamline financial processes using QuickBooks Online.
Registration Deadline: Participants can register up to 5 days after the course begins.
Course Access: Offered in partnership with LERN. Log in 24/7—no live meetings.
Course Format: Weekly units include readings, audio-slide lectures, self-quizzes, and discussion forums.
Tips for Success: Log in 2–3 times a week and contribute 2–3 thoughtful posts per unit for the best experience.
Recognized Credentials: Earn nationally recognized CEUs from the Learning Resources Network (LERN), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association—perfect for meeting professional development goals or licensure requirements.
Cancellation/Refund Policy: VCU Continuing and Professional Education offers this class/certificate in partnership with LERN. Therefore, you may cancel your registration up until you receive your login and password from LERN and receive a full refund minus any credit card processing fees. Cancellations must be received via email at ocpe@vcu.edu
In the unlikely event that this program is cancelled or postponed due to insufficient enrollments or unforeseen circumstances, the university will fully refund registration fees, but cannot be held responsible for any other expenses, including change or cancellation charges to include but not limited to airlines, hotels, travel agencies, or other organizations.
Online courses offered with the Learning Resources Network (LERN) continue to run, as scheduled during inclement weather. If there are changes to meeting status, you will receive an email at the address you provided upon registration informing you of the cancelation.
*exempt-this offering is ineligible for waiver use
Student/Participant Conduct:
Participants are subject to all university policies applicable to students, unless a specific university or VCU Continuing and Professional Education policy explicitly states otherwise. University policies governing students are available at https://vcu.public.doctract.com including:
Interim Student Code of Conduct
Honor System and Standards of Academic Conduct
Preventing and Responding to Discrimination
Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy-Interim
Sex-Based Misconduct Policy-Interim
For Academic Accommodations, please visit https://ocpe.vcu.edu/courses/policies.html#accommodations
There are still openings remaining at this time.