Classroom Rules

Be on time and be
Keep your mobile Ask only relevant
always prepared for
phone switched off questions during
your class. Bring
or in a silent mode. teaching time.
your laptop in class.

Be polite and
Do not interfere with
respectful of the
the teaching and
teacher, yourself, Always do your best.
learning of your
your classmates and
colleagues.
your institution.
Academic Skills for Accounting
and Finance

Week 3 – Day 2:
• Using Microsoft PowerPoint
• Improving slides
• Accessing feedback
Session Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session students will be able to:

• Recognise the key features of interesting PowerPoint

slides
• Be able to access and understand module feedback
Sharing Group Presentations
As this is a group task, it is important that each member of the team works on the
PowerPoint slides.
It would be unfair to leave this to one individual.

Thankfully there is a way to share your document so that each member of the
team can edit the same presentation, in real time.

We can do this through Microsoft OneDrive; for more information, you can access
Moodle and select the document “Guide – PowerPoint and Microsoft One Drive”
on the Additional Materials.
Formative Task

1. To highlight the main historical development of the

accounting and financial management industry
2. To identify and discuss the key roles and functions of
the accounting and financial management industry
3. To outline the importance of the accounting and
financial management play within the industry
4. To discuss the future development of the accounting
and financial management industry
Research the following (1)
1. To highlight the main historical development of the accounting and financial
management industry
• You need to highlight AT LEAST 3 major historical events that have significantly impacted
on the development of accounting and financial management industry. You may choose from
the following:
a. any historical stages that sound appealing;
b. the new technologies;
c. the financial crises;
d. globalisation.

2. To identify and discuss the key roles and functions of the accounting and financial
management industry
• accounting related roles (e.g., Book-keeper, auditor, chartered accountant, payroll clerk);
• finance related roles (e.g., investment banker, financial analyst, financial managers);
• accounting functions (e.g., budgeting, accounts payable and receivable)
• financial management functions (e.g., financial planning, financial decision-making, financial
reporting, legal compliance)
Research the following (II)
3. To outline the importance of the accounting and financial management
play within the industry
• You need to outline AT LEAST 3 importance of accounting and financial
management activities/functions. Your answer may include financial planning,
planning and acquisition of fund, enhancing profitability and value of the entity.

4. To discuss the future development of the accounting and financial

management industry
• You have to identify and discuss AT LEAST 3 future developments within the field
of accounting and finance. For instance, you may consider how the adoption of
information technology (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, Cloud computing, etc.) is
enhancing productivity.
We use PowerPoint as a tool to create visual
aids for a presentation
However, we need to be careful about the way in which our slides
are presented.

Over the next few slides we will look at different examples of slides.

For each one, discuss what is good or bad about the slide, and how,
if at all, could they be improved.
 Look at this
slide:

What do you
think can be
done differently?
What do you think
can be done
differently?
 What can you
say about the
layout of these
images?
Can you point out the
information this slide
might be passing on?
Is it clear to you
what the writer
might be writing
here?
What do you think might be happening
here?
How are these slides different from the
previous slides?

The roles and functions which

accounting and finance play in an entity

Accounting
Accounting Role: Finance Role:
Function:
Book-keeper Investment banker
Budgeting

Financial
management
Function: Financial
planning
Summative Work and Feedback
Accessing Summative Feedback
Task
1. Log in to GBS Moodle
2. Go Home and select Canterbury Christ Church University
3. Select ‘BSc (Hons) Accounting and Financial Management’
4. Select the right cohort ‘January 23’
5. Click on ‘Level 3’
6. Select the module ‘Academic Skills for Accounting and
Finance – Jan 23’
7. Click on ‘Assessment’ and go to ‘Summative Assignment’
and click on ‘AFM – Assignment 1 – Group Presentation’
8. Scroll down to see your assignment upload.
9. You will see a table. Under the column ‘Grade’ click the pen
symbol to open the assignment.
Grades
For summative work your
grade will be displayed here.
Feedback Comments
General Comments
• These may have been added to the
piece of work and will be shown in
the right-hand pane of the screen
that you are viewing to see
your work. ​
• General comments apply to the
whole paper, as opposed to the
comments added to parts of the
paper. If your tutor has recorded a
Voice Comment, this will
be accessible from the same pane as
the General Comments.
 Feedback Comments
Specific Comments
• Your tutor may have added
feedback comments directly to the
pages of your work in the form
of comments. These appear as
blue boxes with either white text
or a white speech bubble.​
• Click on the blue box to see
the feedback given. The text of
the comment (in the white area) is
what you need to pay attention to.
Bubble Comments
Bubble Comments

Click on the speech

bubble to see the full
comment
Understanding the Sidebar

Blue sections refer

Red sections
to feedback
refer to
similarity
within Turnitin
Downloading your work
You can download your paper
as a PDF, including the marks
and feedback that you have
received from the same Class
Homepage you use to view your
marks and feedback. Click the
download button:
A dialogue box will appear to confirm the
download is being prepared, then a Save as…
window will pop-up. Make sure you save it to a
personal folder or external drive.
Comments
Feedback is an important part of writing academic assignments.
It's important that you take the time to read the feedback that
your lecturer has given you. ​
​
Feedback is given to help you understand your grade​
Feedback will provide you with ideas for how to improve in
future assignments.​
Understanding and Interpreting feedback
In future, an explanation of different aspects of
corporate social responsibility, showing awareness of
the critique of this definition could have helped to
strengthen your points.

What area needs improving?

How could this student improve in the future?
In future, ensure that you integrate the references
from books, journals, and webpages.

What area needs improving?

How could this student improve in the future?
Review source

What area needs improving?

How could this student improve in the future?
Weak paragraph transition

What area needs improving?

How could this student improve in the future?
Your sentences are basic, you need to proofread your
work and avoid waffling in your work.

What area needs improving?

How could this student improve in the future?
Proofread your work to avoid SPAG errors.

What area needs improving?

How could this student improve in the future?
Review
Today we have looked at:
• Using MS PowerPoint (Additional Materials
Tab).
• Researching on key assignment tasks
• Accessing Feedback
What questions do you have?