Learn accounting online with free online courses. Look for websites that offer free accounting courses that are structured like a college course or professional development seminar. Find websites that offer free small business resources for a variety of course options, ranging from basic to more advanced.
Get started in financial accounting with free online dictionaries of bookkeeping terms and concepts. Learn key terms if you or your staff are completely new to accounting before you look for online courses, and look up any terms you don't understand in online course descriptions to ensure you find a course covering the financial accounting topics you need to learn.
Find and download free and open source versions of financial accounting software to assist you as you learn accounting. Search for software and online bookkeeping tools that minimize the amount of knowledge of financial accounting you need in order to complete necessary record-keeping and accounting tasks, such as invoicing and payroll. Avoid free trials that might charge you for services after a temporary period because free software programs and online services are widely available.
Conduct seminars to allow your accounting staff to work together when learning new accounting topics online. Lead a workshop in which all your accounting staff works through online lessons and exercises together before assigning individual work to ensure that each employee has the knowledge and computer skills necessary to conduct online learning independently.
Follow up on online courses with a question and answer meeting about the new topics in financial accounting, and fill gaps in knowledge with additional lessons in accounting online. Post new concepts and terms in a visible spot in the office, and encourage your accounting staff to ask one another questions or post questions to online forums associated with the online courses.