212 U: Internet Training

By popular Demand, 212 U is expanding our course offerings to provide more online training opportunities each month. In September we will be offering three courses, along with the full series on the CCR/ACC Enforcement module, and five courses will be offered in October.

September Courses At 212 University

MM-101 Mobile Manager Interface

You and your staff can roam your communities without the need for bulky clipboards and printed reports. Instead of writing notes, and spending costly hours entering new data into TOPS Professional™ or TOPS On-Site™, you can enter that data directly into your PDA or touch screen smart phone while you are on site, then simply sync the data from the device to your program and viola! It's all there. Have all the information you need at your fingertips for field inspections and after hour on-call emergencies. The Mobile Manager class will include the following: System requirements, Installation, Synchronizing, Uninstalling, Screen overview, Using Mobile Manager. Our class will be held on Monday, September 22, 2008 at 2:00 PM EDT.

JBS-101 Job Streaming Process

This course will cover how the Job Streaming module will automate and simplify many recurring processes in TOPS Professional™ . We will discuss what processes are available in the Job Streaming module, how to create new Job Streaming jobs, and how to schedule the jobs to either run automatically or prompt the user to run them. Our class will be held on Tuesday, September 23 2008 at 2:00 PM EDT.

CCR/ACC Enforcement Series

This series starts you right at the beginning with proper setup and finishes up with the more advanced features of the CCR/ACC Enforcement module. We will review some of the best practices we have come across during our years in the industry. If you want to make sure you taking full advantage of your CCR Module then you will definitely want to check out this series. This series will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 thru Friday, September 26, 2008 at 2:00 PM EDT.

BSA-101 Basic Accounting

This course is designed to help you understand basic accounting and how it is used in TOPS Professional™ . We will discuss the two accounting methods: cash and accrual, the different types of accounts: assets, liabilities, and equity, and the typical account balances: debits and credits. Our class will be held on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 2:00 PM EDT.

Disclaimer: This course is to provide a better understanding of basic accounting using TOPS Professional™ . The material taught in this course is provided for your assistance only and should not be relied on as 100% accurate in all cases. If in doubt about a particular accounting situation, please contact your accountant for assistance and advice.

October Courses At 212 University

NCS-101 New Community Setup

This course will cover the steps necessary to successfully set up a new community in TOPS Professional™ . In addition we will highlight items that you should consider when setting up a community. We will take a stroll through the New Community Setup Wizard to initialize the basic community. Then we will walk through the process of setting up homeowners, loading balances for homeowners, and loading General Ledger beginning balances. We will also review the process steps of validating the numbers between TOPS Professional™ and the system one would be moving from. We will conclude with time saving tips for management companies using a template community approach. Our class will be held on Monday, October 20, 2008 at 2:00 PM EDT.

ACCNT-210 The Budget Cycle

This course will cover the various steps necessary to successfully load budgets for your communities. We will also take an in depth look at the new Budget Entry Tool. In addition we will highlight areas that you should consider when preparing your budgets. Our class will be held on Tuesday, October 21, 2007 at 2:00 PM EDT.

ACCNT-110 Being Prepared for Year End

The last thing we need in our day to day operations is the added stress of year end and all the tasks that need to get done. This course will cover the steps for closing out a fiscal year and include some of the optional year end features to keep your system running smoothly. We will also discuss some helpful tips and ideas to help ease the stress. Our class will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2007 at 2:00 PM EDT.

ACCNT-303 Collections the Process

This course will review the collection process and cover the steps needed to set up the collection module parameters. In addition we will highlight items that you should consider when setting up the collection process. At the end of this course you should have a good understanding of how to set up the collection tables and process collections on a consistent basis. Our class will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2007 at 2:00 PM EDT.

ADM-101 User Security

This course will review the Users and Password module and how to go about setting up security groups for different functional groups. At the end of the course you will know how to set up security groups and users. In addition we will try to highlight areas that you should consider when preparing to set up user sign on security. Our class will be held on Friday, October 24, 2008 at 2:00 PM EDT.