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Brylla Academy teaches practical, career-focused skills through
recorded lessons, realistic assignments and instructor feedback.

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Recorded lessons
Interactive assignments
Instructor feedback
Career resources

What you get

Everything you need to learn, practice, and get career-ready

Practical, career-focused learning designed for real work.

Recorded lessons you can follow at your own pace.

Assignments and
instructor feedback.

Certificates, tracking tools, and career support to get job-ready.

Our Courses

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Clear, helpful customer support for remote teams.

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Connect useful content with the audiences a business wants to reach.

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Project management

Organize project work from the initial plan through delivery.

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Bookkeeping syllabus

Six modules, one each week. Every module has three recorded lessons of 45 minutes, one live session of up to an hour, an assignment, and a quiz.

Week 1: Bookkeeping foundations

  • What a US bookkeeper does
  • Debits, credits, and journal entries
  • Chart of accounts
  • Live session: Chart of accounts build-off
  • Assignment: Journal entries, a trial balance, and a chart of accounts cleanup

Week 2: QuickBooks Online

  • QuickBooks Online setup and navigation
  • Bank feeds, bank rules, and categorizing
  • Accounts receivable
  • Live session: The shoebox challenge
  • Assignment: Set up the client and complete February bookkeeping in QuickBooks Online

Week 3: Payables and reconciliations

  • Accounts payable
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • Live session: Find the difference
  • Assignment: Accounts payable, bank, and credit card reconciliations

Week 4: Assets, loans, and adjustments

  • Fixed assets and depreciation
  • Amortization, prepaid expenses, and accruals
  • Loan accounts
  • Live session: Schedule lab
  • Assignment: Depreciation, amortization, and loan schedules
  • Quiz and mid-course test covering weeks 1 to 4

Week 5: Xero and merchant apps

  • Xero from start to finish
  • Stripe
  • PayPal and reconciling merchant payouts
  • Live session: Messy e-commerce month
  • Assignment: Xero bookkeeping, plus Stripe and PayPal reconciliation

Week 6: Month-end close and career

  • Month-end close and financial reports
  • Real-world practice: cleanup and catch-up
  • Job sites, applications, and using AI
  • Live session: Capstone presentations and mock interviews
  • Capstone: Close the client's first-quarter books and present the results
  • Final test covering all modules

Each assignment builds the same client's first-quarter books. In week 6, students correct earlier work, close March, prepare the financial statements, write a summary to the owner, and present the results. A certificate is awarded with an overall score of 70% or more and a submitted capstone.

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How Brylla Works

Move through every course at your own pace and keep track of your progress.

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Career Toolkit

Every enrolled student gets free access to practical career resources
built to help put new skills in front of the people hiring for them.

LinkedIn Optimization Guide

Structure a profile that reads clearly to employers and clients.

Upwork Optimization Guide

Set up a profile and proposals that get responses.

Professional Portfolio Guide

Decide what to include and how to present your work.

Sample Portfolio

A reference portfolio you can use as a template.

Make your next step count
Use the guides to get career-ready, then request an optional expert review.

Career reviews

Once you've worked through the free guides yourself, you can optionally
have a specific profile reviewed by someone who checks it for you.

LinkedIn Profile Audit

Expert review of your LinkedIn profile against the guide.

Upwork Profile Audit

Expert review of your Upwork profile and proposals.

Portfolio Audit

Expert review of your portfolio’s structure and content.

Best value

Career Profile Audit Bundle

All three audits together, at a lower combined price.

Student Experiences

“The step-by-step lessons and practice activities made bookkeeping easier to understand. I could work through each topic at my own pace.”
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Ama Mensah Bookkeeping
“Planning a sample campaign helped me connect content ideas with the audience I wanted to reach and the results I needed to measure.”
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Kojo Boateng Digital Marketing
“Breaking a project into tasks and milestones gave me a clearer way to organize work and communicate progress.”
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Esi Owusu Project Management

Frequently Asked Questions

Courses use recorded lessons so you can learn at your own pace. You’ll also work on real assignments and receive instructor feedback.

Yes. Your Brylla account gives you a dashboard to track progress through each course module.

You’ll receive a certificate when you complete each course.

Yes. Enrolled students get free access to the career toolkit, including LinkedIn, Upwork, and portfolio guides. Expert profile audits are optional and paid.

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