Bring accounting concepts
to life with CNOWv2.
Close the gap between homework, exam performance, and career readiness with guided learning for accounting and tax courses.
Prepare students for what comes next
CNOWv2 combines customizable assignments with activities that build understanding, practical accounting experience, and readiness for exams.
Connect pre-class learning, hands-on problem solving, and targeted support in one guided experience.
One platform. Three ways to build confidence.
Explore how CNOWv2 engages students before class, develops practical skills, and provides support before the exam.
Make pre-class activities more engaging
Assignable Videos such as Tell Me More and Quick Lessons connect chapter topics to everyday business activities and include questions that check understanding.
Practise the complete accounting process
Multi-Panel View keeps the elements of a problem visible together, helping students understand how accounting tasks connect.
Respond to errors without giving away answers
Adaptive Feedback responds to a student's specific mistakes and points out what needs attention while preserving the problem-solving process.
From preparation to independent problem solving
CNOWv2 supports a connected progression from early engagement to realistic accounting and tax practice.
Engage before class
Videos and knowledge checks introduce chapter topics and reveal where review may be needed.
Build understanding
An Adaptive Study Plan responds to individual needs and provides a pathway toward content mastery.
Apply real-world skills
Accounting workflows and tax forms give students practical experience with course concepts.
Focus support where students need it
Select a feature to see how CNOWv2 combines preparation, practice, and feedback for accounting and tax courses.
An assignable study center adapts to each student's needs and provides remediation intended to move learners toward mastery.
Journals, ledgers, and financial statements require students to rely on their own content knowledge and solve problems independently.
Multiple elements remain visible on one screen so students can see the broader accounting process without losing context.
Students gain practical experience with tax concepts through forms that can be graded within CNOWv2.
Model walkthroughs of similar problems help students get back on track while leaving the assigned answer for them to complete.
Practice designed for accounting and tax
CNOWv2 connects guided support with activities that ask students to work through authentic accounting processes.
82%
of surveyed accounting students believed CNOWv2 helped them better understand course concepts
Adaptive
feedback responds to specific errors
Connected
problem elements stay visible together
Practical
tax and accounting activities build real-world experience
Turn mistakes into productive next steps
CNOWv2 provides guidance that helps students review the process, identify errors, and keep working toward an answer.
- Adaptive Feedback identifies mistakes without revealing the answer
- Show Me How Videos model a similar problem
- Adaptive Study Plan provides individualized remediation
- Assignable activities check understanding before class
Planning your CNOWv2 demonstration
What is CNOWv2?
CNOWv2 is Cengage's guided learning platform for accounting and tax courses, with customizable assignments, assessments, practical activities, and learning support.
How does CNOWv2 support pre-class learning?
Assignable Videos, including Tell Me More and Quick Lessons, explain chapter topics and include questions that check students' understanding.
How does the Adaptive Study Plan work?
It is an assignable study center that adapts to individual needs and provides a remediation pathway toward content mastery.
How does CNOWv2 build practical accounting skills?
Features include journals, ledgers, financial statements, Multi-Panel View, and auto-gradable tax return forms designed around accounting and tax practice.
Can students receive help without seeing the answer?
Yes. Adaptive Feedback responds to specific errors without giving away the answer, while Show Me How Videos demonstrate a similar problem.