Textbook Adoption Instructions

Introduction

This article provides step-by-step instructions for faculty on how to adopt required textbooks using the BibliU platform, ensuring students have timely access to course materials.

Step by Step Instructions

  1. Go to the UTRGV Campus Store website.
  2. Choose Faculty Adoptions from the Course Materials dropdown.
    Screenshot of Campus Store website selecting Faculty Adoptions from Course Materials menu
  3. First-time users must create a Profile for Adopting Course Materials.
  4. Complete the Faculty Registration form and click Submit Faculty Registration at the bottom.
    Things to Note:
    • “Faculty ID” can stay blank
    • Customer type is “Faculty”
    • Only one department can be added at a time. If you are adopting for multiple departments, the additional departments can be added to your account after you create your faculty profile.
  5. Once submitted, you can continue to add departments to your account if needed by clicking Add New Department and adding departments from the dropdowns on the next page.
  6. Now that an account has been created, navigate to the Faculty Page and choose Guided Adoption under Submit Your Adoptions.
  7. Utilize the dropdowns on the Guided Adoption screen to designate the term, department, instructor, course, and section you are submitting for, and click Continue.
    • Note: If your course is not listed in the dropdown, you can manually Add Course or Add Section.
    • If your course does not use a textbook, that can be designated on this screen.
  8. Adopt a text using one of the following functions:
    • Your Booklist: Choose from previous adoptions (won’t be available since this is the first term we are servicing).
    • Browse Books: To search the catalog by subject material.
    • Book Search (RECOMMENDED): To search by Author, Title, or ISBN, or Key Word.
    • History: To search historical adoptions (won’t have data yet).
    • Add a Book: Manually create an adoption if the title you’re using is not found by the above methods. (Custom titles will need to be created this way)
  9. Click Adopt on each title you wish to adopt, and your Adoption Cart will populate on the right of the screen. Once complete, click Continue at the bottom of the screen.
    • Note: Most titles default to digital/eBook options (designated by the symbol). Our practice is to adopt the physical as required and the ebook as optional format. If you prefer the ebook ONLY over the physical text, please designate that in the comments to the bookstore.
  10. The next step is designating Usage (Required, Recommended, Optional Format, etc.) and adding any Notes to the Bookstore. Once complete, click Continue.
  11. Final step, Review Adoption, and click Submit.

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