Inclusive Access & Publisher Integration Setup

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Last updated: Nov 15, 2024 by Janice Orcutt
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ID&D KB How-to Guide

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Publisher Integration

Publisher integration in MyClasses allows for course materials from publishers to be integrated with your Canvas course. Each integration is unique and varies from a single link to the publisher site to deep integration where each assignment is added to your Canvas course with grades added to the Gradebook. We often refer to publisher integration as courseware because it goes beyond access to an Ebook. Publisher integration can occur with or without Inclusive Access. Please see the Publisher Integration Instructions page for more information for your publisher. 

Inclusive Access

Inclusive Access is a program that provides students with discounted eBooks, publisher content access codes, and other Open Education Resources through an integration with MyClasses. It is a partnership between the SU bookstore, textbook publishers, VitalSource (our partner that enables the connection through an integration tool in MyClasses), and Instructional Design & Delivery. Faculty interested in the Inclusive Access program should contact the SU bookstore to get started.

All students enrolled in a class that is participating in the Inclusive Access program will have access to the required course materials on the first day of classes, at the most affordable price.

Watch the video below for more information about the Inclusive Access program and how it works, as well as how to set up your course in MyClasses for Inclusive Access.

Combined Sections:

If you are teaching two or more sections of the same course and you are planning on combining them into one course in MyClasses, please go to ID&D Support and fill out the MyClasses Combine Sections request form (found under MyClasses Requests).  The MyClasses Combine Sections request must be completed no later than two weeks before the start of the semester for the publisher materials to be correctly linked to the combined course; course sections will not be able to be combined if requested after two weeks to the beginning of the semester.

 

There are two types of course materials that can be accessed via Inclusive Access:

  1. eBook - Access to a digital copy of the assigned textbook through the VitalSource eBook reader

  2. courseware (eBook and publisher content) - In addition to the digital copy of the assigned textbook, students will also have access to various online instructional materials and activities related to the assigned textbook set by the instructor.

Inclusive Access Workflow

Instructor Access to Publisher Content

Instructors should contact the publisher representative to establish an instructor account to access the course materials including the eBook.

  1. Complete textbook adoption form. If course is identified for Inclusive Access (IA), there are two types of adoptions:

  2.  

    1. eBook.

    2. Courseware.

  3. Instructors using courseware should work with the publisher representative to develop the course.

  4. Faculty planning to combine course sections, fill out the "MyClasses Course Combine Request form at least two weeks before the start of the semester.

  5. In your MyClasses course, enable the "VitalSource Bookshelf" link on the course navigation bar.

  6. (Courseware only) Enable the publisher integration per publisher instructions.

  7. (Courseware only) Pair/link MyClasses course section with the publisher course section and deploy publisher assignments/activities to MyClasses (process differ by publisher).

  8. /wiki/spaces/IDD/pages/79168851 the "Textbook and Course Materials with Inclusive Access" page, add the page to the appropriate module in your course and modify the page as needed.


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