Course Materials Adoption

• For SPRING term: November 1
• For SUMMER term: March 15
• For FALL term: May 1

Use the Adoptions & Insights Portal (AIP), which you can access via Canvas. While logged into Canvas, look for this icon:

Once all your assigned courses are loaded into Peoplesoft, you’ll see each of your courses in AIP and you’ll be able to select course materials for each one. 

Several reasons!
Ultimately, turning in your textbook adoptions on time benefits students: 

• It’s important that students see how much their textbooks will cost when selecting their classes so that they can make informed choices. In fact, schools are required to post information about required textbooks along with the class schedule. The deadlines allow the College enough time to comply with this rule. 
• The ARC Library buys a copy of nearly every ARC textbook, and needs time to receive and process the material.
• When students know what their textbooks are in advance, they can shop around online for the best deals, and are more likely to have their book on day 1. 
• For students with financial aid vouchers, their easiest option is to purchase their textbooks from the Bookstore. To do so, they need clear information about what books are required. 
• The earlier the Bookstore gets their adoptions, the better chance they have of being able to purchase the limited quantity of used textbooks available nationwide. This saves students money!
• College employees like counselors, librarians, and Homebases coaches rely on this information to help students figure out what textbooks they need to buy.

This deadline only applies to you if you have courses assigned. Once you get your courses, input your course materials adoption as soon as you can. 

Yes. Please still submit the form. It makes it clear to students that they don’t need to plan to purchase anything for your course, and makes it easier for college personnel to help students find their textbooks

Excellent question and I’m so glad you asked. First, yes it’s important to still submit the form. Second, you could actually ask the bookstore to stock these supplies! This way, students know exactly what the required materials are, can buy them in advance, and can more easily use their financial aid vouchers to do so. For help sourcing supplies, please contact the ARC bookstore manager at sm8613@bncollege.com

Yes! You can find your previous semester’s adoptions in the Adoptions & Insights Portal.

Yes. To make things a bit easier you can find your previous semester’s adoptions in the Adoptions & Insights Portal

Yes. Even if you use a free textbook, submitting an adoption form is still important. It makes the textbook requirements clear to students, library staff, counselors, and other college employees. Also, as a bonus this will facilitate your course to be listed as “Zero Cost” in the class schedule.

It’s much better for students, College support staff, the library, and the bookstore if you submit the textbook adoption form so that the bookstore can stock your book. It helps communicate clearly to your students what your expectations are, and it helps College employees who are trying to help your students look up their textbook information. Also, students can use their financial aid allocations much more easily at the bookstore.

What a great idea. Yes! Absolutely, please let your students know about the required course materials ahead of time. In fact, in a recent survey many students said they would really like to get this information in advance. Here is a welcome email template you can use if you’d like.