Do you teach a course with zero-cost or low-cost course materials? NIU students are able to search for and filter courses with affordable course materials (defined as required books, textbooks, ebooks, streaming video, CDs, or DVDs) at the time of registration.
To make this functionality possible, two course attribute values are used by schedulers in MyNIU: one for courses with low-cost textbooks (total course materials cost of $40 or less) and the other for courses with zero textbook costs. Department schedulers can add these attribute values to any courses in MyNIU that meet the criteria of low or zero-cost textbook courses.
To ensure that the courses you teach with free or low-cost course materials are identified for students in MyNIU, please notify your department course scheduler and department chair of your upcoming term courses that should be designated as either low-cost or zero-cost textbooks.
NOTE FOR SCHEDULERS: While the affordable course materials attributes roll over from the previous semester, faculty and syllabi change. Therefore, when requesting course descriptions or confirming course schedules for the coming term, please verify with faculty that the affordable cvourse materials attributes still apply. This ensures students see accurate information when registering in MyNIU.
Check out the Open Education FAQs for additional information.
NIU students are able to search for and filter courses with affordable course materials at the time of registration.
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