FACULTY RESOURCES FOR THE TEXTBOOK RENTAL PROGRAM

App State’s textbook rental program provides undergraduate and graduate students access to all required textbooks (digital or physical) for a fixed fee per semester.

You have full academic freedom to choose your textbooks and course supplies. However, anything outside the digital rental program will result in higher costs for students.

Requesting Textbooks and Course Supplies

Each term, faculty receive an email from the Campus Store via Verba Collect prompting them to submit textbook and course supply requests.

TEXTBOOKS

• Faculty may update digital textbooks each term.
• Physical textbooks (without digital versions) require a two-year adoption.

COURSE SUPPLIES

• Students will need to purchase items like lab kits, workbooks, one-time-use items, course packs, etc.
• If your course requires special order supplies (e.g., paper, pens, notebooks), email campusstore@appstate.edu to ensure availability.

DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• All digital content, including textbooks/course materials, must meet accessibility requirements under Policy 909: Digital Accessibility. 
• For more information, visit the Digital Accessibility Resources and Training page.

TIPS FOR SUBMITTING REQUESTS

• Choose the latest editions — they're more likely to be available digitally and to meet digital accessibility requirements.
• Submit the unique digital ISBN for all publisher courseware (that includes eBooks, digital labs, homework, quizzes, etc.)
• If no digital version exists, a physical rental will be provided.
• You can check material formats (digital/physical) one month before the term begins.

Dates and Deadlines

SUMMER 1 & 2 2026

• Feb. 10: Verba Collect course adoption submissions begin.
• Feb. 27: Verba Collect course adoption submissions due.
• May 11: The VitalSource Course Catalog is activated for Summer 1, allowing students and faculty to review adopted digital textbooks.
• June 18: The VitalSource eBook Course Catalog is activated for Summer 2, allowing students and faculty to review adopted digital textbooks.

FALL 2026

• March 17: Verba Collect course adoption submissions begin.
• April 24: Verba Collect course adoption submissions due.
• July 20: The VitalSource eBook Course Catalog is activated, allowing students and faculty to review adopted digital textbooks.

Viewing Textbooks and Course Supplies

Faculty may check or review submitted adoptions once the Campus Store has provisioned all courses, generally about one month before classes begin.

• Visit the Course Adoptions Search page.
• Use the dropdown menus to find your course.
• Select Begin Shopping to view adopted materials.

Digital textbooks are delivered automatically via course pages (AsULearn or Canvas) and should be available by the first day of classes. 

Adding Digital Textbooks to Course Pages 

App State is transitioning to Canvas. During this transition, faculty may use AsULearn and/or Canvas for their course pages. 

ASULEARN COURSE PAGES

Faculty using AsULearn will need to place the VitalSource My Materials link in their AsULearn course whether or not they actively use the course page. 

Learn how to add the VitalSource link in your AsULearn course.

CANVAS COURSE PAGES

For faculty using Canvas, the VitalSource link is built in via the VitalSource Digital Materials tab.

Questions?

• Course page (AsULearn or Canvas) assistance:Contact Academic and Emerging Technologies 
• Textbook/course supply questions: Submit a Campus Store Support Request ticket (log-in required).