Ensure your students buy the right textbook for all their courses
College book stores face growing challenges. Students purchase textbooks from other sources. Editions are releasing more frequently. The price of books is rapidly rising and there is a proliferation of delivery formats, such as print-on-demand and digital. On top of it all, the Higher Education Opportunity Act and other textbook legislation now demand that schools publish the prices of various book formats well in advance of the first day of class.
That's where Concourse comes in. On the administrative side of the equation, Concourse can eliminate a separate textbook submission process for instructors by using the syllabus as the input mechanism. This way, instructors need only enter book information on their syllabus, something they already do, to make the information available to the store. You can even run a report to see which courses have not yet included their book information.
On the student side, those looking at the syllabus for the first time in preparation for the course can purchase their materials from the bookstore directly through the syllabus or by being forwarded to the bookstore site. This makes the transaction painless and simple while generating more demand at the bookstore. Plus, you will automatically be in compliance with the legislation as pricing information is readily and securely available to all the students throughout the campus.