Prices will vary depending on the course materials chosen by your instructor. Most Immediate Access prices are lower than the cost to access the material directly through the publisher and averages a cost savings upwards of 60% off the price of a new print textbook.

You will see a charge on your U-Bill from the bookstore on or before the first day of class. There is nothing tangible to purchase from the ISU Book Store. The billing description on your U-Bill will read, "University Bookstore - Immediate Access Course Materials One (v1)" and the course. Below is an example of the billing description for a student enrolled in ATR 5100 - Evaluation Methods and Treatment Techniques - Lower Body.

Instructors and TAs will not be billed for access to Immediate Access Course Materials. TAs must be listed as a TA or instructor in Canvas.

Students may choose to opt-out of each Immediate Access material. Opting out does not mean you are dropping the course. It simply means you are choosing not to receive the digital content from the ISU Book Store at a reduced rate. Opted out students must find another way to acquire access in order to complete required homework assignments. Students have within the first 10 days of class to opt-out and receive a refund to their U-Bill (5 days for courses 8 weeks or shorter).

1. To opt-out, click on the "Immediate Access" tool on the navigation menu in Canvas.

2. Click on "Want to opt-out?"

3. After you have opted out you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not recieve a confirmation email within 24 hours after opting out please email immediateaccess@iastate.edu.

No worries! If you are still within in the first 10 days of class, you can click the opt-in button in Canvas and have access to the material again. If you need assistance, send us an email at immediateaccess@iastate.edu.

If you drop your course prior to the 10th day of class (5th day of class for partial semester courses), you will automatically receive a refund for the digital course material. Courses dropped beyond the 10th day of class are not eligible for refunds. You do not have to contact the bookstore if you drop the course. Partial semester courses must be dropped by the 5th business day after the start of the course to receive a refund.

You will receive an email from Iowa State University Book Store (no-reply@verbasoftware.com) prior to the start of classes with detailed instructions on how to access your materials. Most materials will be accessed using these steps.

1. Click on the "Immediate Access" link on the Canvas course navigation menu on the left side of your Canvas course page.

2. You should see a course card for each Immediate Access material required for the course.

3. Click on "View more". A window will pop-up with instructions.

4. If your instructor provided directions on how to access the digital content always use those first.

You may not be able to access the digital content until the first day of class as some instructors may not publish the Canvas course for students to view until then. If however, on the first day of class you do not see the Immediate Access link, please email at immediateaccess@iastate.edu.

Just email your title(s) to immediateaccess@iastate.edu. It's best if you can provide Author, Title, and ISBN of the printed book. We will research to find out if it's available from the publisher as an Immediate Access title. If your local publisher rep knows what title(s) you generally use, they may also check to see if it can be enrolled.

• Summer Deadline: April 15
• Fall Deadline: April 15
• Winter Session Deadline: November 15
• Spring Deadline: December 1

• All enrolled students will have access to their required digital material the first day of class
• It is charged to their U-Bill, therefore having access to their financial aid
• Increase learning outcomes for the students. Many of the publisher courseware products use adaptive learning tasks to make sure the student understand material before moving onto the next material. Also, some eBooks have a feature called "CoachMe" that comes at no extra charge. The students use the "Doer Effect" help retain information they learned from answer questions in chapters that are embedded alongside the ebook content.

When you are creating your Canvas shell the Immediate Access link will already be checked. Do not remove this!

Please visit this page to learn how to set up the Immediate Access link.

Once you have the link on your Canvas course don't be alarmed if after you click on it and see "0 Materials" or "You currently have no materials associated with this course". This is normal if you set it up early prior to the start of the term. The digital content is not linked to your Canvas course until two to three weeks before classes start.
CAUTION: If you make any changes to your Canvas page like merging sections or renaming the course shell after Immediate Access materials have been linked the link will break. Please email immediateaccess@iastate.edu immediately.

Immediate Access materials are usually ready to view on the student's Canvas page a week before classes start. This requires that the Immediate Access link is set up on your Canvas course and that we have your five digit Canvas course ID matched to the eBook on the bookstore side. About two weeks before class the CELT team provides VitalSource and the bookstore with each Canvas course's 5 digit ID so we can link your Immediate Access title to your course.
You will know it's ready when after you click on the link, you will see a course card that has an oval field in the center of the course card noting "Immediate Access" on it (circled in red in the example below).
CAUTION: If you make any changes to your Canvas page like merging sections or renaming the course shell after Immediate Access materials have been linked the link will break. Please email immediateaccess@iastate.edu immediately.