Adopt Your Course Materials

We are excited to introduce our New Textbook Adoption System, Verba Collect! Here is the link to bookmark for future use this form.

As some of you have discovered, we went live on our back-end point of sale systems at the campus store in early August, so our old familiar textbook adoption system was no longer available. In the interim, we have used a Word document that you emailed to us for your adoptions, that once received, were entered into our system. Now with Collect, we once again have a streamlined process for you submit your adoptions for required books, courseware, and access codes in one complete step. You are also able to select 'No Text Required" for your courses. If you teach several sections of the same course, you can adopt materials for all or some of those sections, dependent upon your schedule.

The Collect database does include historical adoption information to help make the transition easier for you. Collect will keep a course history adoption for up to 2 years. This is great news for you as the faculty, for when you go to make your next adoption, all you have to do is choose to simply 're-adopt' all or some or even none of the prior books that you had previously used.

The biggest difference between our old online system, and Verba Collect is how you log in. You need to use your university email address (NetID@arizona.edu) but will create a unique password. This system does not use the single sign-on process that the old system did.

Below is a guide on how to sign-on to Verba Collect to assist in your first time access the website. Start by going to the website: https://arizona1.verbacollect.com/session/selfassign

Type in your UA email address and click Get Started. > On the next page, click Reset my Password. > Type in your email address again and click Recover Access. > When the email comes, click the Create/Reset Password button. > Follow the prompts and you will be able to submit your adoptions.

Once you put in your UA email this is what you will see. Remember to put in your email and then “Click on Reset My Password”

Here are the Textbook Adoption Deadlines:

• Spring - October 10
• Summer - February 14
• Fall - March 17
• Winter - October 10

Please contact us for any assistance you may need.

• Help Desk 520-621-8868, uabks-textbook@arizona.edu
• Michelle Avitia 520-621-8868, meavitia@arizona.edu
• Dan Crosson 520-621-8864, dancrosson@arizona.edu
• Lisa Nava 520-621-8867, lmiguel@arizona.edu
• Annie North 520-621-5601, anorth@arizona.edu

We also understand if you are having any issues completing your adoption in Collect, we will still accept the adoptions by email if needed through this form.

• Fall courses - March 17
• Winter & Spring courses - October 10
• Summer courses - February 14

We recognize that there are a few situations where it may not be possible to have textbook information available by the deadline, such as when the course has not yet been approved or funded, or the instructor has not yet been assigned to a course. For these situations, the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) requires that textbook information be listed as “To Be Determined” until the information becomes available. The Campus Store will continue to update the system with new information for courses after the initial deadline to provide students with the most accurate and up-to-date information possible

The Campus Store has partnered with Student Union Fast Copy to produce custom-created course packets called Class Notes. Please submit your materials directly to Fast Copy online or email the Fast Copy Class Notes team at copyrite@arizona.edu. You can also check with the University Libraries to see if articles are available through their free Document Delivery service.

You can note this on your textbook adoption form. It's still important to submit all required and recommended textbooks through the textbook adoption process through the Campus Store each semester.

Students are provided a booklist with their class schedule through UAccess.arizona.edu or through their Campus Store account at shop.arizona.edu under Curriculum. It is critical that faculty submit adoptions for course materials to the Campus Store in order to populate the student booklist. Students purchasing from the Campus Store can use their Bursar account for all expenses, which allows them to easily apply their scholarships and other financial aid. In addition, all textbook purchases from the Campus Store are exempt from sales tax.

2.11.1 of the University Handbook for Appointed Personnel addresses the assignment of instructor-authored books and materials in classes. While instructors are encouraged and welcome to use their instructor-authored materials in courses they teach or oversee, a conflict of interest (COI) may arise when instructors earn profits on the sale of these materials in their courses. The policy explains how to minimize COI. For example, instructors must disclose the COI to the dean of their college when the estimated profit for instructor-authored textbooks or other instructional materials is above $500 per course. See UHAP Section 2.11.1 for more information.