Faculty

The Book Shop has partnered with eCampus to supply course materials for our students. No books will be physically stocked in the Book Shop.

Submit your course adoptions for J-term and Spring by the November 25 deadline:  fast.ecampus.com/school/luther

To Know:

  • All adoptions should be submitted through this portal (FAST), including courses for which no text is required. Be certain to Sign In Via Your School Account using your Norse email and password. Questions using FAST should be directed to eCampus at luther@ecampus.com.
  • Every course needs an adoption submitted, including those that do not require a textbook (music lessons, labs, etc). When you have accessed the course, select “Textbooks are not required for this course.” One button is all it takes to make the student experience smoother.  
  • Faculty created course readers will be stocked in the Book Shop. Submit to Amanda by emailing amanda.solheim@luther.edu. Include a signed copy of Luther College Copyright Clearance Declaration. All copyrights should be granted prior to submission. A Course Comment should be added stating a required course reader is available in the Book Shop.
  • Safety goggles, lab/scientific notebooks, calculators, journals and tuning forks will be stocked in the Book Shop. Email Amanda with specific details, amanda.solheim@luther.edu. A Course Comment should be added stating a required X is available in the Book Shop.
  • Desk copies can be requested through FAST if the course adoption is submitted by the deadline. Because a desk copy is supplied by the publisher, eCampus cannot guarantee a copy will be granted.

Terms:

  • Inclusive Access: a grouping of components (digital text, homework, quizzes, etc) that are a cost savings to students when bundled together. All are delivered to the students by the first day of class and are found on Katie. There is a course fee that will be automatically charged to the student's account the 2nd week of class. All students are initially Opted In but do have the option to Opt Out. If a student chooses to Opt Out, they will be responsible to acquire the individual components. You may also adopt a copy of the text as Optional for the students who learn best with a physical book.
  • Open Educational Resources (OER): free teaching, learning and research materials

Helpful suggestions:

  • The Course Comments field can be used to:
    • Make a notation that a course reader (printed on campus) is required and available in the Book Shop. Course readers should not be entered into FAST (eCampus adoption portal) but submitted directly to the Book Shop.
    • Link a syllabus or other PDF
    • Provide general information you would like to convey to students.
  • The Book Comment field is ideal for clarification, such as:
    • “Only purchase one copy of Adam’s text, not both.” This would be used when you selected two books (book Selection is Choice) but only want students to purchase one of the two. 
    • “This book will be used for the next three semesters.”
    • “Clickers are unique to the user so you cannot share. A clicker can be used for multiple courses and semesters.”
  • When adopting, all available format options will be displayed. 
    • If a digital version is available and you do not want to allow it, email luther@ecampus.com and state your request. In addition, adding a Book Comment would be very helpful. E.g. “You must purchase a physical book since a digital version is not permitted.”
    • If you want students to only purchase a new copy of a text, toggle the Requires NEW button to Yes when adding the adoption. A Book Comment, “since this is a workbook, used copies are not permitted” would be helpful. 
  • Loose leaf format will automatically only be offered as New. If you would like students to be able to also purchase Used, enter a Book Comment. "New or Used is acceptable but take into consideration only a New copy can be guaranteed to have all the pages."
  • If the FAST session expires/times out, click on the blue highlighted text : Sign in again via "Your School Account."
  • Departmental Heads and Administrative Assistants are able to view all courses and submit adoptions, if needed.
  • For cross listed courses, each course will need an adoption submitted. Add the book/s to one course, Copy All, Add to Selected Courses, select Department and Course, select term, Copy Adoption.
  • If eCampus is having difficulty obtaining a book or sufficient copies of a title, they will reach out to you via email.
  • If you have submitted your adoption and then the course is cancelled, you do not need to let eCampus know.
  • After you have submitted your adoption, at the top of the page, you will see Preview. This shows you what the students will view.

Student perspective:

  • Orders can be shipped to the student’s home or to Luther. If ordered by 2 p.m., all orders that are shipped to the Luther Book Shop will ship free freight and take 2 business days to arrive (excluding Marketplace orders).
  • Marketplace arrival time for orders is dependent on the seller. Please take this into consideration and remind students in advance when a book will be read.
  • Students will purchase their course materials through luther.ecampus.com/ and direct their questions to bookstore@ecampus.com.
  • eCampus offers a very lenient return period. 30 days from the 1st day of class for spring and fall semester and 10 days for 7-week courses.
  • Multiple book formats are available so our student can choose the format in which they learn the best.
  • Book Buyback will occur during finals week in December and May. Cash is given for books sold.