Adopting OER Materials with Barnes & Noble

Using Open Educational Resources (OER) in your course? Great! Be sure to let your students know by entering your OER “adoption” into Barnes & Noble’s “Adoption and Insights Portal” (AIP). This webpage will take you through the steps for doing so.

First, log in to the Adoption and Insights Portal (AIP) and select your course as illustrated below:

Screen shot of the AIP "Adoption Overview" page showing a course's radio button as selected

Next, select “I’d like to be guided through the adoption process”

Screen shot showing "I'd like to be guided through the adoption process" as selected

Click on the “Search by ISBN or Keyword” option.

Screen shot showing "Search by ISBN or Keyword" as the selected option

In the field provided for “Search by ISBN or Keyword,” type in the following ISBN number: 9781234567890
(NOTE: Always use this same number, as this is a “dummy” ISBN number that will cause the needed manual entry field to appear next)

Click on the Search button (i.e., the magnifying glass icon) to the right of ISBN field. Then, on the resulting line that begins with “To add this title,” click on the blue click here link.

Screen shot showing the fake ISBN number having been entered

The following form will appear, where you will enter the information described below:

Screen shot showing the form used to enter a new OER title

Fill in that screen as follows:

Title: Enter your course listing with “(OER)” in title (e.g., “LARCH 597.002 (OER) course materials”)
Author(s): PSU
Publisher: PSU
ISBN: Select box next to “This title does not have an ISBN”
Edition: Can remain blank
Format: Can remain blank
Note for bookstore: Add a message explaining what OER is and how students can access it (e.g., “This material is considered an Open Educational Resource (OER) and is available digitally for free. You will access it via Canvas.”)
This book is: Leave Required selected

Then click on the ADD TITLE link at the bottom of the page.

On the resulting screen, click on the SUBMIT ADOPTIONS link as shown below.

Screen shot showing a completed form

On the resulting screen, leave the “No thanks, just submit my original course” selected, then click on the SUBMIT button.

Screen shot showing the adoption confirmation screen

The following screen will display to confirm that your request was submitted. That’s it!

Screen shot showing the Adoption Completion message

After the bookstore receives the adoption request, they will enter the listing into their system and add your comment information for students. Below is an example of what a student would see on the Barnes and Noble website.

Screen shot showing what a student will see when looking at your course's materials at Barnes and Noble