DEADLINE to order Textbooks/Course Materials for Fall 2023 Courses: July 24, 2023

To: Departmental Executive Officers
From: Cornelia Lang, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
RE: DEADLINE to order Textbooks/Course Materials for Fall 2023 Courses: July 24, 2023

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July 12, 2023

All textbook and resource orders should be finalized in MAUI by early registration, but no later than four weeks prior to the start of the semester in which the textbook is to be used by students. In order for the University to comply with the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), all textbooks/course materials should be ordered for the Fall 2023 semester by July 24, 2023.

Exceptions to the above deadline are made in the following circumstances:

  • If an instructor has not yet been hired.
  • If the instructor has not yet been assigned to a course.
  • If the course is new and still under development.
  • If the textbook is new and still under development.

If an exception has been made, please add this information to MAUI so that the course is removed from the Missing Textbook Report sent by the Registrar.

If No Textbook Required/No Materials to Adopt:

Preferred Communication Method: Using Follett Discover, courses listed with “No Materials to Adopt” will update in MAUI to show “No Textbooks Required,” and the course section will be in HEOA compliance. 

Alternate Option: Administrators enter "No Textbook Required" in MAUI Offerings Planner for course sections not requiring textbooks. The course section(s) will be in compliance, but the information will not be reflected in Follett Discover.

Textbook information is only required for lecture and standalone sections. Textbook information is not required for related sections such as lab, discussion, lab/discussion, and independent study.

Registrar’s Textbook Resources

Please see the Registrar’s help pages for current information on ordering textbooks from the Iowa Hawk Shop and University Bookstore.

ICON Direct is the University of Iowa's initiative for ordering required digital content from specific publishers and delivering this content to students and faculty through their ICON Course sites at a special discounted cost. Visit the ICON Direct page for details and information on how to place orders through ICON Direct.

Questions about ICON Direct should be directed to ICON-Direct@uiowa.edu. Questions about Iowa Hawk Shop and University Bookstore ordering should be directed to Helen Hansen, the Follett course materials manager, at helen-hansen@uiowa.edu.