Course Materials Delivery
GrinnBooks delivers course materials directly to students on or before the first day of class.
Beginning Fall 2025, all 51²č¹Żapp College courses will participate in Canvas delivery of digital course materials. Using Canvas for instructional purposes is not required, however, the digital course materials access point for students will be provided through the Course Materials tool within the Canvas course.
Students cannot opt-out of an individual course or course material but may opt-out for the entirety of the program per semester. Students that opt out for the semester will have a credit applied to their Bursar account.
Important Dates and Deadlines
For ebook and non-courseware content: all content access will be delivered to students using the Course Materials tool in Canvas for digital material. For example, the student opens the Course Materials tool in Canvas, and the ebook is displayed. The student clicks on the ebook and is launched into the e-reader. Physical textbooks will be distributed at the Pioneer Bookshop beginning on the date the residence halls open for returning students.
For courseware: courseware content, including integrated ebooks, are accessed through publisher specific integrations or URLs. For example, a course using Pearson MyLab, the student would open the MyLab and Mastering tool in Canvas and is then launched to Pearsonās MyLab platform.
Enabling Courseware Content Delivery
Step 1: Click the Course Materials tool in the course navigation to view course materials assigned to your course.
Step 2: If you encounter an error message, please contact Bookstore@51²č¹Żapp.edu.
Step 3: Ebooks display a launch button shown as Read Now. Courseware items are displayed on the dashboard but may not be accessed through this tool. See step 4 for clarification on courseware access.
Step 4 to be completed by courses using publisher courseware only
Step 4: Enable publisher courseware
Publisher courseware such as McGraw-Hill Connect, Cengage Infuse, NOW, Mindtap, OWLV2, WebAssign, Norton Smartwork5, Macmillan Achieve (formerly Sapling), Pearson MyLab, Mastering or REVEL, and Sage Vantage have additional setup requirements. You may already be working with your publisher representative to set this up separately in Canvas. If you are using publisher courseware and require additional assistance, please contact Gina Donovan.
Additional Program Information
Instructor Access
Instructors have complimentary access to digital course materials for any applicable course(s). If you use courseware, please reach out to your publisher representative to identify if any additional information is needed regarding access to course materials.
Syllabus Information
You may add the following information to your syllabus:
All 51²č¹Żapp College courses are enrolled in the GrinnBooks program (GRINNBOOKS), a program providing all required course materials for a semester fee. Digital course materials are accessed through Canvas and print course materials are distributed through the Pioneer Bookshop. You have access to your digital course materials directly in Canvas once the course is opened. You have until the drop/add period ends to decide whether to continue accessing the digital course materials or opt-out.
To access your course materials, simply click the Course Materials tool in any 51²č¹Żapp College Canvas course.
GRINNBOOKS offers the option to opt-out at the semester level, but not by individual course or course material. If you choose to opt-out, you are opting-out of all course materials across all 51²č¹Żapp College courses for the semester.
Some courses may require courseware provided through this program in order to pass the course.
To Opt-Out of required course materials: If a student does not wish to have access to course materials through the GrinnBooks, they may opt-out by clicking the Course Materials tool in your Canvas courseās navigation panel, then OPT-OUT of Subscription. If they opt-out, they lose access to all digital course materials in all courses as well as any print course materials provided to them as part of the program. Students opting out of the program will receive a $200 credit to their account after the drop/add period ends. Please refer to Important Dates for the opt-out deadline each semester.
For GrinnBooks assistance, please contact the bookstore.