How to Select a Textbook For Your Course

This document explains how to adopt a textbook for your course.

To start, you'll need to log into Solar. From there, you'll enter the Faculty Center tab. Instead of selecting a specific course from the list, you'll instead want to open the Search tab: 

Faculty Center main tab with an arrow pointing to the Search tab.

From the Search tab, you'll see an option called UWP Bookstore. Click on that button:

Search tab with an arrow pointing to the UWP Bookstore button.

This button is going to launch a new browser tab, opening Follett. Choose the Faculty option:

Follett menu, asking the user to select between Faculty and Student.

From the Faculty tab you'll see all of the courses you're scheduled to teach. You may need to change the semester if you're looking for if you're scheduled to teach multiple terms. Click on the title of the course you're choosing a book for:

The Faculty homepage within Follett with one of the courses highlighted.

Once you open the specific course you're looking for, you'll see a list of any adoptions you've already made. This is where you can learn more about the selections you've chosen. If you have not adopted any materials yet, you'll see a dialogue box telling you that. Click on the Discover for this course button to begin searching for materials:

Empty course home page in Follett with the "Discover for this course" button highlighted.

Follett will generate some initial suggestions for you related to the title of the course you're teaching. To look for more specific options, type your keyword(s) into the search bar and click Go at the top right of the page:

Search menu on the textbook adoption page.

This will give you a list of textbooks and materials that fit your search description. To view any of the options in more detail simply click on the textbook. You'll also be able to check on the book's price, whether the book is rentable, and to designate whether the material is required or optional. 

Once you find the book you'd like to use and adjusted the details accordingly, click on the Adopt button at the bottom right of the page:

Textbook selection page with an Adopt button highlighted in the bottom right corner.

At any time you can go back into the Follett faculty portal to add course materials or view the existing selections. 

For additional support using the Follett platform, please visit the faculty training page



KeywordsSolar, Follett, textbook, book, bookstore, adoption, text, adopt   Doc ID141176
OwnerMaggie L.GroupUW Parkside
Created2024-08-14 13:36:32Updated2024-08-14 14:11:11
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