As an instructor for a First Day/Inclusive Access course, you will need to add the First Day Course Materials (FDA) tool link in your Blackboard Ultra Course Content area so that students can choose to opt-out of the program during the designated period of time.
If an instructor intends to use solely the Macmillan eBook, students will use the FDA tool link to view the content as well as opting-out of the book fee should they decide to drop the course.
If instead the instructor intends to utilize Macmillan courseware through the Achieve platform, then students will use the FDA link solely to opt out of the Macmillan resources fee should they decide to drop the course. Students will then access Macmillan resources including the eBook and all associated courseware through specific links the instructor will create in the Course Content area using the Macmillan LTI Advantage Course Tools in the Content Market.
Adding the First Day Course Materials Link
- From the Course Content page, click on an Add Content (+) icon and from the drop-down menu, select Content Market.
2. In the Content Market page, scroll down and locate First Day Course Materials. Click the Add Content (+) icon to add the tool link to the Course Content page.
3. Newly added items to the Course Content page automatically default to “Hidden from students”. Click the arrow next to the visibility setting to make the link available to student users. Select the More Options icon (…) to edit the link name, should you want to change “First Day Course Materials” to a custom title.
Linking Macmillan Courseware
Instructor support for linking Macmillan Achieve courseware to your Blackboard course:
Additional instructor and student support for Macmillan courseware can be found here.
Additional instructor and student support regarding First Day Inclusive Access can be found at Barnes & Noble’s customer care website.
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