Follett Discover
Your course material adoption tool
Order your course material with Follett Discover Adopt an interactive tool designed for easy adoption of textbooks and materials. Instructors can use this tool to easily discover, research, and adopt course materials all in one place.
Direct access to Follett Discover
- Log into your CU Account under Faculty and academic and click on the Follett Discover tab.
- Start adopting the material you need.
You no longer need to add Follett Discover to your course (s) in Moodle to start adopting the material you need. If you’ve previously added the tool to your courses (s) in Moodle, it is now inactive and should be removed.
Note: If you do not have access to Moodle because you are an administrator or secretary, please email the course material manager at textbooks@concordia.ca. A Follett Discover Adopt account will be set up for you.
Planning on using the same material for another term
You must re-adopt your course material for the new term. Otherwise, it will not be reordered.
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Create your own custom coursepack to give your students current and affordable course material.
You can also submit your adoption request.
- To your department administrator
- Or email your order to textbooks@concordia.ca
Include: course/section, author, title, ISBN 13, edition, and indicate if its required or recommended.
Overview of Follett Discover
Type in your subject to start discovering new materials.
You can also use the global search in the upper right hand corner to find course materials & supplies by keyword, author, title or 13 digit ISBN.
Select term allows you to select between past terms, current terms and future terms. If adoptions are open, you can start adopting for any future terms that are available here.
Manage by section allows you to submit and manage adoptions by individual section instead of at the course level.
Selecting the course header allows you to manage your adoptions, discover materials, upload your own content and leave a message for your students within each specific course.
Share allows you to email a copy of your adopted materials.
The course material details page displays information including the description, table of contents, lowest price available to your students and availability options such as rental or digital. Scrolling down you will see other institutions who have adopted this material, related items from this publisher, materials that other instructors adopted and ratings & reviews by other faculty. To adopt a material:
- Select the material usage
- Click Adopt to submit
You can use the library to quickly adopt titles you have adopted previously. Access your library from the My Library link on the main dashboard or the Copy button within your courses. To adopt multiple materials from your library:
- Click the Copy button at the bottom of the page
- Select all the materials you wish to adopt
- Select the department and term
- Select all the courses you want to adopt the materials for
- Click the Adopt Materials button to submit
Manage a course by selecting the course banner or the View all Materials link from the My Courses page. Within the course management screen, you can:
- Update the discipline and subject
- View the status of your adopted materials
- Remove adopted materials
- Adopt items from your library
- Create custom course packs
- Continue discovering additional materials
- Add instructions for your students
Suggested target dates
- Fall: mid April
- Winter: mid October
- Summer: mid March
The course material team at Follett will send adoption reminders communication each term before the deadline. Missed the target date? We always accept and process submissions. Please get them in as soon as possible.
Your partner in providing cost-effective course materials
Early adoptions allows us to buy more books from students, offer more rentals and used books in stores and ensure that we get the material in for the first day of class.