Bookstore
Eagle Advantage Equitable Access Course Material Program
Undergraduate students are automatically enrolled in the program upon acceptance to Spalding University. Once registered for the upcoming term, all necessary materials are compiled for each student. Physical textbooks will be mailed to campus and delivered before the first day of class. Access information for digital course materials will be emailed.
This program costs a flat fee of $325 per student per semester. If you would prefer to opt out of the program, you can do so here 24 or more days before the start of the term.
What are the program benefits?
The Eagle Advantage Equitable Access Course Material Program lightens the load for students by providing high-quality, low-cost course materials for all registered classes. Students:
- Pay one flat fee for materials regardless of course, major or material format
- Receive all materials prior to the first day of class
- Gain access to a personalized website listing courses and details for when, where and how course materials will be delivered
- Use an integrated system where digital materials are easily referenced through the bookstore’s eLibrary
- Have year-round student support with 24/7 availability throughout the back-to-school season
What do I need to do?
Find your credentials for accessing spalding.textbookx.com in your email or on Canvas. Then, log in to discover which materials you’ll receive and to ensure that your mailing address is correct for physical item delivery.
Student FAQs
Books will be delivered to your current address. For on campus residents, books will be delivered to the campus mail room. You will be emailed tracking information. For items delivered to campus you will receive a notice when items are ready for pickup. If you’d like, you can change the delivery address through the website.
Spalding will send out several notifications reminding you to pick up your books. If you do not pick them up, you will still be charged for the materials. Abandoned items will become property of the school.
All digital course material access information will be emailed to you on or before the first day of class. Depending on the item, materials will be available through Canvas, a publisher website, or through VitalSource. To reference your master list of digital course materials, visit your eLibrary in your bookstore account.
Vitalsource, the main platform through which the bookstore delivers digital items, is fully accessible. If physical copies of materials are needed, students should contact the school’s accessibility office on a case-by-case basis.
Undergraduate students are charged a flat fee of $325 (with some exceptions) through their student account. This fee will be reflected in a bill from the registrar and/or student account documents.
If you drop a class, refunds will be processed in accordance with existing deadlines and procedures through the school’s registrar’s office. You will receive an email with return instructions for physical items. Dodes for course materials that have not yet been accessed will be deactivated. If you have already accessed digital course materials for dropped courses, please contact the bookstore for further instructions.
If you add a class before the add/drop date, the bookstore will continually be checking for new enrollments. Any new materials that are needed will be processed. To check delivery status, visit your bookstore account and click “Track.”
Check your personalized master list at spalding.textbookx.com. You may find an update there regarding your missing materials. If you still have questions after checking your account, contact the bookstore at spalding.textbookx.com/help.
Contact the bookstore at spalding.textbookx.com/help. Include your email address, course name, course section and the ISBN of the damaged, incorrect or missing item(s).
Faculty FAQs
Visit the website at spalding.textbookx.com and log in with your school account. Once logged in, you will see all of the courses that you are assigned to teach or oversee. Use the search tool to type in an ISBN or title. Follow the steps to add details and submit it to Akademos. You can also message your Akademos Client Success Manager through the website if you have special textbook settings or requests.
Faculty have academic freedom and can select the materials they feel are best for their class, including traditional textbooks, OER materials, or other non-textbook items. Digital materials are often encouraged because they are more affordable and students gain immediate access, which can be helpful if they add or drop courses. Akademos’ website and Client Success Managers provide the tools, analysis, and information so that faculty and administrators have a clear picture of textbook costs for transparency and can review opportunities to lower costs term over term.
Adoptions are due 90 days before the start of each term. In order for Akademos to deliver all print and digital materials to students on the first day of class, we need the support and participation of faculty and administrators to submit adoptions on time. Once submitted, Akademos reviews them to ensure that availability is established, the lowest cost formats are sourced and any recommendations are made available to the adopter.
If we anticipate availability issues, we may reach out and recommend similar titles, alternative formats (ebook vs bundle or physical request) or suggest alternative materials such as OER which covers the same content with lower price points.
Yes, instructors who wish to utilize a physical option for their course materials even if lower-cost, digital items are available, may indicate this choice when making their adoption section. Once approved by an administrator, Akademos will conform to this choice and deliver the item in physical formats.
If you have created materials that include selections of traditional texts, library resources, powerpoint slides, etc., you can submit those through the website and they will be provided as a coursepack.
Yes, this program includes all courses in a term and is not offered on a course-by-course basis. Please make sure to indicate that your materials are OER or other in the website so bookstore staff can provide a full course list to students.
We encourage faculty members to submit their adoptions early and to avoid making last-minute changes due to the nature of the program. If you have an unavoidable change, please contact your Client Success Manager as soon as possible.
Please contact your Client Success Manager through spalding.textbookx.com.
Refer them to spalding.textbookx.com/help, where students can use the dynamic help tool to answer their questions or contact the bookstore.
Contact your publisher representative or visit their faculty help pages. Your Client Success Manager may be able to help in some cases, but going to the publisher first is recommended.
