heavily discounted digital course materials. WEEK 3. Students continue to access all the materials they need to succeedâ
Pathway to Academic Success with VitalSource Access DAY 1 ACCESS TO DIGITAL COURSE MATERIALS With Day 1 Access >
DAY 1 INCLUSIVE ACCESS
WEEK 2 ADD/DROP DAY
Engaging, interactive digital course materials available the 1st day of class!
Students choose to use and purchase heavily discounted digital course materials
WEEK 3
MID-TERM
Students continue to access all the materials they need to succeed—both online and offline
Students achieve academic success thanks to hard work and
VitalSource Access
87%
of students feel they’d get better grades with interactive textbooks
77%
of students are interested in paying for course materials as part of their tuition cost
Without Day 1 Access > DAY 1 TRADITIONAL TEXTBOOK MODEL
WEEK 2 ADD/DROP DAY
Student has not acquired all course materials by the 1st day of class
Student continues frantic hunt for affordable course materials
Nearly
$
$$
WEEK 3
Student forgoes buying course materials all together
With no access to course materials, student can’t study and quickly falls behind
VitalSource is powering access and affordability of course materials with its new solution, VitalSource Access. With VitalSource you are able to provide your students with day-one access to their course materials, and we facilitate a system for opt-out during the add/drop period.
VitalSource Access = Academic Success!
9 in 10
students feel that digital textbooks are not worth the money if they can’t be viewed offline
OR
VitalSource Access
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MID-TERM Delay in purchasing class materials leads to missed assignments and lower grades
MID-TERM Academic struggles are inevitable
45%
of students admit avoiding or delaying the purchase negatively impacted their grades
““
The thing that was really neat in comparing thing that was really in comparing the the The students…was that, neat at the end of the students…was that, atof thethe endVitalSource of the semester, semester, 63 percent 63 percent of the VitalSource Access students Access students completed the class, while completed the class. While only 29 percent onlywithout 29 percent of the students who didn’t day one access completed the class. have their books on the first day completed.
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89%
of students who have delayed buying textbooks say cost was a major factor
WEEK 3 Student spends too much time and money acquiring outdated, heavy or online-only materials
—Joyce Brasfield-Adams, Instructor
—Joyce Brasfield-Adams, Instructor Hinds (MS) Community College Hinds (MS) Community College
