If you wish to have books available from more than one local book store, please contact each book store individually to place orders. We will be uploading the textbook files from these book stores. 

All textbook line items will appear in MAUI/MyUI by default. MyUI will list any/all preferred book stores. 

A departmental representative can utilize the Textbooks and Resources panel to indicate which book store(s) should be listed in MyUI as providing each book. If information is displayed in MyUI as expected, no action needs to be taken by the departmental representative. 

Book Store Contact Information

Choosing which book stores display in MyUI

By default, any preferred book store contacted with book orders will display in MyUI. The Iowa Hawk Shop/University Bookstore, in order to provide resources for student veterans and students receiving financial aid, will acquire information about textbooks reported to Iowa Book and Prairie Lights.  

If a department prefers that Iowa Hawk Shop/University Bookstore not be displayed as a purchasing option in MyUI, a departmental administrator will need to manually deselect the listing in the Textbooks panel in MAUI.

Textbooks not displaying as expected?

First, check the textbooks and resources panel in MAUI. If the textbooks are listed, confirm the "Display on MyUI" field is set to "display." If it is not, make the necessary updates.  

If the preferred bookstore(s) has already been contacted and books are not displaying as expected in MAUI/MyUI, please contact the bookstore(s) directly for assistance. 

• Book Store Contact Information

The bookstore(s) will need to update their information, which will then populate in MAUI/MyUI

If you encounter other questions, concerns, or errors, please email reg-maui-support@uiowa.edu

Other Resources and Additional Information

The other resources/additional information field is primarily intended as a location to enter details about course packs, equipment, and other non-textbook items.  

If the instructor/department has no preference regarding which book store is listed, we recommend the following:

Please place the order with the Iowa Hawk Shop/University Bookstore. Book details, including ISBN, will populate MAUI/MyUI via data exchange. The Iowa Hawk Shop/University Bookstore provides a cost-comparison on their website so students can determine where they prefer to purchase their books. Placing the order with the Iowa Hawk Shop/University Bookstore also meets the needs of student veterans and students who utilize financial aid to purchase textbooks. 

The alternative is to utilize the "Enter New Non-Textbook" area in the Textbooks and Resources panel. Please be advised:

• If ISBN information is entered in this area, the Iowa Hawk Shop/University Bookstore will acquire the information as a part of the data exchange and will order the textbooks.

If a course or section of a course does not require textbooks, action needs to be taken by a departmental administrator to indicate in MAUI that there are no required textbooks. Instructors do not have access to make these changes in MAUI. Likewise, if there is an extenuating circumstance which prevents textbooks from being entered, an extenuating circumstance should be indicated. In both cases, the "no textbook required" and "extenuating circumstance" selections can be copied to all sections of a course, if desired. 

If a textbook order comes in after "no textbook required" or "extenuating circumstance" is indicated, the textbook information will overlay the previous entry and will not require the departmental administrator to make any changes in MAUI. 

0IND (Independent Study) courses are excluded from having to enter "no textbooks required."

When placing textbook orders, please let the bookstore know if the textbook is Required, Recommended, or Optional for student purchase. These "Purchasing Options" are provided to give students a better explanation of what is truly needed for the course. All textbooks will be listed as Required by default if not otherwise specified by the department. 

Purchasing Options

Required

• Indicates the textbooks are essential for success in the section.
• All textbooks will be listed as "Required" by default when loaded from the book stores into MAUI.

Recommended

• Indicates a textbook is additional reading material, should a student wish to gain a deeper understanding of the course. 
• Needs to be selected as "Recommended" in Offerings Planner.

Optional

• Indicates that a student must select one or more of the "Optional" books listed.
• Needs to be selected as "Optional" in Offerings Planner. 
• If there are multiple textbooks listed as "Optional," we recommended adding supporting text in the "Create New Non-Textbook Resource" panel to guide the students. 

The following email was sent to all Primary Instructors that had missing textbook or resource information for Spring 2018.

To NOT receive this email

• Order was placed with a preferred bookstore
• Other resource is listed
• Extenuating Circumstances must be indicated
• "No Textbook Required" must be indicated
• The course is an Independent Study course

${NAME}:

You are receiving the following email as textbooks and/or resources have not been submitted for following Spring 2018 courses and you are listed as the primary instructor:

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If you or your departmental administrator have placed a textbook or resource order with the bookstore for these courses and feel that this message was sent in error, please contact the bookstore.

Bookstore Contact Information for Textbook and Resources Orders

The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) requires that book titles, ISBN numbers and prices of required and recommended books and other materials for any course are included on the institution's electronic schedule of courses in time for student registration. Thus, all textbook and resource orders should be finalized in MAUI by Early Registration, but in no event later than four weeks prior to the start of the semester in which the textbook is to be used by students.

Some departments utilize administrative staff to collect and place textbook orders for instructors. Others ask instructors to place their own orders. Those decisions continue to be made by the department and are not impacted by textbook and resource enhancements in MAUI/MyUI. As the result of an electronic data upload process, we encourage you or your departmental administrator to work with the Iowa Hawk Shop/University Bookstore, Iowa Book, Prairie Lights, or the ISBA Law Bookstore to place orders.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact reg-maui-support@uiowa.edu.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that are free of cost and access barriers, and which also carry legal permission for open use. Generally, this permission is granted by use of an open license (for example, Creative Commons licenses).

Open Educational Resources (OER) Brochure

OER Offers:

• Free electronic materials for students, with low-cost print options available
• Free access to course materials both before and after a course
• Instructor freedom to modify or add content to course materials
• Increased student retention and lower drop rates due to course material costs
• Improved student performance and student satisfaction
• A wide variety of materials types: syllabi, lesson plans, videos, and full textbooks