Manage Book Adoptions
UIndy contracts all bookstore services to Barnes and Noble College (BNC). Faculty can access the Barnes & Noble Campus (BNC) portal to submit and manage book and other resources for your courses.
- Navigate to https://my.uindy.edu/faculty/.
- Click the Manage Book Adoptions link under the Instructional Resources heading.
- In the Adoptions Portal, you will be shown the course sections that you are registered to teach for each semester. Select the Semester dropdown to ensure you are looking at the intended semester.
If you believe the course sections listed are incorrect, contact your chair or program director. Any corrections must be made via the Registrar’s Office by chairs or program director.
3 options for adoption
For each course you will have 3 options for adoption:
You will only be able to select I'd like to re-adopt from past adoption if a previous BNC adoption exists for the course.
Through this guided process you can select 3 different options:
Allows you to search through other similar adoptions.
- To perform a basic search, select the button next to Search Books and Courseware
- When you locate the book you want, set the appropriate Required or Recommended flag.
- Click Use This Book button.
Upload a csv file if you have multiple adoptions for the same section to submit.
- Indicate if you are using Open Education Resources (OER).
- Click Submit Adoption.
For additional assistance using the BNC Adoption Portal, you may call (877-713-6697), chat or email ([email protected]) BNC support or use the Adoption Portal FAQ’s provided by BNC.
