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.

  1. Navigate to https://my.uindy.edu/faculty/.
  2. Click the Manage Book Adoptions link under the Instructional Resources heading.
Depicts steps 1-2
  1. 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.

Depicts step 3

Note: make your indications for one course at a time. Then click submit. You can't indicate your selections for all courses at once.

3 options for adoption

For each course you will have 3 options for adoption:

Depicts the 3 choices for adoption
Option 1: I’d like to re-adopt from a past 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.

Option 2: I'd like to be guided through the adoption process

Through this guided process you can select 3 different options:

Depicts the 3 choice for the guided process
View Detailed Adoption History

Allows you to search through other similar adoptions.

Search by ISBN, Keyword or MBS Book Number
  1. To perform a basic search, select the button next to Search Books and Courseware
Depicts step 1
  1. When you locate the book you want, set the appropriate Required or Recommended flag.
  2. Click Use This Book button.
Depicts step 2-3
Upload a File for This Course

Upload a csv file if you have multiple adoptions for the same section to submit.

Option 3: I'm not using any materials for this class
  1. Indicate if you are using Open Education Resources (OER).
  2. Click Submit Adoption.
Depicts steps 1-2
  1. Follow the prompts in the portal to finalize your selections. Be sure to click the Submit Adoption button for each course selection. 

You will receive a separate email for each course materials selection from [email protected]. Check your UIndy email to make sure you've received an email for each course.  If you don't receive an email, check the BNC portal to ensure they've made your selections and submitted them.

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.

Depicts BNC contact information