Rush Readiness Best Practices - Fall
In preparation for upcoming Fall starts, there's no better time than now to ensure your content is ready for learners.
Below are some useful reminders to help you prepare for a successful Fall Rush:
- All your content should be available through VitalSource’s inventory.
- Be sure to include all ISBNs to improve adoptability.
- Fall pricing should now be in place and adoptions can be based on those prices.
- Ensure distribution rights are assigned in situations where a school has requested content that is not available nationally.
- To ensure users can access your content through term starts, do not set items to go off sale between August 1 and September 30. Otherwise, users could be impacted negatively.
- If your content utilizes access codes, it is imperative to overstock access code banks to ensure VitalSource can provide users with a seamless experience. To avoid issues, we recommend adding 20% more access codes than forecasted sales.
- Note: Unused access codes remain in your publisher-specific bank to be used in future terms.
- Review weekly adoption email reports to identify any actions you need to take to ensure your content is adoptable.
Rush Readiness Best Practices - Spring
In preparation for upcoming Spring starts, there's no better time than now to ensure your content is ready for learners.
Below are some useful reminders to help you prepare for a successful Spring Rush:
- All your content should be available through VitalSource’s inventory.
- Be sure to include all ISBNs to improve adoptability.
- Spring pricing should now be in place and adoptions can be based on those prices.
- Ensure distribution rights are assigned in situations where a school has requested content that is not available nationally.
- To ensure users can access your content through term starts, do not set items to go off sale between January 1 and February 25. Otherwise, users could be impacted negatively.
- If your content utilizes access codes, it is imperative to overstock access code banks to ensure VitalSource can provide users with a seamless experience. To avoid issues, we recommend adding 20% more access codes than forecasted sales.
- Note: Unused access codes remain in your publisher-specific bank to be used in future terms.
- Review weekly adoption email reports to identify any actions you need to take to ensure your content is adoptable.
Additional Helpful Links
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- Content Readiness Best Practices
- Assign Pricing and Distribution Rights
- Upload Access Codes
- Upload Content
- IA Action Reports (link to come)
- IA Adoption and Pricing Report
- Access Code Forecasting Report (link to come)