High Opt-Out Affordability Program Adoptions Report

Purpose

Provides insight to potential at-risk adoptions due to high opt-out rates by section and item.

Report Notes

  • The access filter will automatically filter the report to only show products that the user’s company (in Manage) owns, and this filter will only show available values.
  • This report is scoped to the following parameters:
    • The course opt-out deadline is in the next 14 days.
    • The section is active and has a rostered count > 0 (number of enrolled students).
    • For courseware, the opt-out rate is greater than or equal to 5%.
    • For other materials, the opt-out rate is greater than or equal to 10%.

Definition of filters

Filter Name Description Usage Notes
Program Model Program that an Institution offers, by catalog Narrow results by program model
Institution Name of the institution (Manage company name) Narrow results by specific institution (if applicable)
Content Type Type of adopted material (i.e., Courseware, eTextbook, Bundles) Narrow results by type
Publisher Content owner (Manage company name) for the adopted material

Narrow results by specific publisher company (if applicable)

⚠️ Note, filter is limited to companies that the system user is associated to.

 

Definition of fields

Field Name Description
Term

Standardized term name, based on term start date (ex: Fall-2024, Winter-2025)

⚠️  The institution-defined term is not necessarily the same as the standardized term. For example, you may see some schedules names that may say “Spring” and appear in the “Winter” or “Summer” term.
Program Model

Program that an Institution offers, by catalog (i.e., the specific department, course, section, and adopted content)

Included values:

  • EA - indicates Equitable Access
  • FA - indicates Flexible Access
  • IA - indicates Inclusive Access
Participation Model Indicates the participation model for the institution, either: Opt-in or Opt-out
Rostered Students

Number of students rostered into the section (to-date)

🔵 This number may fluctuate during the add/drop period.
Opt-Out Rate

Percent of rostered students that have opted-out

Term Start Date

Term start date according to the school’s set up in Connect

Opt-In/Opt-Out Date

Date which an Institution’s opt-in/opt-out decisions must be completed

Adopted Item

ISBN and rental duration of item adopted in Connect (This is the “Billing ISBN” in the Connect system)

VBID

VitalSource ID associated with the adopted item (if a match exists in the VitalSource system)

Product Type

Type of adopted material (i.e., Courseware, eTextbook, Bundles)

Cost to Bookstore

The net price to the bookstore, populated when the product has been created in Connect

⚠️ Bookstores may input placeholder prices for inactive sections to remind themselves of future work required.
Publisher

Content owner (Manage company name) for the adopted material

Delivery Method

How the content will be delivered (i.e., VitalSource, From Publisher, Other, or null)

Institution

Name of the institution (Manage company name)

IPEDS ID

Institution’s IPEDs number

Department Code

The department name

Course Code

The course name

Section ID

The section name

Instructor

Instructor name for the course (if available)

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