Purpose
Provides publishers with seasonal guidance on revenue, content types, and opt-out rates as IA/EA licenses are activated and set to invoice during a given term.
Dashboard Notes
- All revenue reported is estimated based on what we know about the current term as of the date run.
- This report will default to show the year-over-year data for the current term based on the following ranges:
| If today’s date is between the months of… | …then you will see the YOY data for… |
| December - May | Spring |
| August - November | Fall |
| June - July | Summer |
Definition of tiles
| 🔵 Tiles will be numbered in the chart below. Numbering is based on navigation from top to bottom, left to right. |
| Tile Name | Description | |
| 1 | Selected Publisher | Displays the name of the publisher whose data is being presented. |
| 2 | Total Seasonal Revenue by Invoice Day of Year - Traditional | Provides a current-prior year snapshot of estimated revenue for Traditional schools for the term based on the date that the term will invoice. Values for the current year may change for catalogs with an invoice date in the future. Current day of year is noted by a gray vertical line. |
| 3 | Total Seasonal Revenue by Invoice Day of Year - Combined | Provides a current-prior year snapshot of estimated revenue for both Traditional and Partner schools for the term based on the date that the term will invoice. Values for the current year may change for catalogs with an invoice date in the future. Current day of year is noted by a gray vertical line. |
| 4 | Total Seasonal Revenue by Invoice Day of Year - Partner | Provides a current-prior year snapshot of estimated revenue for Partner schools for the term based on the date that the term will invoice. Values for the current year may change for catalogs with an invoice date in the future. Current day of year is noted by a gray vertical line. |
| 5 | Segment Revenue by Invoice Month | Breakdown of estimated revenue by invoice month provides a current-prior year view of Partner and Traditional programs. |
| 6 | License Share by Content Type | Comparison of content type breakdown (courseware or eTextbook) by the count of licenses for prior year and current year. |
| 7 | Opt-Out Rates by Content Type | Comparison of the opt-out rates based on content type for the prior year and current year. |
| 8 | Section Counts by Content Type - Traditional Sections | Count of Traditional sections that have a adopted eTextbooks and courseware for prior year and current year. |
| 9 | Section Counts by Content Type - Partner Sections | Count of Partner sections that have a adopted eTextbooks and courseware for prior year and current year. |
| 10 | Year-over-Year Affordability Program Forecast Report | Detailed comparison current-prior year adoptions by institution. |
Definition of fields
| 🔵 All fields on dashboard are included here, in alphabetical order. |
| Field Name | Description | |
| Comparative Term | Displays the term for which the data is showing. The data is pivoted by year and all columns following this one will show numbers for the prior term and the upcoming/current term. So, for example, if the term for comparison is Fall then the data is for Fall of the previous year and Fall of the current year. | |
| Content Type | The content type of the adopted item, either courseware or eTextbook | |
| Estimated Revenue | Estimated revenue for the adoptions | |
| Estimated Revenue (% Change) | Year-Over-Year percent change in estimated revenue. | |
| Estimated Revenue (Total) | Total estimated revenue for adopted items [from the respective publisher(s)] | |
| IPEDS ID | Institution’s IPEDs number | |
| Institution | Name of the institution (Manage company name) | |
| Items (% Change) | Year-Over-Year percent change in total count of items.
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| Items (Total) | Total adopted items [from the respective publisher(s)] | |
| Invoice Day of Year | Numeric day of year (starting with January 1 = 1 through December 31 = 365) that the catalog invoices on | |
| Licenses (% Change) | Year-Over-Year percent change in total count of licenses.
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Licenses (Total) | Total licenses distributed for adopted items [from the respective publisher(s)] | |
| Opt-Out Rates | Percent of students that opt-out from participating | |
| Partner or Traditional | Identifies whether or not an institution is partner-affiliated (i.e., eCampus or Barnes & Noble Education) | |
| Publisher | Name of the publisher company (Manage company name) | |
| Sections (% Change) | Year-Over-Year percent change in total count of sections.
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| Sections (Total) | Total sections with adopted items [from the respective publisher(s)] |