Overview


MANAGE & REVIEW ADOPTIONS: Follett Discover is a powerful online tool that transforms the course materials discovery and adoption process for faculty, and helps students obtain, organize and instantly access their required and recommended course materials from within your learning management system. Follett Faculty Discover Administrator role is designed to work with Faculty Discover and allow department administrators to manage adoptions. 

Follett Faculty Discover Administrator role will allow you to: 

Set adoption permissions 

Review and approve submitted adoptions 

Pre-approve materials for faculty 

View adoption progress and compliance at a glance 


Follett Discover Department Admin User Guide 11.2018 (printable PDF instructions)

Follett Discover Admin (training video)


Instructions

Set Adoption Permissions

Within each department you have the ability to select the adoption permissions and discover materials to pre-approve. 

Note: Pre-approved materials can be chosen for all permission options and will not require your approval before the adoption is sent to the campus store.


To set the adoption permissions for a department

1. Select a department to set adoption permissions and start discovering materials to pre-approve. 

Tip: Click the Follett | Faculty Discover logo in the upper left corner to return to the main dashboard at any time. 

2. Select the adoption permission you want to assign for the department. 

3. Click the Update button. 

setting the adoption permissions for a department

Adoption Permissions: Instructor Choice with Review 

Updating the adoption permissions to Instructor Choice with Review will allow your faculty to discover new materials but requires your approval in the My Courses dashboard before the adoption information is sent to the campus store. 

When a faculty member selects an adopted title, the status shows that the material is pending institution review. 

Note: If a course material has been pre-approved, it will not require your approval before the adoption is sent to the campus store. 

Pending status

Review/Approve Submitted Adoptions

1. Click the My Courses link to start reviewing all submitted adoptions awaiting your approval. 

2. Click the Review This Course button within the course to review any materials awaiting approval. 

3. Click the Approve or Reject button for each material. 

Note: You also have the ability to select the title to find out more information and assign it as an approved title for the department. 

Once a material has been approved, the adoption will be sent to the campus store for completion. If the material is rejected, the faculty will see that the title adoption status says Rejected by Institution.

approving or rejecting a course

Adoption Permissions - Pre-Approved Only

Updating the adoption permissions to Pre-Approved Only will allow the most control over what faculty are able to discover and adopt. Faculty will only be able to discover and adopt from the list of pre-approved materials including free open educational resources and will not be able to see Follett’s extensive library of course materials. Once a faculty member has selected one of the pre-approved materials to adopt, the adoption information is sent to the campus store. 

To start pre-approving materials: 

1. Select Get Started or Discover. 

Let's Get Started and Discover buttons

2. Click the Filter Results link to filter by subject and discipline, or quickly search for materials by keyword, author, title, or ISBN. 

search field, and option for filter results

3. Select the title you want to pre-approve and click Pre-Approve within the title details screen. 

Note: If you’d like to save a title to adopt for another course or to review at a later date you can Add To Library.

Pre-Approve button

After selecting a pre-approved material, you are returned to the department management screen. From here you can: 

  • Review pre-approved materials for the department 
  • Remove materials 
  • Update the adoption permissions 
  • Continue discovering and approving materials 
department management screen

Adoption Compliance Report

Another feature available within the Follett Faculty Discover Administrator role is the Adoption Compliance Report. View adoption status by campus, department, course, and even drill down to the section. You can select to export the report to Excel or PDF.

option to View Adoption Compliance Report

To run the Adoption Compliance Report

1. Click View Adoption Compliance Report. 

2. Choose the term. 

3. Filter results by Campus, Department, Course, and Status

4. Click the Course name to expand down to sections and view adoption compliance at a section level. 

To save the currently viewed report

1. Click the format in which to export the report. 

Note: The adoption compliance report only shows the departments that have been assigned to you. Contact the campus store manager to request additional access.

Saving a report

FAQs


As a faculty member, when I hover over the “Pending” status, I can see that my institution admin approved the title and is now pending campus store review. The title on the right shows that it was rejected and will not be sent to the campus store.

Pending and Rejected statuses