Bye Bye, Brytewave, Hello My Materials!

Attention undergraduate flex instructors!

We are pleased to announce a new Brightspace integration designed to streamline how students access their digital course materials. This will be in all undergraduate SP2 courses! This same information will go out in the Flex Gazette, so instructors have it too.

What is changing? 

We have implemented the My Materials link to simplify the student experience. Instead of Brytewave or Kortext, students will see "My Materials" in their content section. This will open in a new link that hosts all of a student's eBooks in one place.

Will this platform be an improvement over the previous system? 

I certainly hope so! In this new platform, students can access both Brytewave and Kortext books in one place. This eliminates the confusion of switching between different platforms depending on the title.

When should students use the "My Materials" link? 

My Materials should show all eBooks previously provided via Brytewave or Kortext. Please note that if a course uses a specific homework platform (such as Achieve, MindTap, Pearson MyLab, etc.), students will still need to access those directly through the course content as they have done in the past.

How does this affect traditional students? 

Traditional students will have the option to purchase eBooks through the My Materials page (hosted by the Bookstore) that will appear directly in the My Materials platform. As always, they are free to purchase their books from other providers if they choose. Those books just won't show up in the My Materials platform.

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