There are a few business courses that do not use the McGraw-Hill program, so students will still be responsible for purchasing books/materials as needed for those courses.Īny questions about the course materials fee, including the procedure for opting out, please contact the Textbook Coordinator ( Please contact the Textbook Coordinator BEFORE purchasing any materials yourself if you are considering the opt-out. Students do have the option of "opting out" of the automatic fee being charged to their tuition bill, but then they will be responsible for providing proof of purchase to the school's Textbook Coordinator-the materials purchased MUST include the online access to the Connect/SmartBook program, not just a print/ebook of the textbook.
This fee means that students will NOT need to purchase a textbook or any other materials for the included courses.The fee will be added to students' accounts with the Business Office, to be paid however they normally pay for tuition, fees, etc.Students will not need to do anything except register for courses as they normally do-there are not extra steps involved on the student side.This will allow students to have full access, from the first day of class, to the McGraw-Hill Connect/SmartBook program without needing to do anything except log in to Blackboard. If you have any questions or problems, please contact the school's Textbook Coordinator ( taking almost all Business (BUS) and Accounting (ACC) courses, along with a few other courses (subject to change, indicated in the Student Portal) will be charged a "course materials fee" when they register for the affected courses. Please see the detailed instructions (with screenshots) in the PDF file below. You will only need to do that once to have an account for all courses. What do you need help with Below are videos and guides for the most common Connect instructor support topics about course setup. **If you have never taken a course which uses the Connect/SmartBook program, you will need to create an account with McGraw-Hill. These McGraw Hill Connect Course Setup resources will help you create your course and get your students get registered. If you have used Connect/SmartBook in previous courses, enter the password you used then.On the course Welcome page, enter your Central Penn email address.Need more help getting registered Get our Connect Quick Start guide for step-by-step instructions: Get Quick Start Guide. After accessing the course in Blackboard, access a Connect/SmartBook assignment. Watch our short video to learn how to register with a Connect access code or begin a 14-day free trial.(You will only need to do this once for each course.) These McGraw Hill Connect Course Setup resources will help you create your course and get your students get registered. However, students will need to register themselves, at the beginning of the term, in each course-essentially joining the class within the program. (The access is paid for with the Course Materials Fee-see box below on this page.) Students taking courses which use the McGraw-Hill Connect/SmartBook program (mostly business and/or accounting courses, but several other courses as well-currently ALH125/235 and MA diploma courses in Lancaster) will automatically have access to that program.