Selected by your professor, the First Day Access program is digital access to your required course materials through Canvas at a reduced price! Access to your required textbook starts the first day of classes, and you are automatically opted in through the drop/add date without a “W.” If you don’t want to purchase, you must opt-out through MavLINK by the listed deadline posted below. After that charges will be applied to your student account for the required materials.

For Faculty

• Faculty collaborate with their publisher representatives and The Maverick Store to coordinate required course materials and cost savings.
• Faculty receive instructions to set up their course materials.
• The Maverick Store communicates the program to enrolled students via Canvas.
• Once the content is published by the faculty, students log into Canvas and access their materials on Day 1 of class.

Interested? Please email the Textbook Department at unotextbooks@unomaha.edu

For Students

• When a faculty member chooses First Day Access for any course, details are posted in Canvas.
• Students receive access to the required digital course material through Canvas on the first day of class.
• An opt-out option is available for students who don’t want to purchase the required content.
• For those students who don’t opt-out, the cost of the content is applied to the student’s account the week after the opt-out deadline.

Your required digital course materials are in Canvas. Access begins the first day of class. Go to Canvas. Login with your NetID, and select the course on the home page.

If you are concerned about access, please email your instructor.

Cengage Unlimited First Day Access

• For Cengage Unlimited or any First Day Access with Courseware (aside from Pearson titles) please see a publisher specific link on your Professor’s Canvas page for access. (Sometimes this will be under Modules).
• Cengage Unlimited includes access to all current digital Cengage titles.
• Cengage Unlimited is $124.99 plus tax (This fee is only charged once per semester even if more than one course is using it)
• Physical books can be rented directly through Cengage for those participating in the program for a total of $9.99

Prices are negotiated and vary depending upon the course materials chosen by the instructor. Most First Day Access prices are lower than the cost to access the material directly through the publisher and average a savings upwards of 60% off the price of a new print textbook. See your booklist for the price of your specific First Day Access titles in MavLINK or refer to the introductory email you receive on the first day of class.

If you do not wish to purchase the required course materials through the First Day Access program, you have until the add/drop day without a "W" to opt-out. If you opt-out by the deadline, access to the online content will be turned off and the cost will not appear on your student account. Be sure not to opt-out if you need access to the interactive module (such as Cengage, etc.) to submit homework or take quizzes.

You have 3 ways to opt-out either through the booklist, through the teacher’s Canvas Page, or through the link in the First Day Access Welcome email. To opt-out through the booklist, go to MavLINK. Login with your NetID. Select opt-out toggle button and proceed to "First Day Access Opt-Out".

*If your course is running through IA Bookshelf then after the opt out date has passed you may need to go back into your Professor’s Canvas page to access once before you will be able to access it again on your private bookshelf accounts.

Yes. You will need to opt-out prior to dropping the class. If you do not opt-out, you will still be automatically charged, even if you drop the class.

Yes. All students who are enrolled in a course using First Day Access are automatically considered part of the program. To avoid paying for the digital materials you must opt-out through your course home page (MavLINK) before the add/drop deadline using the opt-out toggle button.

Once the cost of the required course materials has been applied to your student account, there are no refunds.

Yes if it's before the add/drop deadline without a "W". To opt-in, go to MavLINK. Login with your NetID. Click on the opt-in toggle button underneath your course material. You can opt-in and out as many times as you want before the deadline. Once it’s after the opt-out deadline, you will need to contact the First Day Access team at unotextbooks@unomaha.edu and request being opted back in.

How do I pay for my access?

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