eDoptions for eFollett.com
Faculty Procedures

 

  1. Open Internet Explorer or Firefox. (Do not use Netscape)
  2. Go to http://www.socc.bkstr.com



  3. Click on Faculty Services on the left-hand navigation menu.



  4. Click on eDoptions on the left-hand menu in the gray area under the Faculty Services link.



  5. If this is your first time using eDoptions, you will need to register. Under NEW USERS, click on the “Register” button. If you already have a login, login here and skip to #8 of these procedures.



  6. You will now need to fill in all the fields on this page. Please use your Southwestern contact information (phone, address, email, etc.). When finished, click on Create Account.



  7. Uncheck boxes if you don’t want to do it.
     

    Enter your Faculty ID from Colleague
     

    Check the Box
     

    Check the Box
     
    After clicking on Create Account, you will be directed to a page that repeats all the information you provided at registration. Please confirm that the information is all correct and click on Edit Information if you need to change anything.

  8. Password is: 70456
     
    Click on the eDoptions link on the left-hand menu once again, and you will be asked to provide a one-time password. The password to use is: 70456 (Again, you will only be asked for this information once. It is to associate your record with the Southwestern Bookstore.)



  9. After clicking Go, you will now be directed to the form where you can either search for a previous eDoption or create a new one.



  10. We are going to create a new eDoption for Fall 2005 as an example.
  11. Under “Create a new edoption for” click on the drop-down arrow and select your name and click the “Create edoption” button.



  12. You now need to complete the edoption Details page by filling in at least all the required fields (marked with red asterisk).



    1. Est.Enrollment is the estimated number of students in the class(es) that you are ordering the books for.
    2. Term: Please use 05/FA, 06/WI, etc. as the term
    3. Department: Please enter the first part of the course number as the Department, such as ART, WR, MTH, etc.
    4. Course: Please enter the actual course number (no spaces), such as CIS131, BA223, MTH70, etc.
    5. Section: Please enter the section, such as 01, 31, 02D, etc. If you are teaching more than one section of a class, you can enter each section followed by a comma in the section field.
    6. Continuation course: Choose either Yes or No. This field indicates whether the course this edoption is for a continuation of a course given the preceding term.
    7. Comments: You may enter any comments that you would like the bookstore to know about. This field is not required.
  13. Click on the Add or Manage Materials to add the textbook(s) required for this course.



    1. Enter the ISBN number for the textbook, and click Search.
    2. If it finds the textbook, put a check in the box next to the textbook and click the “add to edoption” button.



    3. The textbook is now added to your edoption for that class. You can either require or recommend the textbook by using the drop-down menu.



    4. If you need to add more textbooks, repeat the same process in the ISBN search below.
    5. If you cannot find the textbook by ISBN search, try using the Title, Author, or Keywords search and follow the same procedure above for selecting the textbook.
    6. If the system cannot find your textbook, click on Manual eDoption and enter the information (ISBN, Author, Title, etc.). The bookstore will find the book from the information you provide.
    7. Once you are done with adding materials, click on the “Done Adding Materials” button. (YOU ARE NOT DONE WITH THE PROCESS. YOU MUST CLICK SUBMIT TO SEND THE EDOPTION THROUGH.)
  14. You will now be sent back to your edoption for the class. Under Materials, you should see the title of the required and recommended textbooks.



  15. Click on Submit to send your edoption. The information has now been submitted to the Bookstore.
  16. If you do not receive a message that your edoption was successful with a 6-digit confirmation number, you have not completed the process and most likely forgot to click SUBMIT.

 

Editing or Renewing an eDoption

 

  1. Navigate to the online bookstore site: http://www.socc.bkstr.com
  2. Click on Faculty Services, and then eDoptions.
  3. Instead of using the new edoption section, you will be using the Search edoptions section instead to find your edoption(s).



  4. You must choose a Start Date and End Date (it is easiest to click on the little calendar to the far right of the date fields).
  5. You can select your name from the Instructor drop-down menu.
  6. Click Search



  7. You will now have the edoption search result that should include your edoption(s).



  8. Click on the radio button to the left of the edoption you wish to edit or renew.



  9. You now have the option to Edit or Renew this edoptions.
  10. If you click on Edit, you will be sent to the original edoption, where you can edit the fields.
  11. If you click on Renew, you will be sent to the original edoption where you need to enter the new term. You can also change any of the other fields.



  12. Click on Submit to send your edoption. The information has now been submitted to the Bookstore.
  13. If you do not receive a message that your edoption was successful with a 6-digit confirmation number, you have not completed the process and most likely forgot to click SUBMIT.