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RedShelf

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What is RedShelf?

RedShelf is an eTextbook platform. For Publishers, RedShelf offers a content distribution network and market intelligence; for schools, it offers a digital content platform campus bookstores can use to provide affordable, accessible texts, with reporting and analytics for instructors to track student usage; for students, RedShelf provides an online eReader with collaboration tools to read, highlight, and take notes on eTextbooks.

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What users are saying about RedShelf.
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Shelving our Student Access Issues

Incentivized
John BayerlView profile
LMS Administrator & Trainer in Information Technology at Inver Hills Community College (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Online Textbooks
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Access

Cons

  • Consistency in User Experience
  • More apparent/Better messaging when being used as a key (when materials aren't accessed in RedShelf)

Most Important Features

  • Textbook Access
  • Accessibility

Return on Investment

  • Better Student Experience
  • Expanded Student Access

Other Software Used

Brightspace

Digital learning

Incentivized
Ikki PentaView profile
Lead Data Scientist at University of Technology Sydney (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

RedShelf offers accessibility features that allow you to easily navigate and read the RedShelf web interface. Provides easily accessible and affordable course materials to students around the world, accelerating the learning community's transition to digital.

Pros

  • Provides access with or without internet connection to read your books.
  • You can access the application from your mobile device, tablets, or desktop computers.
  • Streamlines the distribution of e-books, e-textbooks, and other digital content.

Cons

  • I work at Sydney University of Technology and can only say that this tool has been of great help to me and my students.

Most Important Features

  • Streamlines the digital material process for students.
  • Helps define unknown words quickly and easily.
  • The best thing is that my students can access their books or any other content without an internet connection.

Return on Investment

  • It is a great provider of affordable digital learning materials that help improve teaching and learning through technology.

Alternatives Considered

TargetX and from Liaison

Other Software Used

TargetX, from Liaison

RedShelf is there for the Independent College Bookstsore

Incentivized
Meredith SchreiberView profile
Director Bookstore and Auxiliary Services at Chemeketa Community College (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Communicate- they have a responsive team of experts that help in every way possible. Some companies you don't think there is even a person behind the technology, but with RedShelf you get both excellent customer service and outstanding technology
  • Always innovating and always responding to the needs of the customers and students
  • Manage the inclusive access program with instructors, publishers, bookstores and students. Not an easy task.
  • A key tool in the toolkit to provide affordable learning solutions for higher education

Cons

  • Waiting for a course management tool to streamline the process. It's in the works and a tall order since all clients approach the process differently.
  • A little bit of a stumble with a recent software rollout for day one access roll out, but at least it was intuitive to work through

Return on Investment

  • Tools to be a strong independent College bookstore
  • Great support for rolling out day one digital access
  • Good margin for the eText