Course adoption

A published foundation. Your course.

Course Orbit courses are complete online courses: lessons, media, and assessments built to professional editorial and accessibility standards. You review the full course, adapt it to your syllabus, and keep full academic control.

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Why instructors adopt

Practical support for the course you want to teach

Publishing-grade content

Complete lessons, media, and assessments from named authors, refined across editions of classroom use.

Full academic control

Reorder modules, swap in your own materials, set your own policies. Your syllabus leads.

More time for teaching

The production work is done, so your energy goes where it matters: instruction, feedback, and mentoring.

Free instructor copies

Review the complete course before you decide: every lesson, assessment, and media object.

WCAG 2.1 AA target

Accessibility is addressed during production; limitations, report status, and barrier routing are documented.

Student-data responsibilities

Enrollment and coursework data handled to institutional standards.

Delivered your way

Course Orbit supports flexible delivery options designed to fit your institution’s learning environment, technical requirements, and implementation timeline.

Seamless for students

Students purchase access inside the course and it activates instantly, with no codes to distribute.

Transparent student pricing

One published price per course, listed openly in the catalog. Predictable for students, with no hidden add-ons.

Bookstore coordination

Each course carries an ISBN, so your bookstore can list and order it the way they already handle course materials.

Your course, your standards. Adopting a published course is the same professional judgment as adopting a textbook: you choose the strongest foundation available, then teach it to your standards. Course Orbit provides the structure and the rigor; the course, and the classroom, remain yours.

The adoption path

From review to teaching

  1. Browse the catalog

    Full descriptions, lesson layouts, ISBNs, and student pricing are public; nothing is gated.

  2. Review an instructor copy

    Request free access to the complete course so you can evaluate the student experience directly.

  3. Bring your department along

    Share the lesson layout, accessibility documentation, and student-data practices with your chair or committee. They are public on this site.

  4. Adopt and integrate

    Choose the adoption path that fits your institution, and we’ll help coordinate setup and implementation.

Common questions

What instructors ask before adopting

Who writes these courses?

Each course is written by named authors and refined across multiple editions of classroom use. Authorship, edition history, and complete lesson layouts are published openly in the course catalog.

Can I adapt the course to my syllabus?

Yes. Reorder or hide modules, add your own materials, and set your own pacing and grading policies. Adoption never limits your academic freedom; you remain the course's instructor of record in every sense.

What will my students pay?

Each course's student price is listed openly in the catalog. Students purchase access inside the course itself. The course is fully online, with no physical textbook and nothing else to buy.

What do my chair and curriculum committee need to see?

Usually the lesson layout, accessibility documentation and report status, data practices, security overview, and licensing terms. Lesson layouts are in the course catalog, and institutional documents are on our Trust & Compliance page.

What's in the instructor copy?

The complete course: every lesson, assessment, and media object, exactly as your students would experience it.

How does this work with our bookstore?

Every course has its own ISBN, listed in the catalog, so your bookstore can list and order it alongside your other course materials. We coordinate directly with bookstores when that helps — use the bookstore portal.

How much setup does adoption involve?

Setup depends on your institution’s learning environment and selected adoption path. Course Orbit provides implementation guidance and setup assistance throughout the process.

See the complete course before you decide.

Request a free instructor copy, review every lesson, and adopt on your timeline.

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