This guide explains Blended Teaching pricing, what students pay, and what students get. This guide is split into the following:
The Product & Access
The Price
Please note, nothing in this article constitutes a legal offer, all terms are set in our Terms & Conditions available on the website.
1. The Product & Access
1.1. Instructors Design Their Textbook
When instructors choose to use Blended Teaching, they design their own Blended Teaching textbook and install it into their class. Students then access the Blended Teaching materials designed by the instructor through the university learning management system (LMS).
Say, for example, an instructor is teaching Financial Management FIN 301 in Spring at a university that is using Canvas. The instructor will design and install their Blended Teaching textbook for FIN 301 into the Canvas course for that class for Spring.
1.2. Students Pay For Access When They Start The Class
When students access the class through the university LMS, the first time they start using Blended Teaching content in the class, they will be asked to either pay directly (debit, credit, etc.) or to enter an access code from the bookstore.
Continuing our example above, a student signs up for FIN 301, and logs in to Canvas. They go into the class and click on a Blended Teaching chapter to start studying. They will see a Blended Teaching paywall asking them to either pay via debit or credit card, or insert an access code. Say that the student has a access code provided by an Inclusive Access program. They enter that code and start studying.
1.3. Each Access License Lasts 6 Months
When a student purchases access to Blended Teaching, they have a license to use the Blended Teaching materials selected by their instructor for that class through the university learning management system for 6 months.
After 6 months, their license expires and they are no longer able to access the materials.
Students access the Blended Teaching materials through the university learning management system. This is the only way for students to access the materials. If the university restricts access to the class in the learning management system, students will no longer be able to access their Blended Teaching materials.
Continuing our example above, say the student completes the course and after 5 months, the university closes access to the course in Canvas. The student can no longer access the Blended Teaching materials for that course.
2. The Price
The license price paid by each student is $124.99.
The price is intended to be the same whether or not the student purchases access directly with Blended Teaching, through a bookstore, or through an inclusive access program. We say 'intended' as we don't have control over the price bookstores eventually decide to charge, but we recommend they charge $124.99.
As the number of student users at a university increases, we are able to share the cost savings we experience back with the students, as follows:
Tier | Number of Students Per Year | Discount | Price to Student |
1 | < 1,000 | 0% | $124.99 |
2 | 1,000 - 2,000 | 8% | $114.99 |
3 | 2,000 - 5,000 | 16% | $104.99 |
4 | > 5,000 | 20% | $99.99 |