Textbook ordering deadline

In order for the University to be in compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), all textbooks should be ordered for the fall semester before Early Registration begins on Monday, April 13, 2026. 

Exceptions to the above deadline are made in the following circumstances:

• If an instructor has not yet been hired.
• If the instructor has not yet been assigned to a course.
• If the course is new and still under development.
• If the textbook is new and still under development.

If an exception has been made, a departmental administrator should add this information to MAUI so that the course is removed from the Missing Textbook Report sent by the Registrar. (To view this report, visit MAUI>Reports>Registrar>Courses Missing Textbooks.) 

If the course does not require a textbook or other materials, departmental administrators should enter “No Textbook Required” in MAUI Offerings Planner for course sections not requiring textbooks. The course section(s) will be in compliance, but the information will not be reflected in Follett Discover. (Independent study courses, which do not require a syllabus or a textbook, are excluded from this request.)

Resources and additional information

Please see the Registrar’s Office page on Textbook and Resources Help for current information on ordering textbooks from the Iowa Hawk Shop and University Bookstore, including:

• Follett Discover ordering procedures and contact information
• ICON Direct ordering procedures and contact information—as a reminder, ICON Direct is the University of Iowa's initiative for ordering required digital content from specific publishers and delivering this content to students and faculty through their ICON Course sites at a special discounted cost
• Open Educational Resources information

• Course packs information

  Note: this memo was also published on Feb. 4, 2026.