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Instructional Materials for Faculty  
 
Summary: Faculty, find out how Instructional Materials Services and Plans (IMSP) can help support your classroom instruction.

Instructional Materials Services and Plans (IMSP) is a collaborative effort by many UCSD organizations. IMSP's goal is to make it easier for faculty — and the staff and TAs who support them — to find instructional support resources.

Service Who provides the service
Course Reserves

Note: You must request services 4 weeks before the quarter begins. Your requested materials will be reviewed for compliance with copyright laws.

UCSD Libraries' Course Reserves provides print and digital reservation services free of charge.
  • To get started, see the Instructor's Guide for Submitting Reserve Requests.
  • This service lets you:
    • Place books on reserve at circulation desks.
    • Post articles and other course materials electronically.
    • Reserve high-quality music files that can be made available 24 hours a day.
    • Reserve and post digital images.
    • Arrange for an array of media services including individual and group viewing with analog and digital options

      For more details, visit the Course Reserves Web site.

Course Web pages Academic Computing & Media Services (ACMS) provides course Web site hosting and development, course software (WebCT), quizzes and grade posting, course chat, and scanning equipment.
  • General campus and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: Instructional Web Development Center (IWDC) is a course management system that provides:
    • Communication tools
    • Online assessments
    • Password-protected space for your handouts
    • Secure grade posting
  • School of Medicine: Office of Educational Computing (EdCom) provides:
    • Instructional Web support
    • Core course Web sites
    • Tutorials and learning modules
    • Medical student contact lists
Printing and duplicating Imprints provides printing, duplicating, scanning, and offers instructional services:
  • Course packet, syllabus, and exam printing
  • Large-format printing
  • Mail merge
  • Document capture
  • CD/ DVD duplicating
  • Binding
  • Free pickup and delivery (on campus)

    Call (858) 534-3020 or visit one of 4 campus locations.

Soft Reserves UCSD Associated Students, with your approval, provides student note-takers to compile class notes and materials that can serve as study aids for classmates.
  • A.S. Soft Reserves provides:
    • Copies of class notes and outlines
    • Course readers
    • Print copies of homework and exams
  • A.S. Lecture Notes gives students an additional study tool. This is a free service for faculty and available to students for a minimal fee.
Textbook services Textbook services are supplied through several UCSD organizations to assist your students.
  • UCSD Bookstore:
    • Textbook orders: Complete an online adoption form.
    • Custom materials: In partnership with Imprints, the Bookstore produces high-quality and competitively priced bound reprints of anthologies, out-of-print materials, manuals, etc. For more information, contact UCSD Bookstore, (858) 534-7963.
    • Desk and Exam Copies
    • School of Medicine textbooks
    • Academically priced computers and software
    • For more information, contact the Bookstore Course Materials Department, (858) 534-4557.

  • General Store Co-op:
    • For information on services, call (858) 534-3167.
    • Order a book by e-mail.

  • Groundwork Books is a student-run, nonprofit bookstore and community resource center offering:
    • Book circles
    • Study groups
    • For more information, contact Groundwork Books, (858) 452-9625.



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