Many publishers and other vendors are offering free temporary access to their digital materials, tools and platforms to help faculty with the move to remote teaching.
Vendor Offers
Cambridge
Cambridge is providing free access to many online materials in their catalog.
Cengage
Cengage is providing free access to Cengage Unlimited through the end of the current academic term for US students attending colleges affected by COVID-19. This includes the entire Cengage catalog of eBooks, online courseware, study tools, and more.
Honorlock
COVID-19 Emergency Pricing available for all Florida Higher Ed Institutions. Contact Andres Taborta (ataborta@honorlock.com; Phone: 844-841-LOCK)
Kaltura
Kaltura offers some guidance on how to move quickly as educational organizations transition their classes, meetings and day to day activities online.
Lumen Learning
Lumen Learning is offering support for a mid-term transition to Lumen Courseware at no cost.
McGraw Hill
McGraw Hill is providing free access, training and support for our McGraw-Hill Connect and ALEKS digital learning platforms to instructors and students who need to urgently move to an online format for their Spring 2020 courses.
Miami Dade Public Library System
The Miami Dade Public Library System always offers free access to learning materials and services, including Lynda.com, Tutor.com and Gale Cengage Learning. Note: A library card may be required for access to these materials and services.
OpenStax
OpenStax materials are always offered free of charge and under an open license. Check out their support website for moving your course online using their materials.
Proctorio
COVID-19 Emergency Pricing available for all Florida Higher Ed Institutions. Contact Ivan Babovic (ivanb@proctorio.com; Phone: 480-418-0988)
Pearson
Pearson is offering several ways to ensure students can access materials at no additional cost for the remainder of the term.
VitalSource
Students and instructors at impacted 2 and 4-year non-profit institutions in the U.S. and Canada can now access a catalog of etexts, through May 25, 2020 in the US and April 30, 2020 in Canada, at no charge.
iClicker
iClicker’s online student engagement solution is free of charge for students whose instructors are moving their courses online in response to COVID-19.
Respondus
Institutions NOT currently licensing LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor may obtain a free, unlimited-use pilot through May (or June).
SmartMusic
For schools impacted by COVID-19 closures who do not already have a SmartMusic subscription, we are offering free access through June 30, 2020. Please contact us and let us know your needs.
SoftChalk
SoftChalk is offering free access to SoftChalk Cloud from now through May 31, 2020 to anyone who may need it to quickly and easily create online lessons and course materials for delivery to students.
TopHat
The Top Hat platform is available free of charge for the rest of the semester to active classes transitioning to Top Hat.
Tutor.com
Tutor.com COVID-19 Emergency Pricing for all Florida Higher Ed Institutions
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