Indiana U. helps shape economic terms of eText transition — from convergemag.com by Tanya Roscorla

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As course material shifts from print to digital, Indiana University advocates on behalf of students for lower prices, more choices and common software platforms.

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Based on feedback from students and faculty, Courseload rewrote the platform in HTML5 this summer.

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When the university asked students why they liked e-textbooks better, 69 percent cited instructor annotations, followed closely by sustainability, cost, weight of books and student annotations.