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Course Materials: Zero Cost Course Materials

This guide is designed to help students find and access their course materials.

What are Zero Cost Course Materials (ZCCM)?

Zero-cost course materials refer to educational resources that incur no direct costs for students, including open educational resources (OER), library resources, and freely available online materials. These resources help reduce the financial burden of education and increase accessibility for all learners.

Why choose courses with ZCCM?

Cost Savings:

Deciding to take courses that use ZCCM can bring down the total cost of course materials, both for you and others. If you are taking courses that use ZCCM, it can lower the total cost of your course materials, making the option to opt out of Aggie Access or acquire your materials through the A La Carte option much cheaper. 

How can I find courses that use ZCCM?

As a student, you can search for courses that use ZCCM in two ways:

Searching in Banner

  1. Go to MyUSU (my.usu.edu) and log in.
  2. Click “Registration & Classes” under Tools in the banner to the left-hand side of the webpage.
  3. Select “Registration Menu,” this will open a new tab.
  4. Select “Register for Classes.”
  5. Select a term from the drop-down menu and press “continue.”
  6. Select Advanced Search.
  7. Enter “Zero Cost Course Materials” into the Attribute field.
  8. Type in the course or subject you want to search for or skip this step to see all classes that use ZCCM.
  9. Select “Search.”

Searching in College Scheduler

  1. Go to MyUSU (my.usu.edu) and log in.
  2. Click “Registration & Classes” under Tools in the banner to the left-hand side of the webpage.
  3. Select “College Scheduler,” this will open a new tab.
  4. Click on “Change” next to “Campuses” and add a checkmark to your campus(es).
  5. Click save. This will bring you back to the main USU College Scheduler page.
  6. Click "Add Course."
  7. Click on the tab that says "By Attribute."
  8. In the "Attribute" box, type "Zero Cost Course Materials."
  9. Choose the subject you want to search for or use the "All Subjects" option.
  10. Use the "Course" dropdown list to see the courses that are available.

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