Did you know that dozens of NMC instructors have made the switch to teaching with open (i.e. free) or low-cost textbooks and course materials, saving students over $2 million in textbook costs since 2015?

You can search for Zero-Cost Textbook (ZCT) offerings in the searchable class schedule within the course registration portal. This post is a step-by-step walkthrough of how to use these handy ZCT filter.

First, log in to your myNMC student site and click the Register/Add/Drop Classes button:

Then, click on the box for ‘Registration Step 3 – Register for classes.’

This will take you to the Registration portal, where you can click Browse Class Schedule.

You’ll be prompted to select a term schedule to browse. Once you select a term and hit submit, you will see some blank search criteria boxes. To view all search options, click on ‘Advanced Search.’

Find the Special Search Criteria box and type ‘textbook.’ (You can also simply search ‘ZCT’).

As you type, you should see this option appear in the drop-down menu. Click to select the filter, then click Search.

This will return a list of all sections for the selected term that use a Zero-Cost textbook.

You can also use this filter in combination with other search criteria (e.g. you could view ZCT offerings in a particular department or program by selecting the department in the Subject field before clicking ‘Search’).