Day1Access

The Day1Access program is a digital textbook model in collaboration with top publishers to reduce the cost of required course materials. Access for all students begins the first day of class, with the option to opt-out of purchasing through the drop/add period.

Your required digital course materials are delivered through Folio. Access begins the first day of class. Go to My.GeorgiaSouthern.edu, Login, select Folio, and select your course. Not Seeing Your Course in Folio? If you don’t see a class in Folio, and it starts in less than a week, your instructor may not have made it active. If you are concerned about access, please email your instructor.

Prices are negotiated and vary depending upon the course materials chosen by the instructor but are contracted to be lower than competitive market rates.

If you do not wish to purchase the required course materials through the Day1Access program, you have until the add/drop day to opt-out. If you opt-out by the deadline, access to the online content will be turned off and the cost will not appear on your Student Billing Account found in WINGS/Touchnet.

To Opt-Out, log in to Folio, and there will be a prompt to Opt-Out of the delivery of the digital product. Select the correct option to opt-out and submit. If you opt-out, you will be responsible for purchasing your own materials.

Students who drop the course before the add/drop deadline will automatically be “opted-out”. There are no refunds for students who drop after the add/drop deadline.

The drop/add deadlines can be found on the Academic Calendar each semester.

Yes. All students who are enrolled in a course using Day1Access are automatically considered part of the program. To avoid paying for the digital materials you must opt-out through your Folio course home page before the add/drop deadline.

Once the cost of the required course materials has been applied to your Student Billing Account, there are no refunds.

Yes, if it is before the add/drop deadline. To opt back in, you will log in to Folio and select the prompt to opt back in. If you do not opt back in before the add/drop date, please visit Barnes & Noble @ Georgia Southern for assistance.

All enrolled students receive an injection page in the MyGS portal with information about their Day1Access charges. Students can also click on the “Day1Access Course Materials & Costs” link in the Registration Information tile in their MyGS portal to view their Day1Access information at any time.

The access is free through the add/drop date. After that, all enrolled students who have not opted-out of the program or dropped the course will have the discounted price applied to their Student Billing Account. The cost of the required digital content for Day1Access will appear on your Student Billing Account as “Bookstore Charge.”

If your question wasn’t answered in this FAQ, for Day1Access questions, email the Barnes & Noble @ Georgia Southern: bookstorecustomercare@bncollege.com. If you have general inquiries about the course itself, please contact your instructor directly.