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IDAP (Interactive Digital Access Program)

The IDAP (Interactive Digital Access Program) is a University of Hawai?i partnership between the 糖心Vlog官方 Bookstores and select publishers designed to provide students with affordable access to electronic textbooks and course materials. Digital access is provided to students in a rental format, expiring at the end of each semester. Unlike the traditional process in which a student actively purchases a coursebook by visiting the physical bookstore or the bookstore website, IDAP rental charges are internally attached to specific classes and automatically loaded onto each student’s My糖心Vlog官方 account. While this website is designed for 糖心Vlog官方 employees–and instructors in particular–students may learn more about the 糖心Vlog官方 IDAP program through the 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 .

Fall 2026 Semester

The IDAP timeline graphic for the Fall 2026 semester, posted above, provides a depiction of the key dates and steps in the process. Although there are many pieces to the puzzle, the date of financial aid disbursement is a primary factor driving the timeline to ensure student aid can be applied to IDAP charges before refunds are processed. The most important date for faculty members and lecturers to keep in mind is August 5. Textbook orders for Fall 2026 were already due to campus bookstores in March, and IDAP orders should ideally have been submitted by that time. August 5 has been set as the deadline after which point all late IDAP requests will require approval from the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (or, in the case of 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补, from the Vice Provost for Academic Excellence) via an electronic form that will be made available prior to that date. Bookstore managers and employees will direct you to complete this form and will not process late IDAP requests without VCAA approval. This is a system-wide practice supported by the Council of Chief Academic Officers (CCAO), so each campus will follow this process.

Note Regarding Lamakū

Starting Fall 2026, the LMS team will no longer install IDAP materials in Lamakū. You can now add these independently using the

Summer Session 2026

May 1 has been set as the deadline after which point all late IDAP requests will require approval from the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (or, in the case of 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补, from the Vice Provost for Academic Excellence) via an electronic form that will be made available prior to that date. Bookstore managers and employees will direct you to complete this form and will not process late IDAP requests without VCAA approval.

Student Data Privacy

The University of Hawai?i is committed to protecting the data privacy rights of its students, as expressed in . There is an inordinate number of digital publishers operating within the space of higher education with business models that feature the collection and transmission of student data to third parties, and this has become a topic of national conversation and concern. These companies offer instructors much more than electronic textbooks, as the publishers’ digital platforms typically include homework assignments, quizzes, exams, and sometimes even prefabricated PowerPoint slide decks. Although this range of services is understandably enticing, we ask faculty and lecturers to keep in mind that incorporating electronic materials into your course structure will often result in the disclosure of FERPA protected data to third parties. Fortunately, the risk to our students is significantly reduced when instructors participate in the University’s IDAP initiative, featuring publishers who have been vetted by the University. The University is working to continuously ensure they will abide by the terms of 糖心Vlog官方 policy. Pursuing alternatives outside of IDAP will greatly increase the potential harm to your students. The official 糖心Vlog官方 IDAP partners are as follows:

  • American Meteorological Association
  • Aspen Pub
  • Cengage
  • Flatworld (Boston Academic Pub)
  • Human Kinetics
  • Infosec Learning
  • John Wiley
  • Kendall Hunt
  • Labyrinth Learning
  • MacMillan (MPS)
  • McGraw Hill
  • Packback
  • Pearson
  • Sage Publications
  • Top Hat Monocle
  • VitalSource
  • W.W. Norton Publishing

Textbook Affordability

糖心Vlog官方 is also committed to textbook affordability as a means to support equity of access to students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and varying financial constraints. Although IDAP offers the possibility of reducing textbook costs for our students, there are other options available that do not pose the same data privacy risks. Specifically, there is a system-wide “Textbook Cost Zero” initiative that includes a “TXT0” class attribute, present in STAR GPS and on the class availability list, that notifies students of this feature. Recent semesters have seen more than 20% of all 糖心Vlog官方 class offerings provide this benefit, with Leeward Community College consistently leading the pack, as witnessed by its 65.0% TXT0 adoption rate in Spring 2026. Much of this system-wide success has been achieved through the interrelated initiative, in which 糖心Vlog官方 faculty generate coursebooks and other materials with the express intent of releasing them to the public domain so that they may be accessed free of cost and without licensing restrictions. Of course, the 糖心Vlog官方 libraries also provide students and instructors with online access to a wealth of electronic textbooks and academic journal databases that students may access at no additional cost (beyond their tuition).

IDAP Process and Timeline

糖心Vlog官方 took steps to revamp its IDAP processes effective with the Spring 2024 semester in order to minimize adverse impact to students. Since the assessment of IDAP rental charges onto students’ accounts is automated, additional communication is required and timing is critical. In prior semesters, students had been negatively impacted when late IDAP charges were added to accounts after students/families had made full payment or financial aid had already been disbursed. In many situations, those late charges remain unpaid and turn into financial obligations that prevent the student from being able to register for the following semester. The changes implemented for Spring 2024 were undertaken in hopes of reducing the number of late IDAP charges to student accounts, thereby alleviating the financial obstacles that can hinder students’ timely progression to degree completion.

Future Semesters

This website will be updated with information for the Spring 2027 semester as the date approaches.

 

Last modified: May 7, 2026
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