Admission

Essex County College is now partnering with VitalSource to provide digital course materials to our students – Wolverine Smart Books. The digital format of your textbook will be available in Moodle or sent to your Essex email 14 days prior to the start of the course. Your instructor will guide you on how to access your material properly.

You can choose to OPT out of the digital products and the fee/s will be removed from your tuition account.  However, you will be responsible for securing books for all classes.

Before opting out, you should contact your Professor/s as most of them require the use of assignments, labs, tests, quizzes, etc. digital etext materials.

To OPT Out of the digital product course fee for ALL courses, please follow these instructions.

  1. Click the Wolverine Smart Books tool in your Learning Management System (LMS).
  2. Navigate to My Courses.
  3. Review your access program details in the top blue banner.

Follow the instructions on the opt-out process to the right of the banner. 

For additional information and to contact a live Support Agent, visit us at https://onlinebookstoresupport.vitalsource.com/hc/en-us

You must OPT out no later than midnight on the dates displayed below for the following semesters:

Summer II 2025 Semesters:

  • All semesters – 7/14/25

Fall 2025 Semesters:

  • Fall I – 9/10/25
  • Fall II & FOCUS – 10/9/25
  • LPN 102 – 12/2/25
  • LPN 104 & 105 –10/9/25

Winter 2025:

  • 12/24/25

Spring 2026 Semester:

  • Spring 1 & FOCUS – 1/20/26
  • Spring II Late Start – 2/17/26
  • LPN 103 – 3/12/26
  • LPN 102 – 4/9/26
  • NRS 111 – 2/27/26
  • NRS104 – 3/30/26

Summer I 2026 Semester:

  • Full term – 5/18/26
  • Combined Summer – 5/18/26
  • RTC – 5/5/26
  • LPN 104/105 – 6/5/26

Summer II 2026 Semester:

  • Full Term – 7/20/26
  • LPN 103 – 7/13/26