Simple Syllabus: When No Textbook is Required

Updated on Jul 22, 2025

If your course does not require a textbook, or if your textbook is integrated with D2L, you may indicate that information by following the steps in this article.

1. To edit the Required Textbook(s) component, select the pencil icon next to “Add new material.”

Image showing Required Textbook component with annotation pointing to the "Add new material" pencil icon.

2. In the TITLE field, enter the appropriate phrase similar to: “No textbook required for this course” or “No textbook to purchase; it’s integrated with D2L.”

Image showing Required Textbook component with annotation pointing to the words "No textbook required for this course" typed into the "Title" field.

3. Scroll down and select "Save."

Image showing the bottom of the Required Textbook component with annotation pointing to the "Save" button, which is located to the left of the "Cancel" button.

4. Congratulations, you have indicated that no textbook is required for this course!

This is what it will look like in the Required Textbook(s) component.

Image showing Required Textbook component from the instructor's view with annotation pointing to the words, "No textbook required for this course."

This is the student view in your syllabus.

Image showing the student's view of the Required Textbook component with annotation pointing to the words "No textbook required for this course."

If you have any questions regarding Simple Syllabus please reach out to Faculty Services & Resource Centers.

Email [email protected], call us at 520-206-6511, or complete a Faculty Services Help Ticket

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