Triton One , launching Fall 2026, is UC San Diego’s new equitable access textbook program that will provide access to required textbooks for students at a flat rate of $199 per quarter. Materials in this program will be provided in a digital-first format on Canvas and will be available to students no later than the first day of classes.

Students will be automatically enrolled to ensure they are prepared for the first day of instruction. However, students can opt out of the flat fee by the Friday of Week 2 each quarter.

For more information about the program and FAQs specifically for students and faculty, please visit tritonone.ucsd.edu. For questions or comments, please email textbooks@ucsd.edu.

IMPORTANT UPDATES

For Faculty
Course material adoptions are due by Tuesday, June 30. This is also the priority deadline for requesting physical course materials. After this date, all newly adopted content will be digital only.

Faculty should have received an email from VitalSource (akademos-ucsd@verbasoftware.com) regarding course material adoptions for the upcoming quarter. VitalSource is UC San Diego's authorized partner for managing course material adoptions as part of Triton One, and this address is the official channel for that process. If you received this email, please do not mark it as spam. Instead, follow the link provided to submit your course material adoptions.

The adoptions portal allows faculty to search for materials by ISBN or title or indicate that their course uses OER/Library materials. This process is similar to how faculty currently select and adopt course materials. A video walk-through is available to guide faculty through the adoptions process.

By submitting your adoptions on time, you are helping to reduce student costs, lower the university’s material spend, and ensure Reserve content appears in the student dashboard alongside all paid materials. Reserve availability is limited, so timing matters.

For Students
Details regarding account access and opting out will be shared via email in the weeks leading up to fall quarter.