Textbooks and/or materials that are available to be distributed by an instructor for Non-Traditional courses can be tracked on the Textbooks tab. Textbooks are defined on the Textbook Definition window.
The default amount is calculated using the following formula: 1 (default number of Units) * Cost (default value of Unit Cost). However, this amount can be edited.
Basis is used to determine the manner in which each item is calculated in the Course Budget window and is very important to the budgeting process. The values available in this drop-down list are defined in the TEXTBOOK_DEF table: U (Unit) will only add the Total Cost figure to the cost for the course and E (Enrollment) will multiply the Total Cost by the Estimated Enrollment and add this figure to the cost for the course. None is also an option.