Immediate Access: Accessing your Course Materials

3 Easy Ways to Access Your Course Materials:

  1. Your .edu E-mail
  2. The BryteWave Website
  3. From CANVAS
You can access your digital course materials utilizing any one of these three ways:

1. Your .edu Email

  • E-mail sent to your school e-mail account
    • A BryteWave (RedShelf) account will be created using your school e-mail address
    • An e-mail will be sent to you with a link to your shelf
    • This e-mailed link will take you to your BryteWave Discover Shelf account where you can log in using your school e-mail address and find your preloaded material on your Shelf
    • Additional support for e-mail can be found here: BryteWave Email info

View of the BryteWave Discover Shelf

2. The BryteWave Website

My Shelf View

3. From CANVAS

  • Use the link in CANVAS to access your BryteWave Materials
    • Log in to CANVAS and navigate to your course
    • Then choose the BryteWave Link named BryteWave Course Materials

​​​​​​​CANVAS view for BryteWave Course Materials

  • You will be taken to the BryteWave 'My Shelf' page. 
  • Click on the title you are looking to access or 'View Details' to see the details of the product

My Shelf

  • Click on the title and some product details will pop up. 
  • For an eBook you can click READ NOW to open it in a new tab

Product Details and Read Now Button View

Instructions for Accessing Your Course Materials:

  • Some digital products require a code to access the materials on the publisher’s website. 
  • Click Copy the Code to Clipboard and then click Access Courseware. 
  • You will paste that code into the designated field on the site you are sent to

Access Courseware View

  • If the ACCESS COURSEWARE button is not available for a specific product; you will go directly to that publisher's website listed in Canvas or use a link provided by your instructor. 

Troubleshooting:

If you believe you should have access to your book, but your shelf is empty, contact your bookstore. Provide specific details as outlined below to help resolve your issue:

  • On the Brytewave.redshelf.com site or from the LMS verify the e-mail address that the student is logged into on BryteWave.
    • (Select their name in the upper right corner and select ‘My Accounts’
  • Attach or insert a screen shot of the "stopping point" you hit when you are trying to access your BryteWave/RedShelf eBook
     
  • The device you are using when you are experiencing this access to your eBook issue.
    • Windows Desktop/Laptop
    • Mac Desktop/Laptop
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
       
  • The browser you are using when you are experiencing this access to your eBook issue.
    • Safari (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
    • Internet Explorer
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox

I’m taken to a login page instead of My Shelf, what do I do?

  • Try to enable your cookies, follow these steps
  • Try another browser. We recommend Chrome
  • Try to log in with your .edu email address and reset your password
  • Try to refresh your webpage. This may reset anything that may not be allowing you to log in automatically

Virtual Help Desk: 

Student Support Documents

 

Customer Support

support@brytewave.com

1-877-612-2233

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