# Adopt a book

> A book is reusable course material authored by an organization. Nobody enrolls in a book and it has no roster or grades. To teach from one, you adopt it into a course, and learners only…

Source: https://www.curacourse.com/help/adopting-books-from-the-library

## At a glance

A book is reusable course material authored by an organization. Nobody enrolls in a book and it has no roster or grades. To teach from one, you adopt it into a course, and learners only ever see the pages inside your course.

![CuraCourse screenshot: Adopting books from the Library (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/library-public-tab.png)

Adopted pages stay linked to the book, so learners see the author's latest published version. When you want to change a page, you make your own copy of it.

## Prerequisites

Instructor account on CuraCourse

Library in the header. The Public tab lists books anyone can adopt. The Private tab lists books from the private library of each organization you belong to.

## Steps

1. Open Library from the header and find the book you want. You can preview a book's published pages before adopting.
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adopting books from the Library (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/library-header-link.png)
2. Adopt the book into your course. Its published modules and pages appear in your Table of Contents.
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adopting books from the Library (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/library-book-card.png)
3. The **Adopt** button on a book creates a new course with the book. If you want to add a book to an existing course, go to that course’s settings page, navigate to the “Books“ tab, and select “Adopt a book“
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adopting books from the Library (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/course-books-settings.png)
4. After adopting a book, open the course Table of Contents to see what came in. A muted book icon marks a linked page. These icons are visible to instructors and TAs only, never to learners.
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adopting books from the Library (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/2808f21f99d66abe91da.png)
5. Teach as normal. Learners see the book's latest published content, and submissions autograde against that same published version, including rubrics authored on the book.
6. To change a page, open the lesson and click Edit, then choose “Make my own copy” in the banner. The course stores a snapshot you can edit and like any other lesson you created on your own. The Table of Contents switches that page to a fork icon (Your copy).
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adopting books from the Library (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/764b4f60fc5522edd4cc.png)
7. You can always compare your changes against the latest version of the book’s lesson by selecting “Compare with book“
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adopting books from the Library (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/59bab0cf2aa834e005e3.png)
8. To go back to the book author’s content, choose “Use the book version”. The course copy is dropped and the page follows the book again.
9. Check Course Settings → Books tab for updates from the adopted books. Pages that are published in the book but not in your course and updates on pages you have copied/forked will show here.
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adopting books from the Library (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/86cfde3cb86aad52a48a.png)