Instructional Materials Ordering and Distribution System
The Media Ordering Guide may be accessed on the California Department of Education (CDE) Web page.
- Click the light blue box: Logon button.
- Enter your user name and password (e-mailed from the Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Translations [CSMT] with Instructional Materials Ordering and Distribution System [IMODS] instructions).
- Click on the Logon button.
- A user name and password may be obtained by completing the New Account Form on the CDE CSMT Web page.
- When you login, Welcome and your name will appear on the right side of the screen.
- Below Your Account will be:
- CSMT Activities for state-adopted textbook orders, Kindergarten through Eighth Grade.
- APH (American Printing House for the Blind) Federal Quota Program for persons authorized by your agency to submit federal quota orders.
- CSMT Activities for state-adopted textbook orders, Kindergarten through Eighth Grade.
Persons Authorized to Submit Orders Using Federal Quota Funds:
- The APH Federal Quota Program allocates federal funds to public and private educational programs that register students who are legally blind.
- The amount allocated to each agency is based on the number of students registered with the APH.
- IMODS orders can be placed by an authorized person using these federal quota funds.
- To receive a username and password for the APH Federal Quota Program your name needs to be on the list of persons authorized to submit federal quota orders.
- The educational agency returns the authorization list in their annual registration packet of qualified legally blind students.
- The APH catalog can be found at the APH Web page
. Click on the blue box: Shop button.
APH Products and Textbooks Ordering Procedures:
- Enter the catalog number (including dashes) listed in the APH catalog into the search box.
- Click on the GO button to show search results.
- Double click on the catalog number below the APH Product Search–for a description of the item.
- Verify that this is the product or book needed for your order.
- Below available formats, click Add to Cart for that catalog number.
- The Shopping Cart will display the list of items ordered.
- Enter the number to order in the Qty [quantity] box and click on the Update Cart button.
- If an asterisk (*) appears next to the catalog number, the item will be ordered and sent from the APH Warehouse in Kentucky. If there is not an asterisk (*), the item will be sent from the APH stock at the CSMT Warehouse in Sacramento.
- Select the Continue Shopping button to order more products.
- Search for another catalog number and repeat the above steps.
- If an APH catalog number is not found using the search criteria, contact the CSMT by e-mail (Enclosure 1) to request that the catalog number and product description be added to IMODS.
- Continue to add items (up to 20) until all necessary products are ordered and placed in the shopping cart.
- Consolidate orders being shipped to the same person at the same address (this is easier for you and for us at the CSMT).
- Click on the Check Out button.
- Select the address and verify the accuracy of the shipping information.
- Click on the Confirm Order button to submit the order on IMODS.
- Print the order number for your record(s).
