Courseware FAQ

If your school buys a Courseware license, students get free access. (See "What is the cost for my school to purchase Courseware?" below for bulk pricing information.) There is also the option for each student to purchase their own subscription to Courseware. A one-year subscription is $49.99. A two-year subscription is $64.99.

Schools get bulk discount pricing for Courseware institutional group purchases and institutional site subscriptions based on the relevant full-time enrollment or the number of users at the school. The annual fee is per student; it is a steep discount off of the student individual price of $49.99. There are no hidden additional institutional fees nor is there an automatic price increase after the first year. Use this form to get a quote.

A student subscription to Courseware provides access for two years. An annual institutional subscription provides access to all users at your school for every year of the subscription.

Students have the option to trial the product for the first two weeks of class for free. If they might drop, this is the recommendation.

Once a purchase has been made, and students have access to the downloaded products, there is no option to return or get a refund due to the permanent ownership of all Visible Body apps.

If a student drops the course, the instructor can remove them from the Gradebook.

Usernames and passwords are unique to each account, and each account has only one Gradebook entry.

All of our 3D models, illustrations, and animations are created by our in-house team of biomedical visualization experts and reviewed by an external team of professors and medical professionals. We are continuously adding to and improving our content as we develop new products and build on recent medical research.

For more information on how we develop models, watch this short video that highlights our commitment to accuracy.

We have complete male and female gross anatomy models you can dissect in 3D and augmented reality (AR). In addition, we have a growing collection of microanatomy models which include (but are not limited to) the typical human cell, the layers of the skin, the structure of bone tissue, the intestinal villi, the alveoli, and the structures of the eyes, ears, and tongue. We also have a growing collection of 3D pathology models.

In addition to anatomy models, we have a vast library of animations and images (illustrations, histology slides, MRI scans). These are created with the input of health sciences educators to meet the curriculum needs of A&P courses.

Visible Body is easy to use and is built on modern technology for today’s users.

Over 1,000 schools and universities have purchased Visible Body institutional subscriptions.

We distinguish ourselves with:

• Immersive, hands-on learning
• Accuracy of content
• Volume of content
• Tools to help you match content to your course
• Availability of products on newer and older devices
• An interface that is fast to learn
• Customer support to institutions, faculty, and students learning to use virtual and augmented reality

Over 1,000 schools and universities around the world have purchased Visible Body institutional subscriptions. Check out our testimonials page to hear what instructors have to say! For a complete list of institutions with Visible Body subscriptions, contact our sales team. 

We’ll let our customers speak for themselves on this one!

We pride ourselves on our prompt and friendly customer service. If you need assistance with any of our products, or if you'd like to schedule a personalized training session to get you started with Courseware, fill out this form on our support site and someone from our support team will contact you within 1-2 business days.

We have an extensive series of tutorials and webinars made by instructors, for instructors. We also have an ongoing series of Office Hours sessions, in which attendees are encouraged to ask questions of their fellow instructors and the VB team. To receive Office Hours updates and find out how you can attend a session, sign up for our email list.

Our apps are designed with readability in mind. We don’t use flashing lights or images in our products. Time-sensitive elements only appear within professor designated tests, but these can all be catered to a learner’s needs. We also support most forms of assistance for limited- or low-vision users compatible with supported browsers.

To learn more about the accessibility features in our reference apps, see this article.

The VB Courseware software teams have been releasing ongoing updates that add keyboard and screen reader accessibility for students throughout the platform. The following Courseware features are screen-reader and keyboard accessible:

• Student account access, dashboard, and assignments
• Lab activities in Word format

Here is an overview of all the VPAT items Courseware supports or supports with a few exceptions:

• Non-text Content
• Captions (Prerecorded)
• Audio Description or Media Alternative
• Meaningful Sequence
• Sensory Characteristics
• Use of Color
• Audio Control
• Keyboard
• No Keyboard Trap

Request a detailed VPAT/WCAG by filling out this form.

Much like your lymphatic system, Visible Body has safeguards and policies in place to meet your school’s high standards for managing student data. Often, institutions ask to review these and we've made that easy to do! These three articles answer the questions we commonly get:

• Privacy Policy
• User Agreement
• Security Compliance Standards

If you or your institution has further questions, we'd love to chat! Feel free to contact our Support Team.

We get a lot of questions from students and instructors about what student data we keep and for how long. See our User Agreement and Privacy Policy for the specifics. To learn more about Courseware’s technical, security, and compliance standards, see this article on the Visible Body Support Site.