We have college kid. She has an out of pocket portion on tuition. We give her cash to pay with her check and we pay 4 books. can we deduct even though we gave her cash?

We have college kid. She has an out of pocket portion on tuition and the rest is paid by her student loans we are not on. We give her cash to pay with her check and we pay for the college books as well. Since we Pay part of the tuition can we deduct even though we gave her cash and used her check to pay tuition?