Introducing Advanced zyLabs: Now in Beta
See for yourself the exciting new features in Advanced zyLabs, including professional-grade IDEs, debugging, and support of over 50 languages.
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Reverse Engineer Your Engineering Course with Matthew Liberatore
Join author and professor Matthew Liberatore for a webinar covering the features and findings of his Material and Energy Balances zyBook
Introducing Security with CompTIA Security+ and zyLabs by zyBooks
We are proud to introduce our latest zyBook – Introduction to Security with CompTIA Security+. This is the first complete course and labs solution designed for the classroom (live or online), presenting in-depth fundamentals of security with the skills required to succeed on the CompTIA Security+ certification exam.
Theory to Practice: Closing the Gap in Undergraduate Math to Reduce Student Attrition
by J. Kelly, J. Bruno, and A. Edgcomb.
The rise of the zyLab program auto-grader in introductory CS courses
by C. Gordon, R. Lysecky, and F. Vahid.
The Shift From Static College Textbooks to Customizable Content: A Case Study at zyBooks
by C. Gordon, R. Lysecky, and F. Vahid.
Impact of Several Low-Effort Cheating-Reduction Methods in a CS1 Class
by F. Vahid, A. Pang, K. Downey, and C. Gordon.
The 6 Pillars of Online Teaching: An instructor discussion
Struggling to initiate connection, engagement, and motivation in your online students? Check out our on-demand webinar.
Impact of Several Low-Effort Cheating-Reduction Methods in a CS1 Class
F. Vahid, A. Pang, K. Downey, C. Gordon
Updating Your Circuits Course With Interactivity and Auto-Graded Homework
Based on the twelfth edition of the well-known textbook written by authors J. David Irwin and R. Mark Nelms, this zyVersion contains the complete text of the original textbook and adds interactive elements to help keep your students engaged.
zyBooks Digital Design with new zyLabs
See the variety of tools that provide an exceptionally hands-on approach to presenting digital design by combining theory and practice, including various web-based simulators, like a circuit simulator, finite-state machine simulator, high-level state machine simulator, datapath simulator, and more, plus numerous tools, like a Boolean algebra tool, a K-map minimizer tool, and more.
Bringing Interactivity and Accountability to Your Controls Course
Please join us for a walkthrough of our Control Systems Engineering zyVersion. This zyVersion is based on the 8th edition of the well-known textbook written by author Norman S. Nise
Data Structures Essentials with zyLabs
In this webinar you will learn about our Data Structures Essentials titles along with our newly created labs for Data Structures in C++, Python, and Java.
Bringing Interactivity and Accountability to Your Thermodynamics Course
Based on the ninth edition of Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics by Michael J. Moran, Howard N. Shapiro, Daisie D. Boettner, and Margaret B. Bailey, this zyVersion contains the complete text of the original textbook interactive elements to help keep your students engaged.
Introducing: Data Science Foundations in zyBooks
Learn about the only interactive learning solution for Intro/Fundamentals of Data Science. This new zyBook covers data preprocessing, regression techniques, supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms, decision trees, neural networks, ensemble methods, and model evaluation techniques.
Dr. Frank Vahid Presents: Tips and best practices for running successful CS courses
A Smooth Term & Successful Students
Managing Stress and Overcoming Burnout
For many computer science and engineering instructors, anxiety and stress are all too familiar feelings. To support our community of zyBooks instructors, we’re exploring the topic of mental health in STEM higher education and raising actionable strategies to help professors overcome burnout.
Nathan Tintle Presents: Introduction to Statistical Investigations now with zyBooks!
Join us for an exciting discussion with the author to learn more about the latest digital offering of his material!
Empowering Incoming Students in the HBCU CS Community
Join us for a live panel discussion with some of your colleagues in the HBCU computer science instructor community.
Cay Horstmann Presents: Java Late Objects and Big C++ now with zyBooks!
Cay Horstmann Presents:
Java Late Objects and Big C++
now with zyBooks!
Bringing Interactivity and Accountability to Your Chemical Thermodynamics Course
Based on Koretsky’s Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics textbook, this zyVersion includes over 150 animations and 500+ participation questions that help students engage and interact with the material.
Add Interactivity and Accountability to Mobile App Development
zyBooks utilizes the Say, Show, Ask approach to learning. With less text and more action, students learn through short readings (say), animations (show), and learning questions with answer-specific feedback (ask).
Silberschatz’s New zyVersion: Bringing Interactivity to Operating Systems
Learn the story behind our acquisition, our plans to convert trusted texts into intuitive and interactive zyVersions, and get a chance to evaluate the new Operating System zyVersion.
Mike Goodrich’s New zyVersion: Bringing Interactivity to Algorithm Design and Application Textbook
Based on Goodrich and Tamassia’s Algorithm Design and Applications 1/e, this zyVersion contains the complete text of the original plus new interactive animations and learning questions to engage the student.
Cay Horstmann presents new auto graded, interactive version of Java Late Objects
Cay Horstmann discusses teaching CS in a post-covid digital world. We will demonstrate his new zyBooks version of Big Java Late Objects (and a potential preview of upcoming C++).
Introducing Coral! A brand new flow chart language to teach program
Add autograded Coral activities to your CS0 and CS1 course to offer a simple introduction to programming.
Computer Organization and Design (MIPS) Updates Fall 2021
This recording shows the latest updates for the Computer Organization and Design zyBook, as well as a peek into what the Labs and Simulator will look like for our upcoming RISK V and ARM versions of this product. Learn about the MIPS simulator, auto-graded labs, and more.
Save Time with Autograding in zyBooks
What if you could save an additional 5-10 hours per week, without sacrificing student results in your Computer Science courses?
Align materials to your course, not the other way around.
Let us guess, you’ve never been able to find a textbook that quite fits your course the way you’d like it to. Or, your students lack the basic math skills needed to be successful in your course, but you don’t want to assign a second book to focus on math. Let us show you how we can help.
Promoting Mental Health and Wellness in Undergraduate Students
In this webinar, we will share the current state of research on mental health in undergraduate engineering students, including ongoing research to understand the impact of COVID-19 on student well-being.