Computer Science

The Artificial Intelligence zyBook gives upper-level STEM students a modern, hands-on introduction to AI, from search algorithms to large language models. At our recent webinar, instructors asked the authors what’s inside, who it’s for, and how to use it. Here are the five questions we heard most, with answers from the team who built it. […]

Michael Goldwasser details his teaching experience with Challenge Activities and suggestions to incorporate for your course.

Faculty find success with zyBooks. See what three professors have to say about improving the experience for students and managing the work load.

Faculty find success with zyBooks. See what Transfer Pathway Coordinator has to say about improving the experience for students and managing the work load at MCC.

Teaching introductory programming at a community college isn’t just challenging—it’s a uniquely complex balancing act.
Here are five challenges that community college CS instructors face every day.

Cay Horstmann, author of Big Java: Late Objects, has taken a pragmatic middle-ground approach with new content designed to help both instructors and students navigate this complex landscape—wherever they are on their AI journey.

Teaching programming is challenging enough without the added complexity of managing group work. zyBooks has introduced a powerful feature in zyLabs that makes collaborative coding as seamless as individual work.

Computing Technology for All bridges theory and practice through real-world case studies. Most chapters wrap up with a concrete example that shows students how the concepts they’ve learned actually matter in the real world.

Many instructors using zyBooks combine CTFA with their Programming titles to fills in the gaps for introductory students.

The emergence of generative AI has taken the CS education community by a storm in the last two years. As an instructor of introductory computer science (CS1) courses, I am keenly interested in leveraging AI to make CS1 better. While concerns about academic dishonesty are real, so is the golden opportunity to transform CS education. […]

As generative AI increasingly handles code writing tasks, computer science education must pivot from teaching students to write code to emphasizing code reading, prompt engineering, and testing skills that will be essential in AI-augmented development environments.

Explore why even strong programming students face challenges with data structures concepts and how to improve success rates using zyBooks.

AI as Your Teaching Assisstant Course development has always been one of the most time-intensive aspects of teaching. GenAI tools can help instructors develop and improve their courses more efficiently, allowing more time to focus on teaching and research. For educators juggling course preparation, research responsibilities, and student support, AI can serve as a valuable […]

See the Data Structures choices with zyBooks, so you can choose the optimal content to meet your course objectives and students’ needs.

Moving Beyond “Yes” or “No” to GenAI When ChatGPT was first introduced in 2022, instructors often took one of two approaches to GenAI in their classes: yes or no. While bans on GenAI may be appropriate in certain courses, such bans are difficult for instructors to enforce. As GenAI tools have become more advanced and […]

Helping students understand when AI use is appropriate in their courses will equip them to use AI responsibly after the semester ends.

30 years of teaching experience informs key concepts where students typically struggle Operating System Concepts (OSC) is a mature title that has been around for over 25 years and is now in its 10th edition. The zyVersion of OSC presents the fundamental principles of contemporary operating systems using zyBooks active learning pedagogy that directly engages […]

Are animations helpful to student comprehension of complex concepts? See what Dr. Michael Goldwasser recommends and how zyBooks can help you deliver.

What is a QTI file?  QTI stands for Question and Test Interoperability, a widely used and adopted standard format for representing assessment content. A QTI file is a zip file containing assessment data in XML and its associated multimedia content such as an image. QTI files can be created, exported, and imported by different tools […]

Learning some of these facts about zyBooks might just help your course run more smoothly.

Here at zyBooks, we’re getting more questions about cheating than ever before. In this post, we share strategies you can use in your classroom right now that have been shown to substantially reduce cheating.

Advanced zyLabs will change the way you teach programming. Check out these top tips to help you get the most out of our new cloud-based coding environment.

The new block proof tool gives instructors the capability to directly assess and teach proof writing skills and do it at scale.

The new block proof tool gives instructors the capability to directly assess and teach proof writing skills and do it at scale.

Dr. Horstmann shares three key insights for teaching programming that every computer science instructor should add to their pedagogical playbook. 

In this post, I’ll help you supercharge your autograding efforts. I’ll share insights on how to use autograding to improve how you teach and how your students learn. And I’ll walk you through the three most important autograding methodologies and how to use them.

We spoke with Dr. Alex Edgcomb about the motivation behind Coral and how computer science instructors can use the language as a powerful onramp for teaching programming.