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Introduction Linux powers the web servers, cloud platforms, and phones your students use every day. But teaching it isn’t easy. Most students arrive from graphical systems, and the command line feels like a different language. In October 2026, we brought Linux instructors together to compare notes on the challenges they face in the classroom. This […]

by Dr. Nikitha Sambamurthy Why I Designed This Session As Editorial Director for zyBooks, I work with engineering faculty daily. In conversations, I kept hearing familiar refrains: “Students don’t read,” “grading takes forever,” “I want to give better feedback but…” But when I asked what they’d tried, I discovered sophisticated solutions I’d never heard about—strategies […]

A seven-semester study presented at ASEE 2025 provides new data on interactive homework effectiveness in engineering courses. Dr. Yasaman Adibi, Dr. Adrian Rodriguez, and colleagues tracked 345 students across similar course conditions, varying only whether interactive textbook activities were assigned for points or recommended and not assigned for points.  Key findings: The research addresses a […]

What if a simple change to your homework structure could reduce failing grades by 22% and boost student engagement by 500%? New research from a major public university reveals how zyBooks are transforming engineering education outcomes. Read the research here. Key Research Findings A new ASEE conference paper tracking 345 engineering students across seven semesters […]

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

In part two of this video panel discussion, zyBooks experts dig into cognitive load, research, and how students can manage their mental effort.

zyBooks offers powerful built-in customization that makes it fast and easy to the create course material you want.

Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) is one of those unheralded topics in education, but it’s an important one. A new release, LTI 3.1, will transform how you teach.

How do you communicate a detailed engineering drawing to someone who can’t see? Groundbreaking work with 3D printing offers an answer.

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.

Here’s how to shore up bedrock math concepts through a novel approach that’s at once fun, accessible, and directly relevant to students’ lives.

zyBooks is at the forefront of developing – and implementing – innovations to help students with visual impairments succeed in STEM. Innovations all educators should adopt. To learn more, we spoke with three engineering and science content experts who are leading the accessibility charge at zyBooks.

Traditional print textbooks can present significant challenges for students with visual impairments, particularly in fields such as mechanical engineering where visual elements are critical to understanding the material.

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.