First Day of Class Checklist

Preparing for the first day has never been easier.

Get Started

Fill out the adoption form at learn.zybooks.com/adopt.
Turn in ISBNs to the bookstore/department/registrar.
Log in to zybooks.com and see your active personalized zyBook with your course title.
Need an access key for your bookstore? Contact bookstore@zybooks.com for help.

Customize

Create class sections.
Configure your zyBook to match your course syllabus.
Create assignments in your zyBook with due dates.
- We recommend assigning Participation Activities to be due before the lecture, and Challenge Activities and Labs due several days after the lecture. This is illustrated by Jim Williams’ zyBooks Study Cycle.
- Learn more about zyBooks Best Practices here from fellow professor and zyBooks co-founder Dr. Frank Vahid.
Optional: Integrate your zyBook with your Learning Management System.
Optional: Add your own sections, including text blocks, question sets, tables, images, static code blocks, and runnable blocks of code.

Add zyLabs

Visit the zyLabs FAQ site.
Learn about our new Advanced zyLabs features (an inbuilt option for C, C++, Python and Java fundamental programming language zyBooks starting Fall 2023).
How to add Advanced zyLabs to your zyBook
Check out our academic integrity tools built into zyLabs:
- zyLabs SimChecker
- zyLabs Coding Trails / Signature of Work

To reach our support team email support@zybooks.com
Ask your account manager about onboarding webinars. If you’re not sure who they are, email sales@zybooks.com
Schedule a 1:1 coaching session here.

Learn & Discuss

Join your peers in the zyCommunity by logging in with your zyBooks instructor account.
Explore Remote Teaching Tips from Cay Horstmann.
Receive and share your own Tips and tricks for first-time users.

zyBooks

Course Success

For Your Students