Fall 2021 Student Survey

Student Feedback is vital to creating an effective learning experience. We survey all students at the end of every semester to gauge student satisfaction and to benchmark how we compare to other tools they use—so that we can keep improving.

Below are the results from the Fall 2021 survey, which 19,894 students responded to.

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82% said zyBooks offered a good learning experience.

“zyBooks makes it easy to learn. With a wonderful organization layout, easy-to-use format, and clear information, zyBooks is the best site that I have used for education purposes.”

Grace C.Glendale Community College

“zyBooks gives immediate feedback of learning and grades and the simulation environments, and animations, makes learning even more fun. Overall, I did enjoy the ZyBooks and will be very happy to use it again and again.”

J. M.San Diego Mesa College

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zyBooks creates learning experiences that are engaging, encouraging, and easy to use.

Immersive participation activities, learning questions, auto-graded challenges, and descriptive animations engage students with less text

“I like that it is interactive. I don’t really like reading textbooks so it’s nice that I don’t feel like I’m reading a textbook with zyBooks.”

Electrical Engineering MajorUniversity of Alaska

“I really enjoy the interactive nature of zyBooks. I have a hard time processing materials from reading or watching lectures but I learn quickly and efficiently form doing the activities. zyBooks makes comp sci fun!”

Cristian MCalifornia State University-Northridge

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85% felt answer explanations helped them learn.

Helped a lot

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Didn't help

A zyBook is better

The two are about the same

Other materials are better

83% said zyBooks offered a better experience than other digital learning systems previously used.

“It gives the student the opportunity to understand how programming works by giving plenty of examples. I learned C++ the old fashioned way, and I feel like I”m learning C much better using zyBooks.”

Kim G.Ivy Tech Community College

“I enjoy how interactive the assignments are instead of having blocks of text with problems. This helps me learn, as I am tested on the material as it is shown to me, rather than at the end. Overall, my favorite online book!”

Todd B.Missouri University of Science and Technology

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zyLabs experiences receive high ratings from students.

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4.3/5 Stars

average student rating for experience with zyLabs

“I can actually learn from this platform! Many other online textbooks don’t provide the same amount of interactive material, and I feel that zyBooks helps me stay engaged and focused on what I need to be learning.”

Emma N.Michigan State

“It is really simple and well-explained. It is masterfully concise, and makes the hardest topics easy to understand.”

Jacob WCUNY Queens College

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Students are likely to recommend using a zyBook to a friend or instructor.

“They are very comprehensive and easily readable. Having used zyBooks for three of my core courses, I am really in love with it and would highly recommend it to others.”

TanishaUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

“I like the animations that visually explain some of the concepts, because it gives me a better picture of how a code works. It’s the interactive learning overall that makes me like zyBooks over other texts.”

Shanelle A.University of Alaska Anchorage

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8.15/10 Students

are likely to recommend zyBooks

zyBooks support receives high ratings from students.

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4.3/5 Stars

average student rating for experience with zyBooks support

zyBooks makes learning easy for students through simple content organization, intuitive navigation, and fast, friendly support.

“I like how simple it is to use! It loads fast, it’s not over complicated, and it is very easy to navigate through.”

J. CrawfordAngelo State University

“I like how easy it is to use and how organized it is. This puts all of my work together and I am never lost as to where to find something or when I need to do something.”

Danielle G. Michigan State University

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