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zyBooks Assessment Workshop July 31, 2025

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July 31, 2025/by Patrick Thornham

Improving Engineering Retention

zyBooks Editorial Director Dr. Nikitha Sambamurthy, Ph.D., discusses how undergraduate retention may be improved by increasing student confidence in core engineering classes. Dr. Sambamurthy shares findings from her team's award-winning, peer-reviewed research.
November 21, 2024/by Patrick Thornham

Engaging Students with Security Labs

In this panel discussion, professors and zyBooks experts discuss actionable strategies for using labs to enhance learning outcomes in information security, cybersecurity, or computer security courses.
November 21, 2024/by Harris Salat

zyLabs for Data Science and Machine Learning

Learn best practices for creating new labs for your data science, machine learning, and statistics courses. Join product lead Joe Mazzone as he demonstrates this new exciting tool.
September 30, 2024/by Patrick Thornham

zyLabs Group Programming

zyLabs now offers pair and group programming. Join product lead Joe Mazzone as he demonstrates this new exciting tool.
April 24, 2024/by Patrick Thornham

Data Structures with zyLabs Webinar

Senior Content Developer Evan Olds demonstrates how students can engage with learning questions and animations in these new language-specific data structures zyBooks. Product Development Lead Joe Mazzone shows the advanced capabilities now available in zyLabs for Data Structures.
April 24, 2024/by Patrick Thornham

New zyLabs for Web Programming and Database Systems with SQL

In this webinar Product Lead, Joe Mazzone, shows variety of improvements to our Web Programming and Database labs.
March 7, 2024/by Patrick Thornham

Machine Learning with zyLabs

Author Aimee Schwab-McCoy shows how students can write and edit live code, create data visualizations, and output images right in the zyBook. Jupyter notebooks are embedded in the zyBook, so students work with real-world, professional tools.
March 6, 2024/by Patrick Thornham

Advanced zyLabs Best Practices

In this webinar, zyLabs Product Lead Joe Mazzone shows how to use our Advanced zyLabs in some innovative ways, including using custom test benches, sandbox environments for students, and real-time collaboration.
January 18, 2024/by Patrick Thornham

Introducing Networking with CompTIA Network+ by zyBooks

We are happy to announce our latest IT zyBook – Introduction to Networking with CompTIA Network+. Watch the demo with authors Frank Marsaglia and Daniel Goodman
October 10, 2023/by Patrick Thornham

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
February 23, 2023/by Patrick Thornham

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.
February 9, 2023/by Patrick Thornham

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.
December 13, 2022/by Patrick Thornham

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.
November 2, 2022/by Patrick Thornham

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. 
October 31, 2022/by Patrick Thornham

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
October 26, 2022/by Patrick Thornham

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.
September 28, 2022/by Patrick Thornham

Dr. Frank Vahid presents: Tips and best practices for running successful CS courses

A Smooth Term & Successful Students
August 17, 2022/by Patrick Thornham

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.
April 6, 2022/by Patrick Thornham

Improving Academic Integrity with zyBooks Programming Tasks

The number of online courses are on the rise and so are the instances of cheating. See how zyBooks’ integrated tools deter and detect academic dishonesty.
February 10, 2022/by Ricky Porco

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.
January 31, 2022/by Patrick Thornham
Interactive Learning Materials - zyBooks

Prepare Future Programmers with Project-Based Learning

Project-based learning offers an authentic and meaningful way to engage your programming students. Join us for a discussion with Dr. Dennis Sigur, Computer Science Instructor at Dillard University
January 28, 2022/by Ricky Porco

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?
January 3, 2022/by Patrick Thornham

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.
January 1, 2022/by Patrick Thornham

Teaching a CS Course In Just 6 Hours Per Week

Gain hours in your week through this efficient, effective, and fun approach to teaching CS. Learn how to minimize course setup and maintenance time.
July 29, 2020/by Ricky Porco