Webinars
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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.
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.
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.
zyLabs Group Programming
zyLabs now offers pair and group programming. Join product lead Joe Mazzone as he demonstrates this new exciting tool.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Data Science Foundations Concepts and Pathways
Aimee Schwab-McCoy leads a tour of the Data Science Foundations zyBook, showing Jupyter Notebook integration, autograded homework activities, and the interactive content available in this title.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Dr. Frank Vahid presents: Tips and best practices for running successful CS courses
A Smooth Term & Successful Students
Managing Stress and Overcoming Burnout
For many computer science and engineering instructors, anxiety and stress are all too familiar feelings. To support our community of zyBooks instructors, we’re exploring the topic of mental health in STEM higher education and raising actionable strategies to help professors overcome burnout.
Empowering Incoming Students in the HBCU CS Community
Join us for a live panel discussion with some of your colleagues in the HBCU computer science instructor community.
Big Java: Late Objects and Big C++: Late Objects
Big Java: Late Objects and Big C++: Late Objects
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.
Add Interactivity and Accountability to Mobile App Development
zyBooks utilizes the Say, Show, Ask approach to learning. With less text and more action, students learn through short readings (say), animations (show), and learning questions with answer-specific feedback (ask).
Silberschatz’s New zyVersion: Bringing Interactivity to Operating Systems
Learn the story behind our acquisition, our plans to convert trusted texts into intuitive and interactive zyVersions, and get a chance to evaluate the new Operating System zyVersion.
Mike Goodrich’s New zyVersion: Bringing Interactivity to Algorithm Design and Application Textbook
Based on Goodrich and Tamassia's Algorithm Design and Applications 1/e, this zyVersion contains the complete text of the original plus new interactive animations and learning questions to engage the student.
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.
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.
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
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?
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.
Promoting Mental Health and Wellness in Undergraduate Students
In this webinar, we will share the current state of research on mental health in undergraduate engineering students, including ongoing research to understand the impact of COVID-19 on student well-being.
Simplifying Your Set Up with zyBooks Pre-Made Programming Courses
Our 10-week programming configurations for online learning + interactive homework + auto-graded labs literally require no setup.
Online Courses Need Not Be a Consolation Prize for Students
Learn how to teach online classes that students don't just tolerate, but truly enjoy and thrive in academically.
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.
Engaging Students in the Introduction to Programming Classroom
Many students often feel CS1 and CS2 courses are unnecessarily complex. Join zyBooks’ co-founder, Frank Vahid, as he examines how to re-think programming assignments through “Many Small Programs”, which creates a less overwhelming experience for students.