Wiley Introduces New AI Courseware Tools

Wiley has created four new tools for its zyBooks courseware platform designed to improve instruction, learning outcomes, and academic integrity in college STEM courses. Available at no extra charge to zyBooks users this fall, the tools are: zyLabs AI Hints; Generate with AI for zyLabs; zyBooks Assessments; and Student Behavior Insights.

ZyLabs AI Hints is an AI tutor for zyBooks coding labs that provides feedback to students who have hit a barrier in their work, the company explained in a news announcement. Rather than provide students with answers, it offers hints and tips on where they may have gone wrong. The tool can be enabled or disabled by the instructor, by specific lab and/or course.

Generate with AI for zyLabs is an AI tool for creating zyLab assignments that can be tailored to instructors' courses and student needs.

ZyBooks Assessments enables instructors to create their own course tests within the zyBooks platform. Instructors can import content directly from zyBook course materials into their tests, and test results are presented along with all other reading content, interactive questions, assignments, labs, and homework.

Student Behavior Insights is a tool that allows instructors to view students' coursework, analyze their progress, and identify areas where they may need help. It also detects when students are pasting AI-generated answers into assignments, to help monitor academic integrity.

"Wiley is dedicated to taking a deliberate, research-driven approach to developing AI tools to ensure that they address real challenges faced by our customers," said Lyssa Vanderbeek, Wiley group vice president for courseware, in a statement. "Our ultimate goal is to help students learn, so we work diligently to ensure that our innovations generate meaningful outputs that provide value to both students and instructors."

For more information, visit the zyBooks site.

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