A zyBooks solver for participation and challenge activities, and where it stops
Your zyBooks sections, checked off.
Plays participation activities, works challenge levels and reads back every completion mark zyBooks shows.
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- 95%correct on our benchmark156 of 164 graded answers, on platform replicas
- 97%of points earned in real use652 of 670 across 65 graded runs at 17+ schools, Sep 30–Oct 19, 2026
- 1,000+assignments submittedour own count
- $11.99a month, every platformBase plan, cancel anytime
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Use it for zyBooks on any device
Open the app on a Chromebook and type “my zyBooks section 4.3 activities.” Sign in to Canvas once, and it follows the zyBooks link in the live browser. It plays participation animations, answers learning questions and works challenge activities level by level. Code-writing activities and zyLabs are yours.
Chromebook, iPad, iPhone, Android or any computer. How it works on each
Rather run it on your own computer? The desktop app for Mac and Windows uses the same plan. Download Desktop or cloud?
What it does in zyBooks
Participation activities
Animations played, question sets answered.
Challenge activities
Level by level until zyBooks marks it done.
zyBooks’ own marks
Completion read from the page itself.
zyLabs stay yours
Named in the run log.
Every plan includes zyBooks
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- Every platform and feature
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- Mac and 64-bit Windows app, plus the web app at app.silentstudent.com for a Chromebook, iPad or phone
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- It can get answers wrong; the run log shows what went in
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About Silent Student on zyBooks
Pick the section and watch: Silent Student opens zyBooks in its own browser, works the participation and challenge activities and reads back every completion mark.
Silent Student is a Mac and Windows desktop app, from $11.99 a month, that opens zyBooks from your Canvas course and works participation and challenge activities section by section. It does not do zyLabs.
- Plays every participation activity. Animations run to the last step, and each question set is answered and checked.
- Challenges, level by level. Typed and chosen answers, one level at a time, until zyBooks marks the level done.
- Reads zyBooks’ own marks. The run log lists every activity marked complete and anything left for you, like zyLabs.
Is there a zyBooks solver?
Is there a zyBooks solver?
Partly. Silent Student is a Mac and Windows app that opens zyBooks from your Canvas course, plays participation animations, works challenge activities level by level and reads back the completion marks. It does not do zyLabs or code-writing challenges. zyBooks' Terms prohibit automated submissions.
Does Silent Student work with zyBooks?
Does Silent Student work with zyBooks?
Partly. Silent Student’s Vision agent follows the zyBooks link in your Canvas course, plays participation animations, answers learning questions and works challenge activities level by level, then reads zyBooks’ completion marks. It does not do zyLabs or code-writing challenges. zyBooks’ Terms of Use prohibit automated submissions. Plans start at $11.99 a month.
| What it does | zyBooks sections opened from your Canvas course: participation animations played to the last step, learning questions answered, challenge activities worked one level at a time, and zyBooks’ completion marks read back. |
|---|---|
| What it doesn’t do | zyLabs, code-writing challenge activities, or zyBooks assessments. |
| Who turns it in | zyBooks itself sends each point earned to the Canvas gradebook on connected assignments, up to the due date. |
| Where it runs | A desktop app for a Mac with Apple Silicon on macOS 13 or later (Intel by request for members) or Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. It starts from your Canvas course. |
| Free plan | None. Money-back guarantee if a problem on our side can’t be fixed within 3 days (request within 30 days, before you cancel; conditions apply). Terms, section 4 |
| Plan | Any plan; Base is $11.99/mo, Plus $24.99/mo, Pro $49.99/mo. Plans |
| Benchmark replica result | Our published benchmark has no zyBooks replica, so we publish no zyBooks accuracy figure. What the benchmark covers |
| zyBooks’ Terms | Prohibit “using any automated means for making submissions” to zyBooks. Terms of Use |
| Last checked | October 20, 2026 |
Is there a zyBooks AI solver for challenge activities?
Is there a zyBooks AI solver for challenge activities?
Not one that zyBooks makes. zyBooks’ own AI hints are a tutor: in code-writing challenge activities, after “a learner fails the same level twice,” it asks Socratic questions “without pointing to the answer,” and zyBooks’ Fall 2025 notes add AI hints when a student fails an autograded test in zyLabs. A chatbot solves a question you paste in, and you type the answer back. Silent Student, a desktop app, opens zyBooks from your Canvas course and works participation and challenge activities on screen; it does not do code-writing challenges or zyLabs. zyBooks’ Terms bar automated submissions whichever you choose.
Sources: zyBooks Help, AI hints in code-writing challenge activities; zyBooks, What’s New for Fall 2025; zyBooks Terms of Use, checked October 20, 2026.
Which zyBooks activities show students the answers?
Which zyBooks activities show students the answers?
Participation activities do; there, zyBooks says, “answers are available to students.” zyBooks also says “solutions for challenge activities are not available to students” and “zyLab solutions are hidden by default but can be enabled.”
Why zyBooks problems differ between classes
Sources: zyBooks Help, viewing challenge activity and zyLab solutions; zyBooks Help, cheating detection and prevention for programming tasks; zyBooks Help, About zyBooks, checked October 20, 2026.
Why do zyBooks problems differ between classes, and what happens after a miss?
Why do zyBooks problems differ between classes, and what happens after a miss?
zyBooks gives three reasons a solution from another class may not fit yours:
- Many problems are generated. “Many of our challenge activities are auto-generated, so each student gets a unique problem that requires a unique solution.”
- Every class gets its own book. A class zyBook is “an instantiation of one or more catalog zyBooks for use in a particular class,” and an instructor can “reconfigure the chapters/sections to match the class’ syllabus.”
- The content keeps changing. zyBooks says “we push thousands of small improvements to our live content live every term.”
After a miss, zyBooks explains. It says participation questions’ “explanations are key elements, especially for wrong answers,” and some auto-generated challenge activities show the solution and then give you a different problem. Trying again is safe: “Re-attempting activities can never decrease points already achieved.” When you come back to a section, earlier answers are hidden on purpose: “When students review material, we want them to answer the questions again.” zyBooks also says “We can detect if a student submits a solution from the web,” without saying how.
Sources: zyBooks Help: Won’t students cheat the system to get points?; About zyBooks; Why can’t I see my previous answers?; Viewing challenge activity and zyLab solutions, checked October 20, 2026.
How this section was made: drafted with AI from zyBooks’s own help pages and documents, with each quote checked against its source by Silent Student on October 20, 2026. It replaces our separate guide on this topic, folded into this page on November 2, 2026.
Which zyBooks question types does Silent Student handle?
Which zyBooks question types does Silent Student handle?
Every zyBooks activity runs on the Vision agent.
| Question type | Handled | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Participation animations | Works | Started and played through to the last step. |
| Learning questions (multiple choice, true or false, short answer) | Works | Each answer read back before moving on. |
| Challenge activities with typed or chosen answers | Works | One level at a time; a wrong answer can bring a new problem. |
| Drag-and-drop, matching and ordering | Works | Handled by the Vision agent. |
| Graphing, drawing and subject-specific tools | Weakest | Check these yourself. |
| Code-writing challenge activities | Not supported | The agent has no code-editor support. |
| zyLabs | Not supported | Graded against tests you cannot see. Do them yourself. |
| zyBooks assessments and exams | Not supported | Take these yourself. |
What should you do yourself in zyBooks?
What should you do yourself in zyBooks?
- Check the run log. zyBooks runs on the Vision agent. It works most question types, and the run log is the place to check what it did.
- zyLabs and code-writing challenges. Labs run your program against tests you cannot see, and the agent has no code-editor support. Do coding work yourself.
- Due dates are firm. zyBooks keeps recording activity after a due date but stops applying it to the assignment, so queue a section well before it is due.
- Activity is visible to your instructor. zyBooks shows instructors each activity’s completion. The agent’s work is recorded the same way yours is, and nothing is faked or backdated.
- Proctored tests are yours to take. Tests that run inside Respondus LockDown Browser, Proctorio or Honorlock need those tools, which the agent’s browser does not run. Take them yourself.
How much does Silent Student cost for zyBooks?
How much does Silent Student cost for zyBooks?
Every plan includes zyBooks, billed monthly. There is no free plan, and no free trial for general signups; a money-back guarantee applies if a problem on our side can’t be fixed within 3 days (request within 30 days, before you cancel; conditions apply).
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Base | $11.99 a month | 2,000 credits a month |
| Plus | $24.99 a month | 5,000 credits a month |
| Pro | $49.99 a month | Unlimited credits (fair use) |
See Silent Student pricing and plans and the guarantee.
Does it work on proctored zyBooks exams?
Does it work on proctored zyBooks exams?
No. Silent Student does not take proctored tests, LockDown Browser exams or zyBooks assessments. Take those yourself.
Silent Student vs other tools for zyBooks
Silent Student vs other tools for zyBooks
| Tool | What it is | Who enters answers | Submits? | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silent Student (ours) | Desktop app for Mac and Windows | Silent Student, in zyBooks’ own page | zyBooks syncs points to Canvas | $11.99, $24.99 or $49.99 a month; no free plan |
| zyBooks AI hints | zyBooks’ own Socratic tutor, in some code-writing challenges (beta) | You | No; it asks questions instead of giving answers | Part of your zyBook when enabled |
| A chatbot, by hand | ChatGPT, Gemini or similar | You copy the question and type the answer | No | Varies by chatbot |
We make Silent Student. Other rows quote their own pages, checked October 20, 2026: zyBooks AI hints.
Guides for zyBooks
Guides for zyBooks
- How are zyBooks participation and challenge activities graded?Participation activities count when you work through them; challenge activities count when you get them right yourself. Points, due dates and Canvas sync.
- What are Develop mode and Submit mode in zyBooks labs?Develop mode ran your zyLab code with nothing graded, and Submit mode sent it to the autograder. Covers the end of classic zyLabs on July 1, 2026, submission limits, why tests fail and how to reset a lab.
- What do Canvas, McGraw Hill, Pearson, Cengage and IXL say about AI tools?The exact Terms clauses on bots, AI agents, browser extensions and login sharing for every platform we cover, with section, date and source, plus what McGraw Hill, IXL and Pearson changed in 2026.
What does Silent Student do on zyBooks?
What does Silent Student do on zyBooks?
zyBooks participation and challenge activities opened from Canvas, section by section, with the completion checkmarks read back.
Participation activities
Animations need to be started and played through; question sets need each answer checked. The agent starts each animation, lets it run to the end, and answers the question sets.
Challenge activities, level by level
Challenge activities unlock one level at a time. The agent works the current level, checks it, and moves on only when zyBooks marks it complete.
Completion read from zyBooks itself
zyBooks shows a completion mark for every activity. The agent reads those marks rather than assuming, and the run log lists anything still open.
Section by section from Canvas
Most courses link each zyBooks section from Canvas with the score syncing back. The agent opens exactly the section you queued.
Every answer is read back
Typing an answer is not the same as the platform accepting it. After each entry the agent re-reads the live page, so an answer that did not take is caught and retried instead of counted.
How does Silent Student work on zyBooks, step by step?
How does Silent Student work on zyBooks, step by step?
Pick the assignment in Canvas
Open the Silent Student desktop app, find the zyBooks assignment in your Canvas course list, and queue it like any other.
It opens zyBooks the way you do
The app follows the assignment's link out of Canvas, the same launch you would click, and lands on the zyBooks section. It does not ask for or type your zyBooks password.
It works the screen in front of it
The vision agent reads each question from a screenshot and the page's own controls, enters an answer, and reads the page back to check the answer actually registered before it moves on.
It turns the work in and reports honestly
It presses the platform's own submit control, looks for the platform's own receipt, and marks the run confirmed only when it sees one.
More questions about zyBooks7
What does Silent Student need to finish in a zyBooks section?
Every activity’s completion mark. zyBooks grades activities by completion with unlimited tries: a participation activity is one “for which any student can get 100% completion just by participating,” and a challenge activity “requires the student to answer correctly.” Silent Student plays each animation to its last step, answers the question sets, works challenge levels in order, then reads zyBooks’ marks back, and the run log names anything still open.
Redo rules, due dates and Canvas sync: how zyBooks activities are graded
Sources: zyBooks Help, About zyBooks; zyBooks Help, accessing zyBooks through Canvas, checked October 20, 2026.
How does a zyBooks score reach Canvas after a run?
Point by point, on connected assignments. zyBooks says “Anytime they earn a new point, that point will automatically be sent to Canvas,” and that work completed after the due date “does not count towards the assignment and is not sent to Canvas.” If a score does not arrive, the Assignments tab has a “Submit to canvas” button.
Source: zyBooks Help, accessing zyBooks through Canvas, checked October 20, 2026.
Is there a zyBooks bot or auto script?
A few, and most say they are no longer maintained. When we checked on October 20, 2026, eglock/ZybookAuto on GitHub (52 stars, MIT license, last updated February 5, 2026) said “This repository is no longer actively maintained.” Djaenk/zyBooks-Activity-Completer (19 stars, last updated August 2022) says “I no longer maintain this project” and prompts for your zyBooks username and password. The Greasy Fork userscript “ZyBooks auto” (355 total installs, last updated February 10, 2025) says it completes “all participation activities, but not challenges,” and its author says they lost access to zyBooks. We have not run any of them. A script breaks when zyBooks changes, one that takes your password holds your whole account, and zyBooks’ Terms bar “Using any automated means for making submissions to the Site or Services.”
Sources: GitHub, eglock/ZybookAuto; GitHub, Djaenk/zyBooks-Activity-Completer; Greasy Fork, ZyBooks auto; zyBooks Terms of Use, checked October 20, 2026.
Does zyBooks check for AI or track time spent?
zyBooks’ help article on cheating detection for programming tasks names no AI detector. zyBooks does record how you work: its analytics beta shows instructors the “exact time spent by individual students, broken down by chapter, section, and activity part level,” and a “Timeline of activity” of when students worked, which can be filtered to participation, challenge or lab activities. For zyLabs it lists a similarity checker, IP logs of submissions, keystroke history and Student Behavior Insights, which flags outliers in “runs, time spent, pasted code.” Silent Student does not hide any of this; its work is recorded in your zyBooks account the same way yours is.
Sources: zyBooks Help, zyBooks analytics beta; zyBooks Help, cheating detection and prevention for programming tasks, checked October 20, 2026.
Do zyBooks’ Terms of Use allow automated tools?
No. zyBooks’ Terms of Use, effective November 7, 2025, list among prohibited uses “Using any automated means for making submissions to the Site or Services.” In our reading, that reaches Silent Student. We are not lawyers. Read the Terms, and your course policy, before you decide. To compare zyBooks with other publishers, see what each platform’s terms say about AI tools.
Source: zyBooks Terms of Use, checked October 20, 2026.
Does it need my zyBooks password?
No. It follows the zyBooks link in your Canvas course, the same launch you would click, and does not ask for or type your zyBooks password.
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zyBooks FAQ
Does it do zyBooks participation and challenge activities?
Yes, through the Vision agent. It plays participation animations through, answers the embedded question sets, and works challenge activities one level at a time, reading zyBooks’ completion marks as it goes.
Can it do zyLabs?
No. We have not tested zyLabs, and the agent has no code-editor support, so do coding labs yourself.
Does it work for any zyBooks subject?
The activity types are the same across subjects, so it works the same way in programming, math, statistics and science books. Subject-specific drawing or graphing tools are the weakest type, and code-writing activities are not supported.
Will it finish a zyBooks assignment after the due date?
It can work the activities, but zyBooks will not count them toward the assignment: after the due date zyBooks still records activity but does not apply it. Queue zyBooks work well before it is due.
Does it work on a Chromebook?
Yes, through the web app. On a Chromebook, iPad or phone, use the web app at app.silentstudent.com. On a Mac (macOS 13+) or 64-bit Windows 10+, use the desktop app or the web app. School-managed devices may block it.
Is Silent Student a zyBooks bot?
It is a Mac and Windows app whose vision agent opens the zyBooks link in your Canvas course, reads each activity from the screen, and checks zyBooks’ completion marks before it moves on. It is not a script or browser extension, and it does not do zyLabs or code-writing challenges.
Which plan do I need?
Any plan. Every plan includes the vision agent that works this platform; plans differ only in credits. See the pricing page for details.
Silent Student is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or certified by zyBooks, a Wiley brand. zyBooks and zyLabs are trademarks of Zyante Inc., a Wiley brand, used here only to describe the software this product works with. Silent Student promises no grade or academic outcome; you are responsible for reviewing what is submitted under your name and for your institution's academic-integrity policies.
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