
zyLabs vs Coding Rooms
What zyLabs lacks in product features, Coding Rooms has. From an interactive and collaborative workspace to an all-encompassing IDE, Coding Rooms provides a far more engaging experience.
zyBooks' zyLabs vs Coding Rooms
From industry-first features like the real-time student coding dashboard to in-depth engagement analytics, learn what makes Coding Rooms the best alternative for programming teachers who need comprehensive tooling, reliability, and support.
Feature Comparison | zyLabs | Coding Rooms |
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Unified Teacher Dashboard | ||
View All Students' Code in Real-time | ||
Student Engagement Metrics (Keystroke Tracking) | ||
Comments on Code | ||
Pair-programming | ||
Record Your Classes | ||
Replay Recorded Classes | ||
Group Projects | ||
Audio Conferencing | ||
Video Conferencing | ||
Real-time Chat | ||
Real-time Code Error Tracking | ||
Large Variety of Coding Languages | ||
Output and Unit Tests | ||
Course Roster | ||
Code Playback | ||
No Software Install Needed | ||
Integrated Auto-grading | ||
Sample Labs Repository* |
The zyLabs alternative that brings your lab sessions to life
Make the right choice with a dependable feature-rich platform by choosing Coding Rooms today.



Real-time Student Code Dashboard
The unified real-time dashboard hands you the power of seeing and interacting with every students’ coding pad in real time. The live coding dashboard enables each instructor to see every student’s coding, debugging, testing, and thinking processes in real-time. This allows you to provide 100% individualized feedback, help, and support to every student throughout the entire duration of a class at the moment they need it most.
All the real-time coding pads in your classroom allow for collaborative editing, access control, presence tracking, error-checking, smart code suggestions, quick-fixes, documentation, and cloud-based code execution!

Smart IDE That Solves Problems for You
With Coding Rooms, gone are the days of managing installs, configurations, versions, permissions, and different operating systems. We bring it all to the browser and sync it across your entire classroom instantly. We also couple that with our state-of-the-art smart IDE that offers real-time suggestions, error checking, and help to you and your students!
Imagine you and your students all had a virtual coding guru on your shoulder – this is the experience that our IDE provides in real-time. Leverage this powerful toolkit to reduce your workload, and provide the ultimate learning experience!

Tooling that Supports your Instructional Workflows
Coding Rooms' streamlined admin options, scheduling, and classroom management features enable you to focus your effort 100% on teaching - not fighting with complicated learning management systems!
Coding Rooms also supports a wide array of features to ensure that your new remote or fully-online teaching is secure, safe, and error-free.

Powerful Presentation & Conferencing Support
Can you hear me? Can you see my screen? Can you view the presentation? Yes, yes, and yes! Coding Rooms integrates a powerful suite of video conferencing, audio, screen sharing, presenting (PDFs and PPTXs), group chat, whiteboarding, and direct messaging tools so that you never have to worry about bringing your entire classroom experience 100% online. What’s even more awesome? This whole experience doesn’t require any installing any extra software!
While all the tools for your virtual classroom live in Coding Rooms, you are also empowered to use Coding Rooms in physical settings, mixed classrooms, and even alongside your favorite video conferencing tools!

All Your Favorite Languages Configured & Ready to Go
Javascript • Java • Python 2 • Python 3 • C++ • C • Bash • C# • GoLang • Swift • Typescript • Kotlin • Perl • PHP • Ruby • Clojure • Haskell • Karel • HTML • CSS • MicroPython
Don’t see your language listed here yet? We’re always adding new languages! To get your language prioritized, please reach out to our support team with your request!


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All the features and support you need to run your programming classes like a pro. Choose Coding Rooms today.