A "walk through" guide for Using & Creating Courses in iTunes U, presented as a pre-conference workshop at the 2013 ICE Conference (http://iceberg.org)

1. Using & Creating Courses
in
iTunes U
http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/
ICE 2013 Pre-Conference Workshop
Charlene Chausis

2. iTunes U
an overview …

3. Learn with iTunes U

4. Using iTunes U inYour Classroom:
LearningTargets
Participants will be able to:
1.Navigate iTunes U from the iTunes store or from the iTunes
U app.
2.Search for content in iTunes U.
3.Preview, download, and subscribe to content in iTunes U.
4.Share iTunes U content with others.
5.Develop a plan to integrate iTunes U content within
instruction or professional practice

5. Backchannel
http://todaysmeet.com/itunesu

6. Welcome to iTunes U
http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/

7. iTunes U

8. An entire course in one app

9. An entire course in one app
Posts: The instructor’s voice ...
Can be “pushed” to student.

10. An entire course in one app
Notes:
Notes can be emailed or printed.
All ebook and iBook notes across the
course are aggregated.

11. An entire course in one app
Materials:
A list of all the resources posted
to the course. Use the “Posts” to
organize the course materials.

12. iTunes U
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13. iTunes U
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14. Stevenson iTunes U Courses

15. Using iTunes U inYour Classroom:
1. Explore iTunes U, either from the iTunes store or
from the iTunes U app.
1. Search for content in iTunes U.
2. Preview, download, and subscribe to content in
iTunes U.
3. Share iTunes U content with others -- Use the
“Copy this link” feature, and paste your discoveries
into the Backchannel.
2. Develop a plan to integrate iTunes U content within
instruction or professional practice.

16. Enroll (Subscribe):
Search iTunes U for
“Using iTunes U inYour Classroom”

17. Building a Course
on iTunes U
Getting Started

18. Building a course is easy
• Courses can include a syllabus, handouts,
quizzes, and other items.All course materials
are hosted by Apple, and available to anyone
taking your course.
• Courses can include content and links* from
the Internet, iBookstore,App Store, iTunes
Store, AND 500,000+ resources at iTunes U,
including audio and video content from
museums, universities, cultural institutions, and
more.

19. Building a course is easy
• Gather all your materials
• Follow step-by-step
instructions in the
iTunes U Course Manager
• Once the course is ready,
distribute to anyone —
whether in your class, or
anywhere in the world.
• Courses can be public (on your institution’s iTunes U
site), or shared privately with a link.
Courses are not password-protected.

20. Let’s walk through the
process.

21. https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/cou
rsemanager
Apple IDApple ID

22. Getting Started
Create your instructor profile:
•Before you can use iTunes U Course Manager to
create, edit, and organize your courses, you must create
your initial instructor profile.
•You will need a 300 x 300 dpi image of yourself!

23. Getting Started
You will provide your basic instructor
profile information just once.
•Course Manager uses your initial instructor profile
information to populate the My Instructor Profile page,
Instructor Info dialog, and Instructor Bio.
•After you set up your initial profile, you can use the My
Instructor Profile page to add and edit your overall
profile information, and the Instructor Info dialog and
Instructor Bio rich-text editor to add and edit profile
information for individual courses.

24. To create your initial instructor profile:
1. Sign in to Course Manager.
The "Create an
Instructor Profile" page
appears.
2. Type your prefix, first name,
and last name.
3. Type your title (for example,
Lecturer, Senior Professor).
4. Choose the name of your
institution from the Primary
Institution pop-up menu.
5. Type the name of your
department.
6. Type your email address so students
can contact you if needed.
(To change the email address for a
specific course, use the Instructor
Info dialog in the Info | Instructor
pane within the course.)
7. Type your personal background
information in the Instructor Bio
box. (Course Manager displays your
personal background information in
courses where you are listed as the
instructor. )
• Hover over the image box, click
Add Image and either drag an
image to the image field or click
Choose, select an image file in the
Finder, and then click Done.

25. To create your course:

26. Additional
resources:
• http://www.edudemic.com/2013/02/using-itunes-u-
in-the-classroom/
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/creating-itunes-u-
courses/id554162498