Looking
deeper in the Apple webpage, in the Education section we have consider this
application very useful for teachers for complete courses. Here there is the
link to go directly to the web:
iTunes U
Apple
Description
The iTunes U app gives you access to complete courses
from top universities and schools, and the largest digital catalog of free
educational content in the world, all from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Whether you are
studying to biology as if she teaches Spanish in high school or just interested
in European history, you now have the ideal solution to help you learn anytime
and anywhere tool.
Take advante
of a great app for learning.
Your students
can access courses
that make using the free iTunes U app for iPad. This comprehensive app allows them
to have all the course material at your fingertips.
1. Students can view all course exercises in a list and check off each task as
the van doing.
2. When a student makes some notes while watching a video, iTunes U recalls
its position.
3. iTunes U brings all the notes in one place, whether a book, a
video or a class.
4. Students can access all course materials directly from the iPad.
An entire course in one app.
From the iTunes U app, students can play classes in audio or
video and make annotations synchronized with the class. They can also read
books, view presentations and view a list of course work that will be dialed as
the ending. Also, when you post an update or send a message to the group
will receive a push notification with news.
Everything works like a charm.
iTunes U integrates with iBooks and other apps for students to take the
course a day like that. For example, books that are added to the course
are available from the app itself, you only have to touch them to start reading
the assigned chapter. The notes taken in iBooks are summarized in iTunes U
app for easy reference. And if you see an exercise includes a video clip
with a touch leads to the exact point. In addition, updated iTunes U keeps
documents, notes, highlights and bookmarks fragments on all devices.
Disining a
course is the easiest thing in the world.
iTunes U Course
Manager is a simple tool for Apple browser that lets you create a complete course with all your
digital materials.
Course content.
Your iTunes U courses may include all items you would use in a traditional course:
curriculum, forms, questionnaires, etc.. Also, you can add your own
classes in audio or video, plus interactive elements such as links and Internet
content, the iBookstore, the App Store and iTunes Store. You can also use
materials half a million free public resource Catalogue of iTunes U, including
audio and video content created by museums, universities, cultural institutions
and other organizations.
Distribute it to your
students.
To distribute among your students a course, simply invite them to sign up
with a code or URL that allows them to apply for registration. This
private distribution of courses is available to
all teachers who enroll in iTunes U, regardless of whether your
school participates in the program.
Share your training with the
world.
If you give class at a center that has a public iTunes U site, your courses
can be part of the largest online catalog of free educational content in the
world. Stanford, Yale, Oxford, UC Berkeley, MoMA and the New York Public
Library are among the hundreds of institutions that share courses, classes,
videos, books and other resources for students and enthusiasts worldwide.
Regardless of the subject you teach and where to do
it, you can create and distribute a course privately and for free among your
students.
iTunes U Guidelines
Creating your course
Overview
With iTunes U, it’s easy to create your own custom courses for iPad and teach them in your classroom. And the iTunes U app puts all the materials you create for your course—syllabus, videos, apps, books, class assignments, and more—all in one place. Right in the app, your students can play video or audio lectures, read books, and view presentations. They can also see a list of course assignments, then check them off as they’re completed. And when you create a new post, students receive a push notification.
Anyone can create courses using iTunes U Course Manager, an easy-to-use web-based tool. To create a course, simply gather all the materials you need and follow the steps in iTunes U Course Manager.
Courses can include your syllabus, handouts, assignments, and other items. You can include content from the iBookstore and the App Store, as well as links from the Internet. And you can link to materials from over 500,000 selections available on iTunes U, including audio and video content from the world’s leading education institutions. Once your course is ready, it’s easy to share it with your students or publish it to your institution’s iTunes U site.
Contents
1. Getting started
2. Editing and organizing content
3. Adding posts, assignments, and materials
4. Best practices
5. Managing enrollment
6. iTunes U Guidelines
7. Creating your course
Getting started
To get started, log in to iTunes U Course Manager using your Apple ID. If you don’t have
an Apple ID, visit My Apple ID to create one.
The first time you log in to iTunes U Course Manager, you’ll be prompted to enter information
about yourself, including your bio and photo as well as your primary institution.
This profile information will automatically populate the “Instructor” page of your courses.
All the courses you create will reference your profile, which you can edit at any time.
After you save your profile, you’ll see your dashboard. To create a new course, click Create New Course. You’ll see the New Course Settings screen where you enter information about your course.
1. Enter the course name, your institution, and your department.
2. Choose a category and a subcategory, as well as a level and language.
3. Add a description— this is your chance to tell students about your content and to set course expectations. For example, you can include a summary of the course structure, or perhaps expectations and goals.
4. Choose whether your course will be Self-Paced or In-Session. Choose Self-Paced if you want students to go at their own speed. You can include the expected course duration and you can make updates at any time. Choose In-Session if you want students to follow along as you’re teaching. In-Session courses are organized around a calendar and include a start and stop date, as well as assignment due dates.
5. Select a license for your content. A variety of options are available, including the standard Creative
Commons options.
6. Upload a compelling image that represents your course. Use an image that’s at least 600 x 600 pixels, with a maximum file size of 10MB.
When you finish entering the information in New Course Settings, click Save and you’ll
see your dashboard again. All the courses you create appear in this dashboard. You can
see at-a-glance information about each course, as well as how much storage you have.
Select the course you want to edit to add posts, assignments, and materials.
Editing and organizing content
You’ll build your course using the Overview, Instructor, and Outline pages.
The Overview page contains the information you already added from your course
settings, including the course description, your institution, level, and so on. You can
edit your course information at any time.
The Instructor page contains your profile information, including your photo, background,
and other courses you teach. You can edit this at any time.
The Outline page is where you enter your course syllabus. For self-paced courses, enter
your entire course outline. For in-session courses, you can add outline topics as you go.
All your posts and assignments will be associated with topics in your outline. You can
enter your outline directly into iTunes U Course Manager and include up to two sublevels,
or you can paste a plain-text outline into this field.
If you have topics that don’t fit under Overview or Instructor pages, you can add new
pages. Examples of new pages could be course policies, prerequisites, learning outcomes,
or anything you think would be useful for students taking the course.
Adding posts, assignments, and materials
Use posts, assignments, and materials to add content and context to your course.
Communicate directly with students by creating posts that relate to your outline topics.
For example, a post might be instructions, explanations, or a lecture summary. To enter
a post, choose a topic from your outline, create a post title, and then write the body of
the post. You can reorder posts by dragging a selected post to a new location in the
outline.
You can create an assignment on any post. An assignment is a task or to-do that students
should complete. You can enter as many assignments as you want for each post, and you
can reorder assignments by dragging a selected assignment to a new location within a
post. For in-session courses, you can select a due date for each assignment.
Assignments can include many types of materials that are part of your course, such
as videos, audio files, web links, apps, books, documents, and presentations. You can
add content from the App Store and the iBookstore, and you can even upload your
own original materials.
Best practices
Keep the following in mind as you create your course:
•
Display. Use short titles for posts and assignments so students see the most important
information at a glance.
•
Materials. You can add materials to your course from the Posts tab or the Materials tab.
•
My Materials. You can also add materials using the My Materials feature—a list of
all your materials that can either be associated with your courses or not. Use your
My Materials list to add materials if you’re teaching several courses that use the same
materials. You can also use it to keep a wish list of items for use in future courses.
•
Deep linking. Link to a particular start and stop point in a video or to a particular
chapter in a book so that students can go directly to the content you’ve assigned.
•
Upload original materials. You can upload original materials, such as presentations,
worksheets, videos, and books, so everything students need to complete your course
is one tap away.
•
Duplicate your course. You can make a copy of your course by clicking Duplicate in
the dashboard next to the appropriate course. You can edit the copy of your course
however you like, such as changing it from in-session to self-paced.
•
Announcements. If you’re teaching an in-session course, you can send announcements
to your students at any time; these announcements are not connected to a topic in
your outline. Announcements might be administrative notices to students, such as a
canceled class or a change to a test date.
•
Preview your course. Preview your course on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch before
sharing it with your students so you’re certain it appears and functions the way you
intended it to. To preview your course, tap the Shortcut link from your iOS device.
• Affiliate your account. If your educational institution has a public iTunes U site,
affiliate your iTunes U Course Manager account with your institution. This gives you
unlimited upload space, courses, and enrollment. This also allows you to submit your
course to your public site administrator for publishing on your iTunes U site. If your
institution doesn’t have a public iTunes U site, visit eduapp.apple.com to learn how
to join.
Managing enrollment
When you’re ready to invite students to enroll, click Share Course from the roster, and
send the course enroll code or shortcut link to your students. When a student enters
the enroll code in the iTunes U app or clicks the link from an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch,
you’ll receive the enrollment request and be able to approve or block it. If you are not
affiliated with an institution with an iTunes U site, you are permitted to have up to 50
students enrolled in each course.
If you’re affiliated with an institution that has a public iTunes U site, you can request
that your course be published in the iTunes U Catalog—the world’s largest digital
catalog of free education content. Just click “Submit Course to iTunes U Catalog” from
the Course Settings page.
For additional help and guidance, and to browse the iTunes U Course Manager
community, visit the iTunes U Support page.