I T UNES U S PACE : A P ILOT P ROJECT Rosa María Gómez de Regil Arthur Roussel Jean-Michel Perron CNDP
C ONTEXT Objective –Enhance and enlarge the corporate image as a public publisher –Distribute existing digital content using a different media –Propose content for mobile devices –Change management of the production chain Possible uses of the iTunes space –Have an updated content offer –Obtain the content to use it in mobile devices –Give an advice on the content
C ONTENT C HARACTERISTICS Type –Video Language –French Quantity –500 resources published by the SCEREN CNDP Target audience –Teachers of primary and secondary school levels Collections – Magazines Textes et Documents pour la Classe (TDC) Planète Chinois École Numérique – Agence des usages testimonies from teachers using ICTE – La classe côté professeur advice for teachers on their every day work
T ECHNICAL ISSUES CMS Typo3 –Adapt the default RSS feed for iTunes –Synchronize between iTunesU and website Video encoding –Change the production process to obtain mpeg4 files (H264) RSS technology –Conform to the Apple Podcast format –Organize contents in appropriate collections for iTunes Metadata –Tag with specific keywords iTunesU Back-office –Design and set up the iTunesU space with the platform
N EXT STEPS Improve metadata production Communicate (on the CNDP website, press release) Add more content (language courses)
French Educational Repositories Perspectives 12 C ONTACT INFORMATION Arthur Roussel Deputy director at the production department Rosa Maria Gómez de Regil Research and development engineer SCÉRÉN - avenue du Futuroscope - Téléport 1 BP Futuroscope cedex FRANCE