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Learn with iTunes U

Using iTunes U in Your Classroom: Learning Targets 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

Backchannel or Padlet

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iTunes U

An entire course in one app

Posts: The instructor’s voice... Can be “pushed” to student.

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

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.

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Using iTunes U in Your 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.

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Building a Course on iTunes U Getting Started

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.

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.

Let’s walk through the process.

coursemanager Apple ID

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. Instructor images must be at least 300 x 300 pixels. courses Course images must be at least 600 x 600 pixels.Instructor and course images in JPEG or PNG format with appropriate file extensions (.jpg,.png) and a maximum file size of 10 MB.

Making a 300 x 300 dpi image Create your instructor profile: You can either create an account or just use it without a login. What bothers some is it is not constrained, it is 300 x 300! Course images must be at least 600 x 600 pixels. Instructor and course images in JPEG or PNG format with appropriate file extensions (.jpg,.png) and a maximum file size of 10 MB.

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.

Instructor Info

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 address so students can contact you if needed. (To change the 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.

To create your course:

Additional resources: classroom/ classroom/ itunes-u-courses/id itunes-u-courses/id

Best practices Description. Include a list of learning objectives in your course description. This will help students quickly determine if the course will meet their learning needs, especially for public courses. Active learning pathway. Tell a story of the learning your students will do with your outline, posts, and assignments. Display titles. Use short titles for posts and assignments so students see the most important information at a glance. Posts. Use posts to add meaning and context to learning materials. Connect the current activities to what they’ve already learned and how this new content will be important in future units.

Best practices Assignments. Begin your assignments with action verbs. Assignments will form a to-do list for your students. Diverse learning materials. You can add materials to your course from the Posts tab or the Materials tab. Incorporate materials that support diverse learning styles; aim for a healthy mix of text, video, apps, books, and so on. The App Store features over 100,000 education apps that cover a wide range of subjects for every grade level and learning style. iBooks has a large selection of books for your courses, including biographies, reference guides, and iBooks Textbooks from major education publishers. And the iTunes U catalog of educational content is filled with countless learning resources like lectures and videos to use in your courses. All Materials. You can also add materials using the All Materials feature. Use your All 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.