iTunes U
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The iTunes U app gives you access to complete courses from leading universities and other schools — plus the world’s largest digital catalog of free education content — right on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Whether you’re majoring in molecular biology at a university, taking Spanish in high school, or just interested in European history, you now have a valuable tool to help you learn anytime, anywhere.
• Take free courses created and taught by instructors from leading universities and other schools
• See all assignments and updates from the instructor in one place, and check off assignments as you complete them
• Take notes and highlight text in iBooks and see them consolidated for easy reviewing in the iTunes U app
• Access course materials, including audio, video, books, documents & presentations, apps, and new iBooks textbooks for iPad
• Take free courses created and taught by instructors from leading universities and other schools
• See all assignments and updates from the instructor in one place, and check off assignments as you complete them
• Take notes and highlight text in iBooks and see them consolidated for easy reviewing in the iTunes U app
• Access course materials, including audio, video, books, documents & presentations, apps, and new iBooks textbooks for iPad
Teaching with iPad and iTunes U Webcast Series
Education Seminars & Events
Join Apple for a three-part webcast series and learn how to bring the power of iPad to your classroom. Watch as educators show you how to build customized courses full of dynamic, interactive content you can share with your students.
- Webcast 1: Getting to Know iTunes U
- Webcast 2: Creating Courses with iTunes UCourse Manager
- Webcast 3: Creating Learning Materials for Your Course
Course Manager & Resources
iTunes U Guidelines
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iTunes U Course Manager
 Creating Your Course PDF
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.
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iTunes U Tutorial on Course Manager
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Public Site Manager Enrollment
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iTunes U: Course Creation Guide
by Cory Tressler
Course Description:
This course is designed to act as a resource for educators who are interested in building their own iTunes U courses.
iTunes U is a dynamic, easy-to-use educational content delivery library designed by Apple to distribute digital materials to learners in an efficient and effective way.
This course will cover instructional design best practices for iTunes U via video tutorials and bulleted guides. Each area of iTunes U course manager will be covered, as well as information on lecture capturing and document formatting.
This course is designed to act as a resource for educators who are interested in building their own iTunes U courses.
iTunes U is a dynamic, easy-to-use educational content delivery library designed by Apple to distribute digital materials to learners in an efficient and effective way.
This course will cover instructional design best practices for iTunes U via video tutorials and bulleted guides. Each area of iTunes U course manager will be covered, as well as information on lecture capturing and document formatting.
iBooks Author
iBooks Author in App Store
Now anyone can create stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPad. All you need is an idea and a Mac. Start with one of the Apple-designed templates that feature a wide variety of page layouts. Add your own text and images with drag-and-drop ease. Use Multi-Touch widgets to include interactive photo galleries, movies, Keynote presentations, 3D objects, and more. Preview your book on your iPad at any time. Then submit your finished work to the iBookstore in a few simple steps. And before you know it, you’re a published author.
My Global Voice: Publishing With iBooks Author
 Apple Distinguished Educators
The student voice is powerful. iBooks Author can empower students in publishing their learning in an innovative, authentic way for a global audience. This iTunes U course provides teachers with apps, resources and strategies to provide support for their students using iBooks Author to express their learning in dynamic, personal and engaging ways for a global audience.
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Create Your First Interactive Book Using iBooks Author
 Bendixson & Van Spauwen
Have you always wanted to become an author? Now there's an app for that. iBooks Author allows you to publish your own content to the iBookstore, making it available to over 60 million iPads worldwide.
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Bookry
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Flipping the Classroom: The Why and the How
Apple Distinguished Educators
Course Description:
This course is designed for teachers and administrators interested in the flipped classroom model. The course has two main components: WHY flip your classroom and HOW to flip your classroom.
Why Flip?
Participants will get a glimpse into the what and why of the flipped classroom beginning with an iBook. This iBook will provide readers with the history, background, research, and examples of flipped classrooms through interactive texts, keynotes, and videos. This text is the preface to the second portion of the course addressing how to flip the classroom.
How to Flip
Once participants understand the WHY, this self-paced course will provide specific support for the skill acquisition needed for successful implementation of a flipped classroom model. Tutorials, strategies, resources and examples will provide the materials needed to create accessible videos, implement instruction and assess student success.
This course is designed for teachers and administrators interested in the flipped classroom model. The course has two main components: WHY flip your classroom and HOW to flip your classroom.
Why Flip?
Participants will get a glimpse into the what and why of the flipped classroom beginning with an iBook. This iBook will provide readers with the history, background, research, and examples of flipped classrooms through interactive texts, keynotes, and videos. This text is the preface to the second portion of the course addressing how to flip the classroom.
How to Flip
Once participants understand the WHY, this self-paced course will provide specific support for the skill acquisition needed for successful implementation of a flipped classroom model. Tutorials, strategies, resources and examples will provide the materials needed to create accessible videos, implement instruction and assess student success.
Challenge Based Learning
Introduction to CBL by Katie Morrow
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide a baseline understanding of Challenge Based Learning including its origins, implementation, and additional applications of this framework for learning. Additional objectives include supporting educators in consistent messaging regarding CBL and promoting active involvement in the CBL Community. |
CBL Classroom Guide
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Teaching in the 21st Century |
iPads In the Classroom
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