iTunes U is the best way to create and experience courses on iPad. The iTunes U app gives you access to complete courses from leading universities and other institutions — plus the world’s largest digital catalogue of free education content — on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Whether you’re studying molecular biology at a university, learning French at school or just interested in European history, you now have a valuable tool to help you learn anytime, anywhere.
Features:
Let the discussion begin
• Students participating in private courses can pose questions on the course or any post or assignment
• Other students in the class can join the discussion and ask more questions or provide answers
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iTunes U is the best way to create and experience courses on iPad. The iTunes U app gives you access to complete courses from leading universities and other institutions — plus the world’s largest digital catalogue of free education content — on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Whether you’re studying molecular biology at a university, learning French at school or just interested in European history, you now have a valuable tool to help you learn anytime, anywhere.
Features:
Let the discussion begin
• Students participating in private courses can pose questions on the course or any post or assignment
• Other students in the class can join the discussion and ask more questions or provide answers
• Teachers and students can keep up with the conversation when they receive push notifications as the discussion progresses
Free courses in a wide array of subjects
• Take free courses created and taught by instructors from leading universities and other institutions
• See all assignments and updates from the instructor in one place, and tick 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
• Take course notes in class, or while playing audio or video lectures inside iTunes U
• Access course materials, including audio, video, books, documents & presentations, apps and iBooks textbooks
• Share your favourite courses with friends using Twitter, Facebook, Mail and Messages
The world’s largest catalogue of free education content
• Choose from more than 750,000 free lectures, videos, books and other resources on thousands of subjects from Algebra to Zoology
• Browse collections from education and cultural institutions in 30 countries — including Stanford, Yale, MIT, Oxford, La Trobe University, University of Tokyo, MoMA, the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress
Create courses on iPad
• Teachers can now create and update their courses using the iTunes U app on their iPad — getting started is fast, simple and completely free
• Provide every student a course outline, write posts, distribute assignments, upload class materials, easily track participating students and much more
• Take advantage of the built-in camera on iPad to easily capture photos or videos and upload them for course assignments
• Create materials using Pages, Numbers and Keynote — or other apps from the App Store — and add them to your course by using "Open in iTunes U" from within each app
• Teachers affiliated with qualified institutions have the option to publish their courses to the iTunes U Catalogue — making them available to everyone for free
Requirements:
• Participating in courses requires iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iOS 7 or later
• Creating courses requires iPad with iOS 7 or later
• An Apple ID set up for use on the iTunes Store
• iTunes 10.5.2 or later is required to sync with a computer
• Availability of content linked from within a course may vary by country
