iTunes U for iOS

Thanks to iTunes U, the lecturer on iPad has everything you need to conduct a lesson – the ability to create interactive lessons using programs and your own materials, collect completed assignments from students and grade them, start discussions with the class or one of the students, answering questions and commenting on class work. In addition, iTunes U allows anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to access a wide range of free educational materials through public courses from leading schools, universities, museums and cultural institutions.

iTunes U for Lecturers

• Scheduling classes, assessing completed assignments and connecting with students – right from iPad.
• Add your own training materials, including spreadsheets, web links, photos and videos from various sources.
• Engaging students in the learning process through the use of programs, books, videos, podcasts and other materials from iTunes, App Store and iBooks.
• Add instructions and comments to PDFs and photos using built-in tools.
• The ability to keep track of when students have received or completed their assignments, as well as remind them of the due date.
• Evaluating students’ work and tracking their progress on the assignment.
• Using a private mode when communicating with parents.
• Chat support for answering questions or one-to-one video calling, and the ability to start a group discussion with the entire class.
• Sending information and reminders to students to prepare for class.
• Schools using Apple School Manager and managed Apple IDs can now import registries to quickly create courses.
• Educators with direct links to certified educational institutions can publish courses in the iTunes U catalog that are available for free on iOS devices.

iTunes U for Students

• View assignments, new information, and the ability to mark completed assignments in one iTunes U program.
• Submit custom course work from any Apple creative software, many third-party software, and export PDFs and annotated photos.
• Opening audio and video files directly in other programs.
• Possibility to ask the lecturers questions or ask them to check the work in a one-to-one discussion.
• Create group discussions with the class and participate in discussions that have already been created.
• View the lecturer’s grades and feedback on all past assignments.

Features of iTunes U

• Provided by leading educational and cultural institutions around the world, free lectures, videos, books and other resources on a variety of subjects.
• Share your favorite courses with friends using Twitter, Facebook, Mail and Messages.
• iTunes U brings together content from institutions such as Stanford and Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, La Trobe University, University of Tokyo, Smithsonian Institution Library, National Theater ( Washington), and many others.