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[edit] 1 Overview

iTunesU is a specialized area of the iTunes store which allows the user to download and subscribe to audio and video content sent out by students, lecturers and Professors. In order to use iTunesU to it's full potential users must have iTunes installed on their computer, iPhone or iPod Touch. iTunesU has the advantage of allowing users to watch videos on their computer or to synchronize them with an iPod (1) or mobile device.

(1) Though the iPhone and iPod touch can access the content directly if iTunes is installed on the device.

For those who want a basic introduction on how to access the features of iTunes U then watch this video: http://steeple.oucs.ox.ac.uk/resources/media/podcasting_tutorials.html#itunesu

For those who want a look at the more technical elements involved in podcasting then watch this video: http://steeple.oucs.ox.ac.uk/resources/media/january_videos.html#technical

[edit] 2 Guides about launching in iTunesU

Technical issues and presentations

Steeple project site includes videos from Open, Oxford and Cambridge about launching into iTunes etc http://steeple.oucs.ox.ac.uk

Launching into iTunes U? Check out the Apple iTunes U Project Management Kit put together by Apple in collaboration with Steeple and it's community members. You can download a zip file with slides, notes and documents taking you through the process from a generic standpoint via the Steeple website (http://steeple.oucs.ox.ac.uk/report/outputs.html) or by these two links:

• MS Office formats - http://downloads.oucs.ox.ac.uk/steeple/iTunes_U_Project_Management_Kit-Office.zip
• Apple iWork formats - http://downloads.oucs.ox.ac.uk/steeple/iTunes_U_Project_Management_Kit-iWork.zip

Great notes on the whole process of launching into iTunes U from a technical stand point by the Oxford programmer Barry Cornelius http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/presentations/

Many docs and resources can also be found here on the Steeple - e.g. search for policy or checklist http://steeple.org.uk/

A draft guide to technical service issues http://www.steeple.org.uk/wiki/Category:Podservice

Description of the iTunesU RSS format and how to get onto iTunesU in general. Webmaster related talks are here on http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/presentations/

Some Steeple wiki notes on RSS and iTunes U http://www.steeple.org.uk/wiki/RSS_formats

[edit] 3 Communciations and policy issues

Presentations by Peter Robinson on managing the launch of Oxford in iTunes U http://www.steeple.org.uk/wiki/Steeple:Current_events

Open University talks about iTunesU. http://steeple.oucs.ox.ac.uk

Content Policies and processes guide http://www.steeple.org.uk/wiki/Section_1:_Introduction

Oxford legal guidance and contributor form is at the bottom of this page http://www.ox.ac.uk/itunes_u/contribute.html

An institutional checklist of issues you need to consider http://www.steeple.org.uk/wiki/An_institutional_checklist

Press Coverage for launches in iTunesU - http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/press/