Apple's iTunes U App Includes New Collaboration Tools For Students And Teachers

On Tuesday, Apple pushed out a fairly significant update for the company's universal iTunes U app. Version 2.0 includes a number of new features including the ability to create courses on iPad. The new iTunes U app allows teachers to create and update courses right from their iPad. In doing so, the instructor can provide students with a course outline, write posts, distribute assignments, and more. The update also allows students to pose questions on the course or any post or assignment. Apple first announced these changes on June 30. Full iTunes U 2.0 features include:

Let the discussion begin

• The new iTunes U makes it simple for students participating in private courses to pose questions on the course or any post or assignment
• Other students in the class can jump into 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

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 Catalog—making them available to everyone for free

The latest version of iTunes U is available for download on the App Store.

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