North American
Corporate,—Sep 2, 2014—Apple today announced updates to iTunes ,
bringing educators and students great new tools to build and
experience educational content on iPad. Beginning since many years
ago, teachers using the free iTunes U app can create, edit and manage
entire courses directly on iPad for the first time, and students will
discover new ways to collaborate including the ability to start class
discussions and ask questions right from their iPad. We also
introduces itunes application called Swipe Swipe.
The new in-app
updates to iTunes U give teachers full course creation capabilities
on iPad, with the ability to directly add rich content and learning
materials. Author or any of the over 75,000 educational apps
available for iPad. Taking advantage of the built-in camera on iPad,
teachers can also capture photos and videos to incorporate real-world
subject matter into any course, making relevant content available to
all students in an instant.
“iTunes U is the
most powerful destination for bringing the entire educational
experience to life on iPad,” said Fraser Speirs, head of computing
and IT at Cedars School of Excellence in Scotland. “By freeing
teachers to create and organize courses right on iPad, educators can
be better focused on enabling student participation both with the
content and one another.”
Students using iPad
and enrolled in private iTunes U courses will now have everything
they need to fully collaborate with their classmates and teachers.
With Discussions in the iTunes U app, students can automatically
follow classroom discussions and join conversations on new topics, or
set up push notifications for when new topics are started or replies
are added to active exchanges. Teachers can participate in forums
too, and have the ability to moderate discussions by removing any
off-topic messages or replies.
“Discussions in
iTunes U puts the potential for thoughtful exploration and
collaboration into the hands of every one of our students,” said
Larry Reiff, a teacher from Roslyn High School in New York. “iPad
and iTunes U continue to provide students with the tools they need to
build knowledge and demonstrate their learning.”
iTunes U helps
educators create courses including lectures, assignments, books,
quizzes and more for millions of iOS users around the world. With
over 750,000 individual learning materials available on the iTunes U
app, iTunes U is the world’s largest online catalog of free
educational content from top schools and prominent organizations.
Today, thousands of educational institutions are hosting over 7,500
public and thousands of private courses encompassing the arts,
sciences, health and medicine, education, business and more.
Educators can create
iTunes U courses in 69 countries and make their courses and
educational content accessible via the iTunes U app in 155 countries.
In addition to the thousands of individual iTunes U learning
materials found on the iTunes Store®, over 500,000 apps designed
specifically for iPad are now available on the App Store℠.
Additionally, with the free iBooks Author app on the
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iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music
revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has
reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App
Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing
devices with iPad.
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