As promised, Apple has updated the iTunes U app to 2.0, with UI improvements and some new features that we think are exceptional, for both students and teachers.
With the new update, the students can now take a private course and discuss about it with their fellow iTunes U classmates. This is not all, the teachers will now be able to create new course right inside the app, record the lectures, and also upload the course materials that are necessary right from their iPad.
With over 750,000 courses on iTunes U, we think this is the best way to learn with your iPad. We have been recommending our students to take up some of the courses at iTunes U and we must admit, that the quality of the courses there are top notch.
Here’s the change log for the new update that Apple has released for iTunes U:
- Students participating in private courses can 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
- 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
Well then, it’s not time for you to start pulling up the iPad and take a free course, right away. Hit the source link to download iTunes U 2.0 on your iPad or iPhone.