Apple Education - iTunes U User's Guide: Editing a Course Page

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Editing a Course Page

iTunes U uses Course pages to display public or non-public audio, video, and PDF content files instructors, staff, or students upload. Course pages can be organized into groups, displayed as tabs, to help manage content.

The following illustration shows a Course page design and layout.

iTunes U sample Course page template for Cupertino University, including course image guidelines, instructor or speaker name, Tools area, Links boxes, and tabs.

When editing a Course page, keep the following in mind:

For optimal display within iTunes and iPod, the course image should be a minimum of 300 pixels square, or 300 pixels tall by 300 pixels wide. Course images must be JPEG, PNG, or GIF with appropriate file extensions (.jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif).
Course pages inherit the theme, including background, regular text, and Links box colors, specified by your site administrator in the Edit Themes page.
If you create a Links box with no links, iTunes U displays only the empty Links box when you are editing the Course page.

To edit a Course page, click a course title or thumbnail image in a Public Feature or Welcome page, and then click Edit Page in the Tools area of the Course page you want to update. When you’re done editing the page, click End Editing.

Use the following table as a quick reference for editing objects in the Course page.

To edit this element	Take this action
Course page instructor or speaker name	Click the Edit icon and edit the Course page instructor or speaker name, and then click the Save icon to save the new name.
Course page description	Click the Edit icon in the description area, edit the Course page description, and then click the Save icon to save the new description.
Course page group names	Click the Edit icon in the tab whose group name you want to change, edit the existing group’s name, and then click the Save icon to save the new group name. Notes: To move a group right or left one position in the Course page, click the Right or Left Triangle icon. To delete a group from the Course page, click the tab for the group you want to delete, and then click the Delete icon. When you delete a group, iTunes U deletes all objects within the group. To add a new group, such as a group with permissions set to Drop Box so students can upload files for instructors to review, click the Add icon in the tab controls section, type a name for the group, choose a group type from the Type pop-up menu, and then click the Save icon to save the new group. For more information on group types, see “Creating Group Types.”
Group type	Click the Edit icon in the tab whose group type you want to change, choose a new group type from the Type pop-up menu, and then click the Save icon to save the new group type. If you are changing from a Simple group to a Smart group or Feed group and the group contains files, you must move or delete the files before changing the group type. For more information on group types, see “Creating Group Types.”
Course page group access	Click the Edit icon in the tab whose group-level user access you want to define, and then choose the access level you want to assign to a user from the user’s Access pop-up menu. For more information on group-level access, see “Assigning User Access to Groups.”

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