Banner image

Click the Upload icon in the upper-left corner of the banner image, and then select a new banner image for your Welcome page.

Apple provides default descriptions for all your iTunes U images for improved accessibility. iTunes U saves the descriptions as the image’s alt text. The default alt text is based on the page name where the image was uploaded. If the default alt text does not apply or is incomplete, you can use the Upload Artwork page to add your own alt text.

Note: By default, if you are editing a descendant Welcome page, iTunes U uses the banner image as the thumbnail image. You can override this default by editing the descendant Welcome page thumbnail image as described later in this table. If you want to change a banner and thumbnail image, upload a new banner image first, then upload a new thumbnail image.

Welcome page description

Click the Edit icon in the description area in the upper-right corner of the page, type information introducing your site or section to your users and describing your site or section’s purpose, content, and so on, and then click the Save icon to save the new description.

Section layout

Choose one of the following from the Section Layout pop-up menu:

• Narrow. Choose this option when your page has more than one Links box. iTunes U narrows all your sections to two columns to allow enough room to display multiple Links boxes down the right side of the page.

• Wide. Choose this option when your page has only one Links box. iTunes U widens all your sections, using the entire width of your Welcome page to display your sections.

iTunes U immediately applies your changes. Descendant Welcome pages do not inherit the layout you select. You must specify the layout for each Welcome page.

Page theme

Choose a theme for your Welcome page from the Theme pop-up menu. iTunes U immediately updates the Welcome page to use the new theme. Descendant Welcome and Course pages inherit the theme you selected, until you select a different theme from within the descendant page.

Links box titles

Click the Edit icon in the Links box title bar for the Links box title you want to edit, edit the existing Links box title text, and then click the Save icon to save the new title.

Note: If your iTunes U site is public, iTunes U displays a link (RSS) in the title bar to an RSS feed view of the contents of the Links box. Control-click the link (or right-click for Windows) and choose Copy Link from the shortcut menu or use the “ShowTree” Web Services operation to obtain a URL containing the RSS feed.

Multiple Links boxes

Click the Add icon above the Links box to add a new Links box below the existing Links box, and then click the Save icon to save the new Links box.

Notes:

• To move a Links box up or down one level in the Welcome page, click the Edit icon for the Links box you want to move, and then click the Up or Down Triangle icon.

• To delete a Links box, click the Edit icon for the Links box you want to delete, and then click the Delete icon.

Links box links

Click the Edit icon in the Links box next to the link you want to edit, edit the existing link’s title and URL, and then click the Save icon to save the link information.

Notes:

• To move a link up or down one level in the Links box, click the Edit icon for the link you want to move, and then click the Up or Down Triangle icon.

• To delete a link in the Links box, click the Edit icon for the link you want to delete, and then click the Delete icon.

• To add a new link to the Links box, such as to a department webpage, click the Add icon in the Links box above where you want the new link to appear, type a title and URL, and then save the new link by clicking the Save icon.

  To add links between iTunes U pages and avoid a trip through the web browser, use an itmss:// URL in the Links box. When you installed iTunes on your system, it added itself as a URL scheme handler for itmss:// URLs. When a user tries to access an itmss:// URL using advanced access controls, if the user has not already established a session, iTunes U reroutes the user to the Site login URL.

Top Downloads box

To show the Top Downloads box, click the Show button. By default, iTunes U hides the Top Downloads box for your site.

iTunes U begins collecting download data as soon as your site is active. About a half a day after the first track is downloaded from your site, iTunes U has enough data to determine the most downloaded tracks and to display the top tracks in the Top Downloads box. iTunes U does not display more than one track from a single Course page. To specify how many downloads to display in the box, choose one of the following from the Display pop-up menu: 5, 10, 15, or 20.

Notes:

• The Top Downloads box is only available for root Welcome pages, and only if your site is included in the iTunes Store.

• If your iTunes U site is public, iTunes U displays a link (RSS) in the title bar to an RSS feed view of the contents of the Links box. Control-click the link (or right-click for Windows) and choose Copy Link from the shortcut menu or use the “ShowTree” Web Services operation to obtain a URL containing the RSS feed.

• When not in edit mode, you can click the See All icon in the Top Downloads title bar to display an iTunes U page with up to 100 of your site’s top downloads.

Descendant Welcome page thumbnail image

Click Edit Page in the descendant Welcome page whose thumbnail image you want to update, click the Upload icon in the Edit Page Thumbnail section, and then select a new image for your descendant Welcome page thumbnail.

Apple provides default descriptions for all your iTunes U images for improved accessibility. iTunes U saves the descriptions as the image’s alt text. The default alt text is based on the page name where the image was uploaded. If the default alt text does not apply or is incomplete, you can use the Upload Artwork page to add your own alt text.

Section heading text

Click the Edit icon, edit the section heading text, and then click the Save icon to save the section heading.

Notes:

• To move a section up or down one level in the page, click the Up or Down Triangle icon.

• To delete a section, click the Delete icon.

• To add a new section, such as Campus Life, to your Welcome page, click the Add icon. iTunes U creates a new section below the section where you clicked the Add icon. Type a heading for your new section.

Section page images and information

Choose one of the following options from the Sort pop-up menu in the section where you want to sort page images and information:

• Sort Manually. When editing a page in a section, iTunes U displays the Right and Left Triangle icons so you can move pages manually.

• Sort By Title. iTunes U sorts the page images and information in ascending order, by title name.

• Sort By Last Modified Date. iTunes U sorts the page images and information in descending order, by the date the page was last modified.

Page title, short name, and identifier

Click the Edit icon under the page title and details, edit the page title, short name, or identifier, and then click the Save icon to save the information.

Notes:

• To move a page right or left one position, click the Right or Left triangle icon.

• To delete a page, click the Delete icon.

• To add a new page, choose a page template from the Create Page pop-up menu in the section where you want to add a new page.