iTunes U Representative Knowledge Base

Access your iTunes U course pages with your credentials

Who to call if you are experiencing problems accessing your pages

Find the appropriate album art for your podcast

Find the official audio required for every public iTunes U audio podcast

All video podcasts on iTunes U must contain the official video opening and closing bumpers

Readying an audio or video file for iTunes Metadata

Filling in the required and necessary fields to appropriately identify the iTunes podcast once it is in the iTunes U store. These fields are also used by the iTunes store to locate podcasts based on users' search terms.

Add the author name and podcast description and information to your iTunes page

Change the default icon in iTunes to a custom icon for your course

Rename the default "Group 1" and "Group 2" tabs to something more meaningful, create or delete tabs. Group tabs are the places where content is uploaded to iTunes, and could be named as generic as "Audio" and "Video" or something more specific. You must have at least one.

Add links to websites and pages to your iTunes U course page

This section explains creating a new album or "course page" in iTunes. Only certain iTunes U Represenatives are given this ability. If you do not have it and need an album/course page created for your podcasts, please contact your school's iTunes U Representative, who can create this for you.

Rename, reorder, or delete uploaded files

Each track or course album must be categorized in categories chosen by Apple. This feature helps Apple know where to feature content in its store.

Use this url to send people directly to the home (front) page of Suffolk University on iTunes U. This link is for visitors only. You cannot login to iTunes this way to manage or upload content or pages.

Send visitors to a specific section of Suffolk's iTunes U page

Find the url to a course (album) page, group tab, or track to use to send visitors directly to the page, group, or track for promotion via features, the web, and electronic publications

Using the "Tell a Friend" feature in iTunes

Subscribing to a podcast in iTunes U so new episodes are automatically delivered to you. This also covers subscribing to different tabs, locating episodes, and retrieving older epidoses,

Find policies, training schedules, and more information related to Suffolk University's iTunes U site.