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SPC iTunes U
Instructions For Faculty

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1. Go to www.spcollege.edu/iTunesU, enter your SPC Username and Password and click the "Login" button.

Login

2. If you have not already installed iTunes, the "Download iTunes" Web page will appear. Refer to the "How to Install iTunes" instructions before proceeding.

Download iTunes

3. If you have already installed iTunes, an "OK" window will appear, which you can close as soon as iTunes has opened.

OK

4. Click the title of the course for which you want to upload podcasts.

Course Title

5. The first time you access your course in SPC iTunes, you will want to add some basic information. Click "Edit Page" from the "Links" menu.

Links Menu

6. Click the pencil icon next to the SPC logo.

Edit Page

7. Type your name and then click the check icon.

Edit Instructor Information

8. Click the pencil icon underneath the description heading.

Edit Page

9. Type (or copy/paste) your course description and then click the check icon.

Edit Course Information

10. Click the arrow icon in the SPC logo picture.

Edit Page

11. Click the "Browse" button.

Browse for Graphic File

12. Locate and select the graphic file you would like to use for your course. Then click the "Open" button.

Browse for Graphic File

13. After uploading, you will return to SPC iTunes U and should see the graphic displayed.

Edit Page

14. Click "End Editing " from the "Links" menu.

Links Menu

15. To add podcasts to your course, click "Upload Files " from the "Links" menu.

Links Menu

16. Click the "Add Track(s)" icon.

Add Tracks

17. Click the "Browse" button.

Add Tracks

18. Locate and select the podcast file you would like to add to your course. Then click the "Open" button.

Add Tracks

19. After uploading, you will see your podcast listed. Click the "Return to iTunes" icon.

Add Tracks

20. Upon returning to your course , you will see your podcast listed. Students will click the "GET" button to download your podcast to their computer.

Add Tracks

21. To upload more podcasts, or to delete podcasts, click "Upload Files " from the "Links" menu.

Links Menu

22. From there, you can either add more tracks by clicking the "Add Track(s)" icon.

Add Tracks

23. Or, check the box next to the podcast you no longer want and select "Trash" from the "Move Selected Tracks To:" drop down menu.

Delete Podcasts

24. To see the podcasts you have placed in the trash, click the "Trash" tab.

Trash Tab

25. To delete podcasts permanently, click the "Empty Trash" icon.

Empty Trash

26. To make your podcasts accessible to your students, log on to your course on ANGEL. Add the following URL link to "SPC iTunes U": http://www.spcollege.edu/iTunesU/iTunesU.php?uname=$USER_ID$

This can be done as a "Link" content item, or as a link within any ANGEL item in your course (e.g., Announcement, Page). This link, when used in ANGEL, allows students to bypass the SPC iTunes U login screen. Instructors, however, will still be prompted to enter their username and password at the SPC iTunes U login screen. This link will NOT work from outside your ANGEL course. Students can access SPC iTunes U by logging on at www.spcollege.edu/iTunesU

27. Include the following directions for your students:

Review the instructions on how to install iTunes and how to download podcasts from SPC iTunes U: www.spcollege.edu/itunesu/Tutorials/iTunesU_Students_Instructions.htm

28. Get in contact with your Campus Instructional Technologist at the start of each semester to have your course(s) updated in SPC iTunes U. You will need to provide your new course (section) number(s) so that your new students will be able to access your podcasts.

29. Keep copies of all podcasts you upload to SPC iTunes U as a back-up.