How to Generate an iTunes U RSS Feed (to play on Website)

I'd liked to be able to play iTunes U podcasts on my college's homepage by parsing an RSS feed containing a podcast title, description, and a media enclosure (either .mp3 or .m4a). I'd use an RSS audio player to play the file on our page. We just migrated to the iTunes U Public site manager and I'm not finding any documentation online on how to accomplish this. Is this still possible (it was possible with the private version of iTunes U or even just iTunes podcasts in general). I noted below how I used to do it below. I've tried using the same work around with Public site manager without any success. We link to our iTunes U site in iTunes, but there are some instances when we'd like to be able to play these files outside of the iTunes application. I see how you can format your RSS feed to feed podcasts into iTunes U, but I'm not finding any documentation or examples that show how to pull iTunes U content from Public site manager.

Appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks,

Bittersweet

To get the RSS feed for a tab in iTunes U (for subscribing outside of

iTunes):

1) Navigate in iTunes U to the "Course" containing your podcast.

2) Click on the tab for which you want to get the feed.

3) Right-click on the "Subscribe" button and "Copy iTunes Store URL".

4) Paste the link into a text editor to verify it matches this pattern:

http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Feed/mycollege.edu.1303285046.013932 85954

* Note: If you right-click on the "tab" of the feed instead of the

"Subscribe" button, you get a link like this:

http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/BrowsePrivately/mycollege.edu.

1303285046.01393285954

* That link only works inside of iTunes. To make it match the link

format above, change the "/BrowsePrivately/" to "/Feed/" as such:

http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Feed/mycollege.edu.

1303285046.01393285954