Just been given the OK from Apple to build our iTunes U site and am confused since it looks like we need to have our own RSS feed to be able to start a new collection on iTunes U. I don't understand why, I mean the content will be on Apple's servers so why can't we just upload it directly? I can upload Course material directly but not material for a collection.
What have other people done here for their institutions?
Thanks,
Tim
iTunes 10.6 (40)-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I'm experiencing the same troubles/confusion, Tim.
If you have learned of a solution I/we would be interested in what you found.
Thanks for posting your question.
GP
Found out the hard way: you have to have your own content servers to stream the multimedia and host the RSS. Apple just collect the metadata via iTunesU.
I guess it makes sense, since if all the universities upload all our digital content to Apple's servers, they would receive an aweful lot of traffic.
For future reference, it would be better if their documentation was a little clearer about the subject.
Regards,
Tim
Thanks for the follow-up, Tim.
I couldn't agree with you more about the iTunes U documentation on this topic especially.
GP
Collections on iTunes U
