odaniel

Q: IBA uploads to iTunes U

iTunes U admin documentation says it's possible to upload an IBA file, but we are unable to do so on our public iTunes U site. It's not a file size issue, as it's only 60M. Other experiences?

Posted on Jan 7, 2014 8:30 AM

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Q: IBA uploads to iTunes U

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  • by Bowie Poon,

    Bowie Poon Bowie Poon Jan 7, 2014 7:13 PM in response to odaniel
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    Jan 7, 2014 7:13 PM in response to odaniel

    As far as I know, you can only upload IBA file via the Course Manager interface. But not via the admin site.

     

    I have tried including an IBA in my Collection feed before, it prompt something like 'invalid content'.

     


  • by Frank Lowney,

    Frank Lowney Frank Lowney Jan 20, 2014 1:54 PM in response to odaniel
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    Jan 20, 2014 1:54 PM in response to odaniel

    I think that you mean *.ibooks file, no? If so, you are correct in saying that such a file is not yet distributable via a public iTunes U site.  Speculation: Despite the very recent appearance of iBooks on MacOS X 10.9, these multi-touch books were only readable on the iPad. A public iTunes U site is only accessible via the iTunes app on MacOS X and Windows. Moreover, the iTunes app itself is unable to  display an *.ibooks file and, unlike a PDF, has no other app to hand it off to.  Now that we have MacOS X 10.9 and iBooks 1.x, this may change.  It just hasn't happened yet.

     

    Related to all of this is the fact that an iTunes U public site channel being populated by an RSS feed will not display an *.ibooks file even if it is included in the feed.  The *.ibooks files will be ignored and everything else will be displayed.