Using iTunes U Public Site Manager: Using the courses manager

Next Previous

Using the courses manager

Use the courses manager page to view, add, delete, hide, and revert courses in your site.

You can include courses created by instructors using iTunes U Course Manager for the iTunes U app for iPad, iPhone or iPod touch in your site.

The courses manager page is divided into the following tables:

Active courses. The active courses table displays all courses in your site that are live and visible to your users when you publish (including courses you unhide).
Hidden courses. The hidden courses table displays all courses in your site that are hidden, or to be hidden, from your users when you publish.
To be deleted courses. The to be deleted courses table displays all currently live and visible but marked for deletion courses. iTunes U Public Site Manager deletes these courses when you publish. For a new course page, iTunes U Public Site Manager immediately deletes the course page.

The courses manager tables display the state of your site as it will appear in the iTunes Store after you next publish your site.

You can change the order in which courses are displayed in the courses manager page. To sort courses, click a column heading. For example, to sort courses by title, click the Title column heading. To reverse the sort order, click the column heading again. For more information, see “Sorting courses.”

Note: If you are a contributor, you can use the courses manager page to view, add, delete, hide, and revert courses in your site. If you need to do more than these actions as a contributor, contact your iTunes U Public Site Manager administrator.

Use this	To
Sign In URL	View the iTunes U Course Manager sign in URL.
Add button	Add iTunes U Course Manager courses to your site.
Actions button bar	Perform actions on the selected courses. For example, you can delete, hide, unhide, and revert courses.
Page Status column	Determine the status of your courses: New. Indicates a recently added, never been published course. Edited. Indicates a new or previously published course marked for hiding. iTunes U Public Site Manager hides the course when you publish your site. Deleted. Indicates a course marked for deletion. iTunes U Public Site Manager deletes the course when you publish your site. Until you publish, you can still revert the course to its previously published version. No status indicates a previously published course that is live in the iTunes U area in the iTunes Store or a previously hidden course that is temporarily blocked from your users. A Warning button indicates the course is not available in the iTunes Store. For more information, see “Course availability.” A red asterisk indicates an unpublished course page or a course page containing unpublished changes.
Title column	View the titles of your courses.
Owner column	View the first name, last name, and email address for the iTunes U Course Manager instructor who owns the course.
Category column	View the category applied to the course.
Audit URL column	View the URL for the course. Click the View Audit URL button to display a pop-up containing the URL for the course page. You can use the URL to view the course before publishing.
Published Date (GMT) column	View the date iTunes U Public Site Manager added the course to your site and view the course in the iTunes U area in the iTunes Store. After you publish, you can use the View Live Page button to view the course in the iTunes U area in the iTunes Store.

The following is an example of a courses manager page:

iTunes U Public Site Manager sample courses manager page, including three new courses with the page status, title, owner, category, Audit URL, and published date cloumns and information.

Related Topics

Next Previous