BLACKBOARD & ITUNES U

Blackboard is SMU's course management system and currently is the only way for faculty to put course materials on iTunes U or for their students to access these materials.

Using Blackboard to Upload to iTune U

  1. Log in to Blackboard at courses.smu.edu
  2. Go to one of your courses. It does not have to be the course for which you are uploading files.
  3. In the left hand navigation bar, click Tools.
  4. Click iTunes U.
    You will see a screen that says "Enjoy your visit to iTunes U."
  5. After a short period of time, the iTunes application will launch.
    If it doesn't start or if you haven't yet downloaded iTunes, visit our Information page.
  6. Once iTunes has launched and you are seeing the SMU on iTunes U site, scroll down to "SCHOOLS & RESEARCH".
  7. Click on the name of your school and navigate to your course.
  8. Once in your course, click the "UPLOAD & MANAGE FILES" link in the right side controls.
    iTunes will launch your web browser.
  9. In you web browser, click "Add New File."
  10. Click the "Choose File" button that appears.
  11. Browse to the podcast/file you wish to upload and click "Choose" once you've selected the file.
    The file should begin to upload automatically.
  12. If you have more files to upload, repeat steps 9, 10, and 11 as needed.
  13. Once you have finished uploading files, click "Done."
    The web browser will refresh your course in iTunes U.

That's it.

09.03.09

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