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This month's webcast features two exciting community developments for iTunes U. Rich Wolf (University of Illinois-Chicago) will present Woolamaloo, a Cocoa application for iTunes U site administrators. Also, Jeff Kahn and others will cover the upcoming, open-source Blackboard building block for iTunes U.
The live webcast is now over. Please check back soon for the webcast archive! You can also watch our past webcasts on iTunes U.
One of the hallmarks of modern “Web 2.0” sites is the availability of web services and APIs that give users the freedom to access sites in new ways, create tools that can perform new tasks, and allow community participation in shaping a web site or application. This month, MacLearning revisits iTunes U and turns the focus on two community built tools that take advantage of the iTunes U web services API.
Woolamaloo builds on the iTunes U web services API and presents a graphical user interface for iTunes U site administrators.
Mike Cherim makes the case for moderation when coding semantic web pages for accessibility.
Dave Shea writes about the intracies of disabling colour profiles in Adobe Photoshop for web imagery.
April showers bring May flowers, or so the saying goes. Does this anachronism stay true in virtual worlds? MacLearning takes a trip to Second Life and discovers a fantastical place where people meet, eat, buy land and trade goods. Visit secondlife.com to get yourself in the picture, and watch the webcast for more about virtual worlds and learning spaces.
♪ Wikis and weblogs sitting in a tree. L-I-N-K-I-N-G. First comes trackbacks. Then comes mashups. Then comes blikis in a Flickr album. ♪
MacLearning goes musical on simple tools tuned to harmonious combinations. Discover some of the simple tools that top experts are remixing into new applications while we work on our hits album.
iTunes U offers an easy and powerful way to manage and distribute audio and video content to students, faculty, and staff. MacLearning explores some of the challenges in deploying iTunes U on campuses including bridging between iTunes U to authentication systems, connecting to learning management systems, and managing users and access control.
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