Listening Guide
Getting Started
To access Georgia State's educational content on iTunes U, you'll need Apple's iTunes software.
1. Go to www.apple.com/itunes/ and download iTunes for either Macintosh or Windows, depending on your system.
2. Double click on the downloaded Installer file and follow the instructions provided.
3. Restart your computer and open iTunes.
4. Launch Georgia State on iTunes U.
Finding and Organizing Content
Content from iTunes U is downloaded to your local machine so you can sync the content to your iPod, burn CDs, or even share the content with others on your network.
- Organization: Within iTunes U, content is categorized according to topic and each category is represented by album artwork (square images).
- Previewing Tracks: Double-click on a track in order to preview it before downloading it to your computer.
- "Get Tracks" vs. "Subscribe": You can choose either to get tracks or to subscribe to the information within a category. If you "Get Tracks," the tracks you select will be immediately downloaded to your machine and a playlist detailing the tracks you downloaded from the topic will be created under the Georgia State University folder in your library's Playlists. You will have to return to the topic in the future if you wish to download any additional content from the category. If you choose to subscribe, the content in the category will be treated like a podcast. The most recently posted item will be downloaded and a new podcast subscription will be created in your Podcasts. All content posted in the future to that category will be automatically downloaded to you computer when you open iTunes. You can also individually choose whether to download items posted in the past by pressing the "Get" button next to each item in the podcast listing.
For more information on viewing and downloading content from iTunes U, visit Apple's Introduction to iTunes U.
Problems Opening or Using iTunes
You can view Apple's iTunes support pages for up-to-date information on using iTunes.
