Roger Fingas
Apple on Tuesday updated iTunes U with a handful of new features, including improved annotation options and ways of sharing and accessing media.
With today's update, iTunes U users can now add annotations to photos, according to release notes from Apple. Previously, the app only supported mark ups of PDF documents.
Teachers and students in one-one-conversations, meanwhile, have gained the option to exchange video messages, while all users should be able to open audio and video files directly in other apps.
The iTunes U update follows comes a day after Classroom, an app aimed at teachers managing iPads in a school setting, was refreshed. One of the key additions was the ability to create classes manually and invite nearby students, making the app practical for schools that aren't using large-scale mobile device management systems.
The Classroom update also introduced the ability to mute audio on student iPads, and replaced the Classroom Share Extension with AirDrop.
iTunes U is a free download, and runs on any device with iOS 9.3 or later. The new version of Classroom runs only on iPads with iOS 10.3, which was also released Monday.
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Not a student or teacher, but it looks like Apple continues to do nice things in this space.
Reclaim turf lost in the education market from Google! There is no reason text books should be in existence - replace them all with iPads!