iTunes U
June 2020 Update
Apple to discontinue iTunes U at the end of 2021
Apple has been hard at work building the next generation of apps for both instructors and students:
Classroom turns your iPad into a powerful teaching assistant, helping instructors guide students through a lesson, see their progress and keep them on track.
Classwork helps instructors save time and maximise each student’s potential by making it easy for instructors to share class materials, get students to a specific activity in an app, collaborate with students and view student progress.
In addition to Classroom and Classwork, Apple also introduced Apple School Manager to enable IT Administrators to easily manage iPads, Macs, Apple TV, Apple IDs, books and apps, while ensuring data is kept secure and private. Apps such as Pages, Numbers, Keynote, GarageBand, iMovie, Clips and Swift Playgrounds have education-specific features that are used regularly by instructors and students.
With this in mind, Apple will discontinue iTunes U at the end of 2021. iTunes U will continue to be available to all existing customers through the 2020-2021 educational year.
For Publishers of Public Content
If you publish public iTunes U content, keep the following in mind:
Until iTunes U is discontinued, existing and new content will still be available publicly. In the meantime, Apple suggests you look into alternative ways to reach your audience.
To continue publishing your content, you can use:
Apple Podcasts. To bring your content to Apple Podcasts, see Hosting Partners.
Apple Books. To author books, see Apple Books for Authors and Publish your book with Pages.
Be sure to download and save any individual materials you haven’t already backed up outside of iTunes U. Learn more.
Once you find a new place for your content, add a link to it on iTunes U to make it easier for your audience to continue following you.
To help your audience continue learning, browse the following educational resources:
The Education category in the App Store.
Content from educational institutions and individuals in Apple Podcasts.
The Education category in Apple Books.
See Listen with Apple Podcasts and Read books and more with Apple Books to learn more about Apple Podcasts and Apple Books.
For Publishers of Private Content
If you publish private iTunes U content, keep the following in mind:
Going forward, Apple recommends using Classwork:
Apple is adding support for ClassKit to iTunes U so you can easily transition to Classwork.
Use in your My Materials Library to download materials from your existing iTunes U courses to use in Classwork Handouts. Learn more.
To help you move to other solutions, Apple is adding an export feature to iTunes U to support moving to third-party apps or Learning Management Systems.
For Subscribers of Public Content
If you subscribe to public iTunes U content, keep the following in mind:
iTunes U will continue to be available to all existing customers before it is discontinued at the end of 2021.
Contact your favourite providers to find out where they will make their content available to you in the future.
To continue learning, browse the following educational resources:
The Education category in the App Store.
Content from educational institutions and individuals in Apple Podcasts.
The Education category in Apple Books.
See Listen with Apple Podcasts and Read books and more with Apple Books to learn more about Apple Podcasts and Apple Books.
For Subscribers of Private Content
If you subscribe to private iTunes U content, keep the following in mind:
iTunes U will continue to be available to all existing customers through the 2020-2021 educational year before it is discontinued at the end of 2021.
Contact your instructors to find out where they will make their content available to you in the future.