About public and private courses in iTunes U for web
By default, all courses created in iTunes U are private. To make a course public, affiliated instructors must submit a request to their institution’s iTunes U Public Site Manager administrator, then the administrator must add the course to the institution’s iTunes U site.
Type | Roster? | Discussions? | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
private course | Yes, including auto-enrollment. Private courses have a student limit of 50 students (unaffiliated instructors) or 1000 students (affiliated instructors). | Yes. | An iTunes U course available only to students invited by the instructor. |
public course | No. Public courses have no student limit. | No. | An iTunes U course available to all users. |
Note: Public courses do not support student rosters or discussions. Once a course is added to the institution's iTunes U site, iTunes U permanently deletes the student roster if one exists and any discussions within the course, and opens the course to all users. Any students previously enrolled in the course remain enrolled in the course. Once you submit the request to make a course public, it cannot be undone and you cannot make the course private again or restore the roster or discussions. As a workaround, duplicate the course. By default, the duplicate course is private.