About owners and contributors in iTunes U for web
As the owner of a course, you can use the course Admin | Instructors pane to invite up to five additional instructors, known as contributors, to help you develop, edit, and manage your course. Depending on your instructor role, iTunes U provides you with different privileges. For example, contributors can add and remove materials, edit the outline, manage the roster and course enrollment, create and edit posts and assignments, assign grades, and engage in private discussions with students, but cannot edit the course institution or licensing information.
Contributors to your course have full access to the materials and student data for your course. As the content provider for your course, you are solely responsible for your contributors’ activity in the course and for ensuring that contributors treat this data responsibly and in compliance with all applicable laws.
The course Instructors pane displays the following roles:
Instructor role | Indicates | Course privileges | Notes |
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Owner | The course owner. | Owners can create, develop, edit, and manage the course. | To add a contributor, you must specify a valid Apple ID or Managed Apple ID in Enter the contributor’s Apple ID. Note: To invite a contributor to a managed course, both you and the contributor must be associated with the same organization in Apple School Manager or the contributor’s iTunes U Public Site Manager institution must be linked to your Apple School Manager organization. You cannot invite a student of a managed course to also be a contributor on a course. |
Pending | An instructor was invited to contribute to the course but has yet to accept the invitation. | None. |
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Contributor | An instructor was invited to contribute to the course and has accepted the invitation. | Contributors can help develop, edit, and manage the course, but cannot:
Note: Contributors added to a managed course cannot manage the roster or course enrollment. | To be a contributor, you must have a valid Apple ID or Managed Apple ID. Note: If a contributor adds a material to the course, iTunes U adds the material to the course Materials pane and the owner’s My Materials Library. To add an iTunes link material as a contributor, you must reference an item currently available in the course owner’s country. |
Declined | An instructor was invited to contribute to the course and either declined the invitation or accepted the invitation and later left the course. | None. |
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