1. iTunes U at Nottingham RSP Conference 2010 Sally Hanford, Information Services, The University of Nottingham Sally.hanford@nottingham.ac.uk October 27th, 2010

2. 3 international campuses - UK, Nottingham - China, Ningbo -Malaysia, KL -~ 40,000 students ~ 2000 academic teaching staff About Nottingham

3. iTunes U statistics Public site only... so far Launch 15th June 2010 Figures to Sept 2010 110,000 previews 44,000 downloads 67 albums with >300 tracks 14GB of data

4. Background: Podcasting @ Nottingham Began November 2006 Aimed at External and Internal audiences Portable audio recording kits with simplified upload workflows [ ~300 staff users & around 2,500 podcasts to date ] Growing demand for user generated content No additional metadata *ID3 [embedding]embedding Need to enhance discoverability Links with JISC Steeple community [RSS aggregation]

5. Why iTunes U? Global RSS feed aggregator [800 Universities worldwide, 350,000 audio and video files, 300 million downloads ] Forces minimal metadata entry [admin interface]admin interface It’s known as a place that people look for educational content with consistency of categorisation Open Nottingham & open learning agenda “iTunes U provides a wonderful opportunity to make available--to a global audience--some of the resources our inspiring educators produce. I hope... it gives you a revealing insight into the international Nottingham experience.” Professor David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor

6. First steps Start date 12th February 2010 Finding and collating archive content [In Excel] Copyright issues and recorded lectures UK based JISC legal adviceadvice

7. Getting the right (enthusiastic) team Senior level champion-PVC for Teaching and Learning Support from Information Services SMT Audio-Visual Media Development Officer Internal Communications Officer Graphic artist Senior Systems Development Officer Willing contributors....!

8. Making a splash! Launch event June 15th 2010 Opened by PVC for Teaching and Learning 100 attendees at event as well as live stream for China & Malaysia Promoted under Open Nottingham Website linked from homepage University-wide promotion...only the beginning!

9. Content Strategy

10. Organisation Just Arrived; About Us; Subjects Podcasts published weekly for a wide audience 1. Educational 2. News & documentaries 3. Quirkier side Plan your collections...but but be flexible where possible *New* Public Site Manager

11. 1. Educational Recorded lectures and traditional teaching content QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.

12. 2. News and documentaries New discoveries, University news and activities QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.

13. 3. Quirkier side Fun educational content, to inform, entertain and inspire

14. Finding content and keeping it going Back catalogue Older content can often prove to be the more popular! Recorded lectures Currently slow but growing uptake (voluntary) Communications and Marketing Video production team Editorial controls

15. Impact Explaining mathematics http://explainingmaths.wordpress.com/ Pathology mini tutorials http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/pathology-mini- tutorials/id343794004

16. Some practical tips from the team... Do not to underestimate the time it takes to upload the entire back catalogue of existing podcasts…… Have a clear plan to support the service into the future. Don't start if you don't intend to resource the service on an ongoing basis.

17. Thank you.

18. Q&A