itunes U login

Overview

You can create an HTML block to sign in to iTunes U from your Moodle course. iTunes U can be used as a storage site for large media files used in courses. Rather than having students open a new page or tab in their browser then navigate to your iTunes U site and THEN log in, simply create a block on your course page that lets them sign in directly from Moodle.

Instructions

Step 1.

Locate the web address of the iTunes U course by dragging the iTunes U course button (located in the bread crumbs trail in iTunes) to your desktop and opening it in a text editing program like Text Edit or Text Pad.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>URL</key> <string>http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/BrowsePrivately/SOMESCHOOL.edu</string> </dict> </plist>

Step 2.

Create the html code as a Form context substituting the URL with your own iTunes U course URL.

<body>
<form id="moodlelogin" name="moodlelogin" method="post" action="YOUR ITUNES U COURSE URL GOES HERE">
<label>username
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" />
</label>
<label>password
<input type="password" name="password" id="password" />
</label>
<label>
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Submit" />
</label>
</form>
</body>

Step 3.

Log in to Moodle and go to your course page. Turn Editing On and create a new HTML block. Give the Block a Title and, switching to HTML mode, paste the HTML code from Step 2 into the block.

Save the new block and Turn Editing Off.

Your new iTunes U block should show a Username and Password (the password will be hidden characters when entered) field. Students can now log in directly to your iTunes U course content.

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