iTunes
Introduction to iTunes
- iTunes for Mac and Windows
- Free Download from Apple
- Digital Music File Formats: MP3, AIFF, WAV, AAC
How iTunes Is Organized
- iTunes Window & Controls
- iTunes Music Library
- Location - Where does your music live?
- Users/Your Home Directory/Music/iTunes
- iTunes Preferences
- Listening to Internet Radio Stations
Adding Music To Your iTunes Music Library
- Importing songs from an audio CD - “Ripping Songs”
- CDDB Database
- Purchase songs from iTunes Music Store
Finding and Playing Songs
- Browsing through your library
- Playing and Pausing Songs
- Searching and Sorting Songs
- Visuals
- Artwork
Organizing Your Music
- Creating Playlists
- Smart Playlists
- Song Information: Get Info & Tags
- View Menu - View Options
- Rating Your Music
- Deleting Songs From a Playlist
- Deleting Songs From Your Library
Burning CD's
iTunes Store
- Purchasing Music, TV Shows, Movies, Music Videos, Games
- Searching the iTunes Music Store
- Gift Cards
- Allowances
- Shopping Cart vs. Individual Purchases
- What you legally can do with your purchased music
iMix- Authorizing Computers to Play Purchased Songs
- Deauthorizing Your Computer
- DRM - Digital Rights Management
Using iTunes With Your iPod
- iPods in Pop Culture
- Kinds of iPods
- iPods Are Not Just MP3 Players
- iPods and Different Music Libraries
- iPod Gadgets
iTunes U
Apple now collaborates with a number of universities to provide digital content for students. Access iTunes U through the iTunes Store.
Sharing Your Music
- Shared Libraries with Rendezvous/Bonjour
- Sharing Your Library vs. Sharing A Playlist
- Turning off Sharing
Copyright Issues
- Digital Rights Management Discussion
- Music Industry
Using iTunes with other iLife Applications
- iPhoto
- iMovie
- iDVD
- GarageBand
- iWeb
iTunes Help
- Apple Website:
http://www.apple.com/itunes - iTunes Support
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/itunes/ - iTunes Tutorials - Atomic Learning Library
http://www.atomiclearning.com/itunes
iTunes Books
Breen, Christopher. Secrets of the iPod. Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA, 2003
ISBN 0-321-13645-4
http://www.peachpit.com
Hart-Davis, Guy. How to Do Everything with Your iPod. McGraw Hill-Osbornre, New York, 2003
ISBN: 0-07-222700-1
http://www.osborne.com
LeVitus, Bob. The Little iTunes Book, 2nd Edition, Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA, 2003
ISBN 0-321-16886-0
http://www.peachpit.com
Stern, Judith and Robert Lettieri. iTunes for Macintosh and Windows (Visual Quickstart Guide), Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA, 2004
ISBN 0-321-24665-9
http://www.peachpit.com
Engst, Adam. iTunes 6 and iPod For Windows and Macintosh (Visual Quickstart Guide), Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA, 2005 ISBN: 0-321-32045-X
http://www.peachpit.com
Online Resources
Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes
http://www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/
Recorded Books
This is a site with a number of audiobooks that can be rented or purchased. They come on CD or cassettes and some are available for download.
http://www.recordedbooks.com
Audible.com
This is a website where you can purchase audio files of books that you can download and play in iTunes or on an iPod. You can join for free. You pay only for the selections you purchase. You will need to configure a helper application in Internet Explorer.
http://www.audible.com
Educational Uses of iTunes
- Listening Centers & Literacy Stations
- Books on Tape
- Songs
- Nursery Rhymes
- Poems
- Assessments
- Reading Records - Reading Assessments
- Children’s Portfolios
- Tap into different learning styles: Audio + Visual
- GarageBand - Composing music
- Podcasts
- iTunes U - Digital Content