ITUNES U SPACE : A PILOT PROJECT

Rosa María Gómez de Regil

Arthur Roussel

Jean-Michel Perron

CNDP

CONTEXT• Objective

– Enhance and enlarge the corporate image as a public publisher

– Distribute existing digital content using a different media– Propose content for mobile devices– Change management of the production chain

• Possible uses of the iTunes space– Have an updated content offer– Obtain the content to use it in mobile devices– Give an advice on the content

CONTENT CHARACTERISTICS• Type

– Video

• Language– French

• Quantity– 500 resources published by

the SCEREN CNDP

• Target audience– Teachers of primary and

secondary school levels

• Collections– Magazines

• Textes et Documents pour la Classe (TDC)

• Planète Chinois• École Numérique

– Agence des usages• testimonies from teachers

using ICTE

– La classe côté professeur• advice for teachers on their

every day work

TECHNICAL ISSUES• CMS Typo3

– Adapt the default RSS feed for iTunes– Synchronize between iTunesU and website

• Video encoding– Change the production process to obtain mpeg4 files (H264)

• RSS technology– Conform to the Apple Podcast format– Organize contents in appropriate collections for iTunes

• Metadata– Tag with specific keywords

• iTunesU Back-office– Design and set up the iTunesU space with the platform

http://www.cndp.fr/tdc/

NEXT STEPS

• Improve metadata production

• Communicate (on the CNDP website, press release)

• Add more content (language courses)

French Educational Repositories Perspectives 12

CONTACT INFORMATION

Arthur RousselDeputy director at the production departmentarthur.roussel@cndp.fr

Rosa Maria Gómez de RegilResearch and development engineerrosa-maria.gomez@cndp.fr

SCÉRÉN [CNDP]@4 - avenue du Futuroscope - Téléport 1BP 80158 - 86961 Futuroscope cedexFRANCEwww.sceren.com