johndyer/itunesutools

Tools for batch processes in iTunes U

iTunes U Course Manager Tools

Tools for automating batch processes in iTunes U Course Manager.

• Author: John Dyer [http://j.hn/]
• School: Dallas Theological Seminary [http://www.dts.edu/]
• License (MIT): [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/MIT/]

Requirements

• Python 2.7
• requests library [http://python-requests.org]

Scripts

itunes-batchupload.py

It's quite time consuming to upload multiple files to iTunes U Course Manager, so this script can automatically upload an entire folder of files into the course 'Materials' on iTunes U.

python itunesu-batchupload.py -u username@domain.edu -p ******* -c MATH500 -i 'Math500/video'

• -u Your Apple ID
• -p Your Apple ID password
• -c Course short code
• -i Path to files

itunes-createposts.py

Once the files are uploaed, this script attempts to create 'Posts' which list all the videos for 'Topic' in an iTunes U outline. The detection routine is specific to DTS's naming convention, but it should be adaptable to others.

python itunesu-createposts.py -u username@domain.edu -p ******* -c MATH500

• -u Your Apple ID
• -p Your Apple ID password
• -c Course short code