Apple iPod Touch - Basics; Using Apps

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Getting Started with iPod touch:
A guide for using iPod touch and iTunes for teaching and learning
How you choose to set up syncing with iPod touch will vary depending on how you
will manage iPod touch in the classroom. (See “Managing iPod touch and iTunes
for Student Use” later in this guide.) For example, if you will sync a classroom set of
iPod touch devices using an Apple iPod Learning Lab, you may want to sync them
automatically with selected content. Students who are assigned their own iPod touch
may want to manually select items to sync from a class computer. This section provides
an overview of the syncing options in the settings panes in iTunes.
To set up iPod touch for syncing:
Connect the iPod touch to your computer and open iTunes (if it doesn’t open 1
automatically).
In iTunes, click the iPod touch icon under Devices in the sidebar.2
Click the Summary tab if the Summary pane is not already open.3
Select syncing options in the Summary pane:4
• Select“OpeniTuneswhenthisiPodisconnected”ifyouwantiTunestoopenandsync
iPod touch automatically whenever you connect it to the computer. Deselect this
option if you want to sync only by clicking the Sync button in iTunes or if you want to
manually manage music.
• Select“Synconlycheckedsongsandvideos”ifyouwanttosynconlyitemsthatare
selected in the computer’s iTunes library.
• Select“Manuallymanagemusicandvideos”toturnoautomaticsyncingintheMusic
and Video settings panes. If you select this option, you add items to iPod touch by
dragging them from the iTunes library.
To sync the library’s music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts, click the Music, Movies, 5
TV Shows, and Podcasts tabs and select to sync all the titles in that category or just
selected ones.
To sync the library’s Photos, click the Photos tab and select the options you want. 6
To select the sync settings for contacts, calendars, email accounts, and web browser 7
bookmarks, click the Info tab and make the selections you want.
To specify App Store applications to install on iPod touch from your iTunes library, click 8
the Applications tab.
Whenyou’renished,clickApply.9
iTunes starts loading your iPod touch with the selected content. This can take several
minutes if the iTunes library is large.
To start playing the content on iPod touch, disconnect the device from your computer 10
by clicking the small eject button to the right of your iPod touch icon in the sidebar of
iTunes. When the icon disappears from iTunes and the iPod touch no longer displays
the “Sync in progress” message, you can safely disconnect the iPod touch.
When you use your iPod touch to create voice recordings or to download items from
the Wi-Fi iTunes Store or the Apple App Store, those items are synced from iPod touch
back to your iTunes library.
To view a video tutorial that shows you how to sync iPod touch, go to: www.apple.
com/itunes/tutorials/index.html#video-syncipod
. See “Resources” later in this guide for
links to additional tutorials and sources of information.