Apple iPod Touch Getting Started - Page 25

Getting Started with iPod touch: 25 A guide for using iPod touch and iTunes for teaching and learning Each iPod touch Is Synced with the Same Content Another way to manage iPod touch devices in the classroom is to have them all synced with the same content and applications from an iTunes Library. Syncing to multiple devices can be done easily via the Apple iPod Learning Lab (sold separately). This mobile lab makes it easy to manage iPod devices in the classroom and to share them among multiple classrooms. The lab allows you to safely store and charge up to 40 iPod devices and sync 20 at a time to one computer. With this scenario, students may check out an iPod touch for a specified amount of time, such as a class period, or may have an individual iPod touch assigned to them. (For more information, see "Mobile Learning with the Apple iPod Learning Lab" later in this guide.) Setting Up Student Groups and Accounts Mac OS X is the current version of the Apple operating system. Mac OS X is a multiuser system designed to create distinct spaces for each user's work. With Mac OS X, each computer has at least one "administrator" account used for installing software, changing settings, and setting up additional user accounts. Each user account has its own iTunes library, as well as a Documents folder and other folders set up to store different types of files. Once a user account is set up on a computer, the person using that account logs in as that user and can only see that user's files. Accounts are set up from the Accounts pane of System Preferences. (Open System Preferences, then click Accounts. An administrator clicks the plus sign to add a new user account.) To learn more, choose Help > System Preferences Help when System Preferences is open or go to the Mac OS X Support site at www.apple.com/support. The following sections describe different ways you might want to set up the student user accounts on a Mac for use with iPod touch devices.