Apple iPod Touch Getting Started - Page 27

Getting Started with iPod touch: 27 A guide for using iPod touch and iTunes for teaching and learning Using iPhone Configuration Utility to Set Up iPod touch Entering settings on multiple iPod touch devices can be simplified with the use of iPhone Configuration Utility, an application available for free download from Apple for both Mac OS X and Windows platforms. This application can be used to create configuration profiles for iPod touch specific to your school environment. Configuration profiles are XML files that, when installed, provide information that iPod touch can use to connect to and communicate with your school systems. The profiles can include Internet wireless settings, email settings, restrictions to control the installation of third-party applications and explicit content on iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, and more. Instead of entering settings on each iPod touch device, those settings are installed by connecting to a webpage or by opening an email on the iPod touch. To download iPhone Configuration Utility, go to: • iPhone Configuration Utility for Mac OS X http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/ iphoneconfigurationutility20formacosx.html • iPhone Configuration Utility for Windows http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/ iphoneconfigurationutility20forwindows.html For more information about using iPhone Configuration Utility, see the Enterprise Deployment Guide, available at: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_ Deployment_Guide.pdf. Keeping Track of Student iPod touch Devices One of the powerful aspects of iPod touch is that it is a mobile learning tool. Like textbooks, notebook computers, and other learning tools that may go to and from school with students, you probably will want to asset tag the iPod touch devices using the same type of asset tags or barcodes you do for other items. If the library manages them, you can use the same checkout system used for library materials.