ItunesU podcasts won't sync to ipod

Question

Hi,
I've tried to follow the instructions about how to sync podcasts from itunesU to your ipod. It says to select your device when it appears then click on the itunesU button and select the podcasts you want to sync and click "apaly". Well if I'm selecting the device then when I select the itunesU folder I have deselected the device. More to the point, there is no "apply" feature appearing. What am I doing wrong? Shouldn't it automatically sync the same way music does?

Answer 1

I think you may have misunderstood the instruction.
Connect the iPod to iTunes and then select the device (which will appear on the left hand side). You should now see the Summary screen which shows (among other things) an icon for the iPod with detail about it, along with a capacity bar at the bottom of the screen.
Look at the top of the screen (not the left hand side) and you will see *Summary, Music, Movies, TV programmes, Podcasts, iTunes U, Books, Photos, Info.* Select *iTunes U* from that list. On this "pane" or tab, you will see *Sync iTunes U* and some options listed beneath that. Make sure the *Sync iTunes U* has a tick in the box and that you have chosen the options suitable for you from the list below it. (If you choose *Automatically include/all/items of/all collections* that will put all the iTunes U on the iPod.) Once you make any changes to these options, there should be either an Apply button and a Revert button, or a Sync button at the bottom right of the screen. (It depends on what changes you have made!) Make sure you click on the Apply or Sync button in order for your choice to be implemented.
To actually find the iTunes U episodes on your iPod depends on which iPod you have! I'm not joking! I only know about the iPod Classic and the iPod Touch (therefore the iPhone as well), so if you have any other model, I suggest you use the search facility on the iPod to find the episodes.
On the _iPod Touch:_ they're hiddden under the Music menu. So navigate to *Music/More/iTunes U.*
On the _iPod Classic:_ for some reason, I can only find iTunes U programmes in the Playlists menu. The Playlists menu can be removed from the *Main Menu* and the *Music Menu,* but I will assume (unless you tell me otherwise) that you can see the Playlists menu on the *Main & Music* menus. So navigate to *Playlists/iTunes U* and you should see the episodes.
Actually - on the iPod Classic you will notice the iTunes U epsiodes appear under both Artist and the Songs menus - a bit weird I think. However, iTunes U programmes (like Podcasts) are set by default to *skip when shuffling,* so if you want to play music on shuffle, don't worry because the iTunes U programmes will not play.
Has that helped?
Phil