Update my iBook materials on iTunes U course

If I publish an iTunes U course with iBook materials, how do I update the ibook if I make changes?

Forgive me, but I don't fully understand your question, so I will make two guesses.
Given that you are posting under the "iTunes U Public Site Manager", my first assumption is that you are asking this question in the context of a published, public course. In such a scenario, I believe your course can not include a "private" book, so books available on the iBookstore will automatically be updated when you push a new version to the store. (There is little barrier to publishing free books on the iBookstore, so there's no reason not to take advantage of the platform to push updates for you.)
For private courses that reference a private book, students will have to manually download the book each time you update it.
Does that answer your question?

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