Apple Announces Discontinuation of Education and E-Book Authoring Tool Apps

Apple has announced that it will shut down iBooks Author, an e-book authoring tool app, and iTunes U, an educational support tool.

As a result, the app update for iBooks will be stopped, new users will not be able to use it after July 1, and iTunes U will be discontinued at the end of 2021. IBooks Author is an e-book authoring tool for Mac. You can print it out in PDF format or publish it in the iBooks Bookstore. According to the official announcement, content that has already been created will be provided with the ability to import into Pages. It is said that Pages already includes a lot of features related to iBooks.

ITunes U is also a support tool for teachers, allowing you to create courses and manage classes and assignments on the web. When retired in 2021, Classroom, an educational assistant tool for iPad, as a next-generation app, Schoolwork, a tool that allows students to distribute class materials and monitor student education, and IT administrators can use iPads or Macs. You can switch to Apple School Manager, a tool that lets you manage books and apps with your device.

ITunes U, which appeared in 2012, wasted its strengths for several years, and Google Classroom took over the demand for online classes caused by the Corona 19 situation. In this regard, some point out that there is a possibility that the distribution of Chromebooks rather than iPads in the educational field may be further expanded. Related information can be found here .