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Want to dive right in? Start here!
Want to dive right in? Start here!
Step 1: Get access!
Step 2: Creating Slides
Step 3: Adding Tags
Step 4: Share your tour
Guided tour on coral reefs
Video of instructor explaining how she created a guided tour on ancient Egypt
Step 1: Get Access
Step 1: Get Access
Go to the sign up page and fill in the information required. You can also easily sign up with your Google account.
Your FREE account grants you access to these features:
SEARCH & SHARE ANYWHERE Sign up to access hundreds of thousands of incredible 360° panoramas. Search for just the ones that you need and share with your students, wherever they are.
ACCESS ON ANY DEVICE Enjoy our “technology agnostic” service on your computer, tablet, smart phone, or VR headset.
EMBED PANORAMAS Integrate up to three of our 360° panoramas into your class blogs, LMS class feeds, and other websites that you use in your educational activities.
GUIDED TOURS Create and share up to three Guided Tours using our Guided Tour Editor.
Step 2: Creating Slides
Step 2: Creating Slides
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Cover Slide
Cover Slide
Begin by creating the Cover Slide for your Guided Tour. The Cover Slide is the introduction to the Guided Tour that you are about to create. It can include a title, a subtitle, and a panorama that serves as the background. Click "Save" to begin creating content for your Guided Tour.
Panorama Slide
Panorama Slide
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Display 360º images, which illustrates concepts addressed in Text Slides. You can add any panorama from a collection of over 350,000 panoramas from all over the world to your Guided Tours. You can search for just the panorama you need by using relevant keywords and phrases. If you already know the URL of the panorama you’d like to add, you can simply paste it into the search box. You can add tags to Panorama Slides in the Guided Tours you create. Learn more about media tags.
Text Slide
Text Slide
View of creating a Text Slide
Image depicting creating a Text Slide
Text Slides allow you to add text to your Guided Tours. Text Slides feature an easy to use text editor and are useful for presenting learning objectives, explanations, and definitions for your students to learn.
Quiz Slide
Quiz Slide
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Quiz Slides allow students to quickly review concepts that you introduce in Text and Panorama Slides in the Guided Tours you create in order to reinforce learning.
Just click on “Add new slide”, type the title and select Quiz in the Slide type dropdown menu.
Type the question you’d like to ask and add up to three possible answers. After that, simply tick the correct answer(s) - you decide how many of the possible answers are correct. Finally, click "Save" and you are done.
Your students will be able to easily test their understanding which will reinforce learning.
Step 3: Adding Tags
Step 3: Adding Tags
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Video tutorial explaining how to add Tags to a Guided Tour
Editing tags
Editing tags
Interactive tags are "hotspots" that open various types of media directly in your Panorama Slides. The advantage of using tags is that students can open the media without leaving the panorama view. It is also possible to create and add audio narrations to your Panorama Slides.
To add a tag, click on "Edit" on any Panorama Slide and:
Click on the green "Add Tag" button.
Move the cursor to the spot in the panorama where you want to place the tag and click.
Choose the type of tag you'd like to add from the dropdown menu.
After you are finished adding the tag, click on "Done".
When adding Google Form tags, it's necessary to ensure that the Google Form is publicly accessible. What you see may be different than what we show below depending on the type of Google account you are using.
Step 4: Sharing Your Tour
Step 4: Sharing Your Tour
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Go to your Guided Tours page and click "Share" to share its link, email its link, or add it to your Google Classroom.
You can also click the "Share" icon in the upper right corner when viewing your Guided Tour.
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