Virtually There!

Campus Virtual Tours seem to be a hot item.

Not only do they help prospective students get familiar with the layout of major buildings, but they can also help communicate the personality and priorities of a campus.

Here are some sample sites that each provide a different method of delivering the virtual tour experience.

• Central Michigan University - Video Segments (Quicktime) on Faculty Relationships, Student Organizations, Volunteer Center, Technology, Internships, and Student Activity Center
  http://www.cmich.edu/videotour.aspx
  
• MIT - 3D Map of campus with clickable "yellow dots" for more information about specific locations
  http://web.mit.edu/vrtour/index.html
  
• University of Nottingham - Video Introduction, plus 360-degree panorama views of sites around the campus (might be interesting to do inside of labs/classrooms)
  http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/virtual-tour/introduction-to-university.html
  http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/virtual-tour/lakeside_arts.html
  
• University of Northern Iowa - 3D Map, allows you to click on buildings to see more information about that site.
  Additional photos for interior views, and then video clips explaining a feature of the site.
  http://www.uni.edu/infosys/tour/
  http://www.uni.edu/infosys/tour/maucker.shtml
  
• Franklin & Marshall College - Has an interactive map as well as "Guided Tours" (4 series of videos, each featuring a different "student guide")
  http://admission.fandm.edu/tour/
  
• Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles -- Bottom of page has several different views of the design studio, using an interesting interface
  http://www.fidm.edu/about/campuses/los-angeles/design-studio/index.html