Virtual Tours

These activities help students explore and engage with 360° panoramic images. Tours may be enhanced by hotspots containing textual explanations, additional multimedia content, or multiple-choice questions.

Notes:

  • To achieve the 360° effect, please submit equirectangular panoramic photos.
  • Non-panoramic photos may also be included; however, they will display in standard format.
  • We can accept photo files in .jfif, .pjpeg, .jpeg, .pjp, .png, and .gif formats.
  • We can accept audio files in .mp3, .wav, .opus, .ogg, .oga, and .m4a formats.

Reminder: Working with Audio Recordings, Images, and Videos

Before developing any content related to audio recordings, images, and/or videos, please see Quick Guide: Selecting and Recording Audio, Active Learning Image Guide, and/or Guidelines for Selecting YouTube and Vimeo Videos. Record these resources in the relevant audio log, image log, and/or video log, and submit the log(s) to your Active Learning project editor.

What you need to submit: 

Image log for all image selection activities (separate file)

Audio log, image log, and/or video log for all virtual tour activities, if applicable (separate files)

Activity title:

Primary image title:

Primary image alternative text:

Primary image starting position:

Figure number from image log:

Primary image audio (not recommended if image will include audio/video hotspots)

  • Audio title:
  • Reference number from audio log:
  • Audio URL, if applicable:

Hotspot label settings: display labels enabled (required)

Select from/repeat the following hotspots as necessary. If some hotspot locations are hard to describe, please submit a version of the image that has the locations marked.

Text hotspot (optional):

  • Hotspot location:
  • Title:
  • Text description or explanation:

Image hotspot (optional):

  • Hotspot location:
  • Title:
  • Figure number from image log:
  • Image alternative text:

Video hotspot (optional):

  • Hotspot location:
  • Hotspot title:
  • Video title:
  • Reference number from video log:
  • Video URL:

Audio hotspot (optional):

  • Hotspot location:
  • Hotspot title:
  • Audio title:
  • Reference number from audio log:
  • Audio URL, if applicable:

Multiple-choice questions hotspot (optional):

  • Hotspot location:
  • Hotspot title:
  • Questions title:
  • Questions:

Question stem
*Correct answer
Incorrect answer
Incorrect answer
Incorrect answer

Question stem
*Correct answer
Incorrect answer
Incorrect answer
Incorrect answer

Repeat questions and answers as needed (optional)

Overall feedback (optional; may be general or incorrect/correct):

Hotspot connections to additional images (optional):

  • Second image hotspot location on main image:
  • Second image title:
  • Third image hotspot location on main image:
  • Third image title:
  • Repeat as needed (optional)

 Repeat the above content for additional images (optional)