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San Juan College Campus Virtual Tour. Presenter: Charles Woodall Date: 10/21/2003 Event: CHECS Conference, Albuquerque, NM Oct. 20-22, 2003. Why have a Virtual Tour?. To advertise our campus to distant prospective students Academic life Social life Regional attractions
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San Juan College Campus Virtual Tour Presenter: Charles Woodall Date: 10/21/2003 Event: CHECS Conference, Albuquerque, NM Oct. 20-22, 2003
Why have a Virtual Tour? • To advertise our campus to distant prospective students • Academic life • Social life • Regional attractions • Facilities, services, and opportunities available at SJC • What does San Juan College have to offer a prospective student?
The mission of the SJC Virtual Tour • To satisfy the goals of the traditional virtual tour, and to also consider the needs of the student body and the Four Corners community: • Audiences to consider: • Students taking classes through the Distance Learning (SJC Virtual Campus) program • New SJC students who want to find their way around • Currently enrolled students who want to find particular facilities or rooms • Community members who would like to be informed of the changes and improvements being made at SJC
Components of the classic virtual tour • Still photos • Text • Links to other site content • Good examples of this type of tour: • Lafayette College: Easton, Pennsylvania • Bates College: Portland, Maine
Components of the SJC Tour • still photos • campus maps • text descriptions • interactive Flash map of the campus • links to SJC Intranet and Internet content
Areas of Improvement • Advertise our campus better • Give the audience the feeling that they are on campus • Engage the user’s attention with multiple media formats • A more sophisticated interface • Address the concerns of audience groups other than just distant prospective students
I. Advertise our campus • Animated Slideshows • Photo Galleries
The feeling of being “on campus” • Virtual Reality Panoramas • 3D Vista Studio • Panoramas in FlashMX
Virtual Tour: Phase III • FlashMX interface • 3d Vista Studio panoramic photos • Narration (mp3) • CAD maps (DWG file format) • Interactive maps • Flash movies
Future Goals for the SJC Virtual Tour • Video tour w/ tour guide • Campus webcam • Complete VR tour of the campus