CampusTours
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CampusTours develops and provides a directory of virtual college tours, interactive campus maps, campus webcams, videos and college multimedia. Created in 1997, CampusTours helped spawn the growth of the virtual tour as an essential component on college and university Web sites.
Virtual college tours are distinct from the tours offered by real estate sites and museums in that they often feature student or alumni tour guides, substantial amounts of video, intricate campus maps, and content personalization.
Virtual tours mark a fundamental and important change in the way that college students, and especially those in the United States, use the Internet to supplement and, in some cases, replace traditional sources of college information. Today the college virtual tour is one of the first sources of information that most students seek when beginning their college search, and many often view the online tour before receiving printed materials, visiting campus or speaking with a representative[citation needed].
[edit] Virtual tours created by CampusTours
- Patrick Henry Community College - PHCC Virtual Tour
- Phillips Exeter Academy Interactive Map - Exeter Interactive Map
- American Military University - AMU Video Tour
- Clark State Community College - Clark State Virtual Tour
- Columbia College Chicago - Columbia College Virtual Tour
- The Juilliard School - Juilliard Virtual Tour
- Occidental College - Occidental Admissions Search Presentation
- Rider University - Rider Virtual Tour
- Monmouth University - Monmouth Virtual Tour
[edit] External links
- www.CampusTours.com
- 2,200 Colleges, So Little Time (and Money) to Visit article in the New York Times
- How My Daughter Rejected Caltech... And Other Adventures in College Tour Land article in the Washington Post
- Take a Campus Walk on the Web article in the Cincinnati Enquirer
- Virtual Tours Aid Search article in the Jackson County Tribune
