Through the magic of modern technology you can now tour the campuses of College of the Rockies (COTR) from anywhere in the world, any time. COTR is the first post-secondary institution in Canada to incorporate YourCampus360’s walking tour tec

hnology to support its domestic and international recruitment initiatives.

Executive Director, College Relations and Marketing Donna Kraus-Hagerman noted: “We recognize the fact that students are evaluating colleges online and many lack the time and resources to travel to visit us, especially given our geographic location. Now, through a narrated virtual campus tour, prospective students can explore our communities, campus resources and lifestyle.”

Unlike traditional video virtual tours, YourCampus360’s platform is designed to be realistic, compelling and accessible as well as fun and easy for prospective students to use.

An animated guide, COTR Human Kinetics student Isla Eliason, is the narrator talking about the campuses and student life as users click to ‘walk’ through each campus; similar to how Google Street View works. The interactive tour also includes links to 360-degree views of selected locations, videos, photo galleries and the ability to contact or apply to College of the Rockies at any point.

“To make it even more user-friendly and to expand our reach into global markets,” Kraus-Hagerman continued, “the narration is available in English, Arabic, French, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish and Korean.

“COTR’s YourCampus360 tour went live on Monday, Oct. 3 so you can be one of the first to take a College of the Rockies’ virtual campus tour by visiting our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/COTR1 or from our website: www.cotr.bc.ca,” she concluded.

Betty Roper/College of the Rockies

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