ServiceVirtual Tours for Schools
Self-guided campus visits
NY · BaltimoreGoogle Trusted
Charter schools and campuses

360 virtual tours
for schools

A 360 virtual tour gives a parent a self-guided campus visit before they ever schedule an in-person one. Families walk the building room to room, meet the teachers, and request information without leaving the tour. We have built campus tours for Brilla Public Charter Schools and Classical Charter Schools in the South Bronx, as Google Trusted Photographers.

Section 01Why schools use tours

Parents decide on a school before they ever set foot on campus.

Self-guided.
From any device.

Students and parents have changed how they shop for a school. They look online first, narrow the list, and only then schedule a visit. A 360 virtual tour meets a family at that first step. It gives an initial preview of the campus, highlights the rooms and details that matter most, and lets a parent walk the building on their own time. The campus visit still decides the choice, and when an in-person visit is hard to arrange, a virtual one is the natural substitute.

A self-guided tour does more than show the building. It raises the quality of every inquiry, because a family that has already walked the campus online arrives at an open house knowing the space and ready with real questions. An interactive, multimedia tour also keeps people on the school's website longer, and that time supports enrollment growth. A 360 tour does not replace admissions. It strengthens it, and makes a prospective family more likely to visit in person.

01

Win the first look.

Parents preview the campus the moment they find the school, not weeks later on a tour day. The first impression happens online, so the tour makes it a strong one.

02

Better inquiries.

A family that has already explored the campus inquires with intent. Admissions spends its time on families that fit, not on questions a walkthrough already answered.

03

Fewer barriers.

No transportation, no permission slips, no lost instruction time. A virtual visit reaches families who cannot travel and still gives them the full campus.

Section 02What is included

An interactive campus tour, built to recruit.

Teacher video.
Lead capture inside.

We build the full campus walkthrough and the tools that turn it into an admissions asset. The tour is interactive, navigable room to room, and works on a phone or a computer with no app to download.

  • Interactive 360 campus tour, navigable room to room.
  • Teacher headshots and short video intros placed inside the tour.
  • Lead generation built into the tour, routed to the right department.
  • Live 360 walkthrough video meetings with prospective families.
  • Interactive hotspots that flag classrooms, facilities, and details.
  • A hosted link you embed on the admissions page and share anywhere.

The tour embeds on the admissions page with a single link, and the same link works in an email, a social media post, or a text to a family on the waitlist. We can publish it to the school's Google Business Profile and Google Maps, the same Google Maps virtual tour publishing we run for businesses, so it surfaces when a parent searches the school by name.

Two features that drive enrollment

Lead capture and live walkthroughs.

A standard tour shows the building. These two features convert the visit. The lead-generation option lets a parent request information without leaving the tour, and we route that inquiry to the right department. The live 360 walkthrough video meeting works like a video call, but inside the tour: a family joins a link, and a team member walks them through the campus together while they watch from their own device.

Section 03Inside the tour

Everything a family needs to choose, upfront.

Information first.
Fewer cancellations.

A school tour is not a real estate listing. The goal is not to sell a room, it is to give a family the information that decides where their child goes. We build the tour around that. Pre-visit detail, the people who teach, and a clear path to ask a question all live inside the walkthrough, so a family sees what matters most to them before they ever schedule a day on campus.

01 · Preview

Self-guided campus visit.

Parents and students walk the campus on their own, from the entrance to the classrooms, choosing where to look and how long to stay.

02 · People

Meet the teachers.

Teacher headshots and short video intros inside the tour let a family meet the people who run each room, not just see empty space.

03 · Capture

Lead generation inside.

A parent requests information without leaving the tour. We route the inquiry to the right department so admissions follows up fast.

04 · Live

Live walkthrough meetings.

A guided 360 walkthrough video meeting from a phone or computer. Schedule a time, join a link, and tour the campus together.

05 · Navigate

Interactive hotspots.

Clickable points carry a family from the lobby to the gym to a classroom, with notes that flag the details that matter most.

06 · Reach

Found on Google.

Publish the tour to the school's Google Business Profile and Maps, so it appears the moment a parent searches the school by name.

Section 04Schools we have worked with

Campus tours for Brilla and Classical in the South Bronx.

New York City.
Charter networks.

We have produced campus virtual tours for two charter networks in the South Bronx. The work covered the walkthrough families use to preview each school, built the same way: full 360 coverage, room to room, on a hosted link.

Brilla Public Charter Schools and Classical Charter Schools both serve students in the South Bronx, New York City. For each, the tour gives a prospective family a self-guided look at the campus before an in-person visit, and gives the school a single link to share across its admissions page, email, and Google. The same approach works for any charter network, private school, or campus weighing how to show families the building before they arrive.

Clients
Brilla Public Charter Schools, a South Bronx charter school photographed by OpenDoors360 for a campus 360 virtual tour Brilla Public Charter Schools
Classical Charter Schools of the South Bronx, photographed by OpenDoors360 for a campus 360 virtual tour Classical Charter Schools, South Bronx
Section 05Google Trusted

Built by Google Trusted Photographers, with over a million views.

Maps and Street View.
Found where families look.

We are Google Trusted Photographers with over one million views across Google Maps and Google Street View. That standing means a school tour is not stuck on one page, it can live where families already search.

We handle everything Google for a campus: Business Profile updates and optimization, Google Maps, and Street View. When a parent searches a school by name, the tour can appear right in the results, so the first thing they see is the building itself. The same hosted link embeds on the admissions page, so one capture works across Google, the school's own site, and every channel the admissions team shares.

What that earns a school
  • Over one million views across Maps and Street View.
  • The campus tour published to the school's Business Profile.
  • Google Maps and Street View placement where families search.
  • One hosted link that works on Google and the admissions page.

A campus tour pairs naturally with the rest of a school's content. The same team shoots commercial real estate photography for facilities and events.

Section 06Common questions

School virtual tours, answered.

More questions?
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What is a 360 virtual tour for a school?

A 360 virtual tour is an interactive campus walkthrough a family explores on their own. Parents and students move room to room, from the entrance to the classrooms, choosing where to look and how long to stay. It gives a self-guided campus visit from any device, before they ever schedule an in-person tour.

How does a virtual tour help with school enrollment?

A virtual tour gives a family a campus preview before they commit to a visit. Families who walk the campus online arrive at an open house already familiar with it, and the families who never visit still see the school. That self-guided preview raises the quality of inquiries and supports enrollment growth.

Can you add lead generation inside the tour?

Yes. Every school tour ships with a lead-generation option built into the tour. A parent can request information without leaving the walkthrough, and we route the inquiry to the right department so the admissions team follows up fast.

What is a live 360 walkthrough video meeting?

It works like a video call, but inside the 360 tour. A family schedules a time, joins a link from a phone or computer, and a team member walks them through the campus virtually while they watch together. It is a guided tour without the travel.

Do you include teacher headshots and video?

Yes. We can capture teacher headshots and short video intros and place them inside the tour. A parent clicks a classroom and meets the teacher, which turns a walkthrough of empty rooms into a preview of the people who run them.

Are you Google Trusted Photographers?

Yes. We are Google Trusted Photographers with over one million views across Google Maps and Google Street View. We also handle Google Business Profile updates, Google Maps, and Street View, so a school tour can be found where families already search.

Which schools have you worked with?

We have produced campus virtual tours for Brilla Public Charter Schools and Classical Charter Schools in the South Bronx. Both are charter networks in New York City, and the work covered the campus walkthrough families use to preview the school. You can request a campus tour through our contact page.

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