Google Tour Builder
Google Tour Creator
WONDER
Have you ever wondered how your students can create projects that are rooted in geographic locations? In this One-Hit Wonder, you will learn how Google Tour Builder can allow your students to create digital stories that fly through Google Earth with custom text, images, and other multimedia. You will also learn how Google Tour Creator can allow your students to create rich 360 experiences that can be viewed on a computer or via Virtual Reality lenses.
LEARN
- Read: Storytelling with Maps Using Tour Builder (reference help topics as needed)
- View: Google Tour Builder Part 1: Build a Custom Tour with Text and Images
- View: Google Tour Builder Part 2: Open in Google Earth
- View: Google Tour Creator (for 360-viewing and/or VR)
- Read: Google Expeditions Lesson Plans (for 360-viewing and/or VR)
TRY
Google Tour Builder
- Visit Google Tour Builder and sign in using your Google account.
- Create a Tour with at least 5 locations
- Include at least 5 pictures
- Include at least 5 custom blurbs
- Optional: Include a video
- Optional: Include a link
- Open your Tour in Google Earth
- Transform a lesson plan by tasking your students with creating a digital story using Google Tour Builder
Google Tour Creator
- Visit Google Tour Creator and sign in using your Google account.
- Create a Tour with at least 5 scenes or customize a template
- Include at least 3 points of interest in your scenes
- Optional: Include at least one voice narration
- Publish your Tour and view it on your computer or Chromebook or open it using the Google Expeditions app on your smartphone. Note: You will need a Google Cardboard viewer to view your Tour in Virtual Reality.
- Note: You must download Google Expeditions to your smartphone (Android, iOS)