School virtual tour
An open house that never closes.
A virtual tour of a school, CEGEP or university starts at $395 per building under 1,500 sq. ft.; half a day of scanning covers about 10,000 sq. ft. of classrooms, gym and cafeteria. Scanned without the students (evening, pedagogical day, summer), delivered 24 to 48 hours later in most cases, across Quebec. Over 1,000 tours published on Google Maps since 2015. Call 514 262-9248.
- Scanned without the students: evening, pedagogical day, summer
- Online within 24 to 48 hours
- 2D plan and 1 year of hosting included
- Matterport Service Partner
They trust us
Your school, open at all times.
An open house lasts a few hours, once or twice a year. Parents who work that day, students from another region or from abroad miss it. A virtual tour of your school welcomes them the rest of the year.
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An open house all year long
The link is shared in the newsletter, on the admissions page and on social media. Each family visits when it is ready, as many times as it likes.
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Recruiting outside the region and internationally
A candidate visits your CEGEP or your university before applying. According to Matterport, Santa Clara University presents its campus this way to its computer science students, 70% of whom come from abroad.
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Useful internally too
Welcoming new students, evacuation plan, room rentals, monitoring renovations: the same tour serves several departments.
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An entire building, measurable
The Matterport Pro3 camera measures every room: 3D dollhouse view, floor-by-floor plan and measurements are included.
A real tour to explore
Step inside Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.
A tour branded in the college’s colours, produced with its agency: 41 information tags and a four-section menu, Living Spaces, Classrooms, Sports Complex and Outdoors. This is what families will see at your school.
Six uses of a virtual tour in a school.
Virtual open house
Families and students discover the classrooms, the labs, the schoolyard and the school daycare before enrolling.
Recruiting outside the region and internationally
Candidates from another region or another country see the pavilions, the residences and the labs without travelling.
Orientation before the school year starts
New students locate their classroom, their locker and the cafeteria before the first day; new staff find their way around in advance.
Emergency and evacuation plans
Exits, fire extinguishers, defibrillators (AEDs) and assembly points tagged in the tour, shared with first responders.
Renting rooms and sports facilities
The auditorium, the gym or the pool rent better when organizations can see and measure them in advance.
Documenting the building portfolio
The school service centre or the school board keeps a dated record of each building, for renovations and calls for tenders.
You stay in control
Your communications department updates the tour itself.
On request, your team receives access to the Matterport editor for the tour. It adds its information tags, changes a program photo or updates the admission dates the same day, without waiting for us.
- Add or edit information tags: text, photos, videos, PDFs, links
- Name rooms and place labels
- Create a guided tour for the open house
- Choose the starting view and hide private areas
- Editor access: $150 per year
Public pricing
The price by floor area.
The price depends on the floor area captured, building by building. It includes the scan, the 3D tour, the floor-by-floor 2D plan and one year of hosting.
From$395
| Under 1,500 sq. ft. | $395 |
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| 1,501 to 2,500 sq. ft. | $495 |
| 2,501 to 3,500 sq. ft. | $595 |
| 3,501 to 4,500 sq. ft. | $695 |
| 4,501 to 5,500 sq. ft. | $795 |
| 5,501 to 6,500 sq. ft. | $895 |
| 6,501 to 7,500 sq. ft. | $995 |
| 7,501 to 8,500 sq. ft. | $1,095 |
| 8,501 to 9,500 sq. ft. | $1,195 |
| 9,501 to 10,500 sq. ft. | $1,295 |
| Multi-building campus or more than 10,500 sq. ft. | Quote within 24 hours |
| Standard branding: menu in your colours | $100 to $250 |
|---|---|
| Custom branding: menu by pavilion, bilingual | $500 to $650 |
| Publication on Google Maps (Street View)Non-residential locations only | +$200 |
| 360° aerial views by drone | from $350 |
| Editor access for your team | $150/year |
| Hosting after the first year | from $150/year |
- Prices in Canadian dollars, taxes extra.
- Multi-building campus or more than 10,500 sq. ft.: quote within 24 hours. Several schools in the same school service centre: scanned on one route, travel fees shared.
- Travel fee of $0.73/km beyond about 100 km from Montreal.
Good to know: we scan without the students, and nothing sensitive is published without your consent
The scan takes place when the students are not there: in the evening, on a pedagogical day or in the summer. Any face that appears despite this is blurred. Sensitive rooms (administration, nurse’s office, technical rooms) are only published with your written consent; otherwise, they are hidden or password-protected.
A virtual open house, as seen by a family
On a Sunday evening in January, a mother and her eleven-year-old son open, on the tablet, the link received in your high school’s newsletter. The menu offers the living spaces, the classrooms, the sports complex and the outdoors. They go to the gym first, then to the cafeteria and into a science lab. An information tag opens in front of the music room: the program description and a short video of the year-end concert. The next day, they do the tour again with the father, who was not there.
These three people will arrive at your open house with precise questions: transportation, the options in Secondary 3, homework help. The simple questions, what does a classroom look like, is there a pool, where do students eat at lunch, already have their answer. That is what a school virtual tour does: it takes care of the first contact so that the meeting can serve the rest.
For a college, a CEGEP or a university, the same link works further afield. A candidate from Sept-Îles, Lyon or Abidjan walks through the pavilions, the residences and the labs before applying. On your Google Maps listing, the tour is displayed for those searching for your school.
After recruitment, internal uses
Once the school’s virtual tour is online, it serves other departments of the school, with no new scan.
Orientation before the school year starts
New students locate their classroom, their locker and the cafeteria before the first day; substitute teachers and staff hired during the year find their way around in advance. According to Matterport, the University of Manchester uses its 3D tours to welcome its new students virtually.
Safety and evacuation plans
In a version reserved for your staff, we tag the exits, fire extinguishers, defibrillators, gas valves and assembly points. First responders receive the link and know the premises before they arrive. According to Matterport, the provider Digital Twin Imaging cut the time to locate a room from more than 7 minutes to under 30 seconds thanks to this type of plan.
Renting, planning, documenting
Organizations that rent your auditorium, your gym or your sports facilities see and measure them in advance. The school service centre or the school board keeps a dated record of each building, useful for planning summer renovations and informing bidders in a call for tenders. For plans and measurements, see the Matterport 3D virtual tour.
The example of Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
For Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, we worked with the college’s agency. The tour is branded in its colours, with a four-section menu, Living Spaces, Classrooms, Sports Complex and Outdoors, and 41 information tags on the programs and the premises. Its Théâtre de la Providence has its own tour too. This is what we call an enriched virtual tour: the 3D tour, plus the information and the menu that make it useful to families.
Why entrust your school’s virtual tour to Panosphere 360
- A single person, from the quote to training your team: Marc Durand Bréard.
- Schools that have trusted us: Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, HEC Montréal, McGill University, Collège LaSalle, Collège Trinité and early childhood centres across Quebec.
- More than 1,000 tours published on Google Maps since 2015.
- Matterport Service Partner, Pro3 camera, certified drone pilot.
- Scans adapted to the school calendar: in the evening, on Saturday morning, on a pedagogical day or in the summer.
- Public prices, a written quote and service in French across Quebec.
Do you run a daycare or a CPE (early childhood centre)? See the daycare virtual tour. Does your building belong to the city? The virtual tour for municipalities page applies to you too. The Google virtual tour is often scanned the same day. Browse our prices and our portfolio.
Frequently asked questions
Your questions, our answers.
Another question? Write to marc@panosphere360.com or call 514 262-9248.
When do you scan a school?
Always without the students: in the evening, on a pedagogical day, during spring break or in the summer. Rooms must be tidy and lit, with interior doors open.
How long does the scan take?
According to Matterport, 1 to 3 hours for 1,000 to 4,000 sq. ft. An elementary school is often scanned in a day; a CEGEP or university pavilion can take longer.
Can the tour be bilingual?
Yes. The interface displays in French or in English depending on the link shared, and your information tags can be written in both languages; so can the menu of a custom branding.
Can we put the tour on our website and on Google?
Yes, both. You receive an embed code for your website and a link for your emails. Since a school is a non-residential location, the tour can also be published on your Google Maps listing (+$200).
Who updates the tour?
You, if you wish: with editor access ($150 per year), your communications department edits information tags, photos and labels itself. We remain there for the rest.
We renovated a wing: do we need to rescan everything?
No. We scan only the renovated wing and, according to Matterport, several scans can be merged into a single model while keeping the existing information tags. The price follows the floor area rescanned.
What about the privacy of students and staff?
The scan takes place without the students; any face or name that appears is blurred before going online. Rooms you do not want to show are excluded, and nothing is published without your consent.
Can the tour be used for our emergency plans?
Yes. We tag the exits, fire extinguishers, defibrillators and assembly points in a version shared with first responders. According to Matterport, the provider Digital Twin Imaging cut the time to locate a room from more than 7 minutes to under 30 seconds this way.
How much does a multi-building campus cost?
Each building follows the grid above; for several buildings or more than 10,500 sq. ft., you receive a quote within 24 hours. The buildings can be combined into a single model, with a menu by pavilion.
How long before the tour is ready?
24 to 48 hours after the scan; branding, drone and publication on Google Maps can add a few days. For an open house on a set date, plan the scan a few weeks ahead.
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A 30-minute call is enough to settle the area, the deliverables and the price. Written quote within 24 hours, large buildings included.