{"id":5932,"date":"2022-10-13T09:19:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T13:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tlsrv.net\/?p=5932"},"modified":"2024-07-24T14:51:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:51:36","slug":"floor-maps-in-workplace-simulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/floor-maps-in-workplace-simulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Update for Online Courses with Workplace Simulations and Virtual Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Increase the effectiveness of your online training with multimedia interactive simulations and virtual tours. eLearning course content creation is easy with ThingLink!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Your new employees won\u2019t lose their way with this brilliant new feature. Our new navigation functionality is available now to improve online training experiences and orientation activities, perfect for new hires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High-quality workplace simulations with multimedia hotspots became increasingly popular in corporate training \/&nbsp; online learning courses during the pandemic. Interactive and accessible ways of showcasing a place, space or situation have continued to increase in popularity, because they are proven to be highly effective.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can online training for employees be used for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve seen a real surge in immersive tour type training content created for online courses or elearning, particularly in essential compliance training for onboarding new employees or as a refresher activity. In employee training, interactive workplace simulations are seen as cost and time saving assets enabling organizations to be more efficient and effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"tl-cta-block\"><h3>Meet a product expert<\/h3><p>If you\u2019d like to learn more about what ThingLink can offer to your company, you can schedule an online meeting with one of our elearning product experts below.<\/p><button class=\"tl-button tl-button--white tl-button--small tl-cta-block__button\" data-link=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/andrew-6\/thinglinkdemo\">Meet an Expert<\/button><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>We have listened and acted upon suggestions from our elearning \/ employee training training courses customers and providers. Our latest update enables you to add an interactive floor plan or \u2018mini map\u2019 that shows the exact location of the view on the simulation or tour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An example of online employee training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out this demonstration of a multimedia workplace (factory construction site &#8216;digital twin&#8217; created with Unity) example used in online training below and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1637070933850062851\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a> What\u2019s really nice is you can also click on the hotspots directly on the floor plan to transition to that scene \/ factory floor area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-original-height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1637070933850062851\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to create online training like this<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To try this feature, create your own floor plan as a base image for a scene and add your 360 multimedia scenes using the Transit Tag. Then simply add your floor plan scene ID in the settings panel. Read more in our brilliant walkthrough <a href=\"https:\/\/support.thinglink.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/9397292396439\">support article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many elearning or online based training courses are specifically designed to be completed as stand alone, on-demand&nbsp;learning experiences. Our improved functionality can increase the effectiveness of employee engagement in&nbsp;elearning \/ online training leading to better information or skills retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It&#8217;s so easy to create your own online training!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The ease of&nbsp;the authoring experience has been noted as a stand out feature of ThingLink. Once created your simulation or virtual tour can be embedded into your learning management system (LMS) or training platform. It can also be used in scenario based learning with branching questions creating gamification. Your training materials can be viewed on any platform or mobile device, meaning they can be accessed anywhere and anytime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Links to other great articles about using virtual tours in elearning \/ online training courses.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/10-reasons-to-get-thinglink-elearning\" target=\"_blank\">Ten reasons to get ThingLink&#8217;s elearning solution<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/how-do-you-create-interactive-conten\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/how-do-you-create-interactive-conten\" target=\"_blank\">how to create interactive content&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create impactful employee training programs with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/what-is-scenario-based-learning\" target=\"_blank\">scenario based learning<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Five <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/five-examples-of-interactive-content\" target=\"_blank\">great examples of interactive online content<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/articles\/creating-virtual-tours-and-expeditions-with-thinglink\" target=\"_blank\">How to create virtual tours<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Onboarding ideas &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/e-learning\/employee-onboarding-software\" target=\"_blank\">online employee training sessions <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are &#8216;Soft skills&#8217;? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1459165068263424002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThingLink to demonstrate Meta Skills<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/scenario-based-learning-for-corporate-training\" target=\"_blank\">Scenario based learning for corporate training<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/learning-management-system\" target=\"_blank\">Ideas for learning programs&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ThingLink <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/same-page\" target=\"_blank\">integrations and apps that can be embedded<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ThingLink free Certified Creator Course &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/o\/creator\" target=\"_blank\">An example of training modules in action<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"tl-cta-block\"><h3>Meet a product expert<\/h3><p>If you\u2019d like to learn more about what ThingLink can offer to your company, you can schedule an online meeting with one of our elearning product experts below.<\/p><button class=\"tl-button tl-button--white tl-button--small tl-cta-block__button\" data-link=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/andrew-6\/thinglinkdemo\">Meet an Expert<\/button><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increase the effectiveness of your online training with multimedia interactive simulations and virtual tours. eLearning course content creation is easy with ThingLink!&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[491,566,567,568,570,569,454],"tags":[399,312,201,539,251,542,545,460,486,487,484,161,525,210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5932"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9895,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions\/9895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}