As some of you know we are quickly approaching the release of nuCloud’s completely rewritten Interactive Campus Map platform.  We are expecting to launch in Q1 2011 and optimistically looking at a late January release. Some of the exciting things that you can expect in this release include: Google Maps API Google Analytics Integration Create your own markers Multiple map layers Support for YouTube, Vimeo and Schooltube Video Customizable map dimensions We have been listening …

Press Release – (Boston, MA) – nuCloud, LLC is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Kansas-based research and development firm, AllofE Solutions, which will be assisting in the development of the second version of the nuCloud Interactive Campus Tour mapping platform, set for release early Q1. The new version will feature a completely redesigned back-end that leverages AllofE’s robust development framework. It will move away from the previous Flash environment and will take …

Today at 2PM EST (11AM PST) nuCloud will be doing a webinar in conjunction with OmniUpdate on the value of an interactive campus map as an essential recruitment tool.  We have made the decision to open this webinar free of charge to anyone who would like to learn more about the value of an interactive campus map.  Have you signed up yet? In this webinar we will be covering a few main topics that I’ll outline …

Earlier this year Hobsons came out with its annual report on undergraduate student recruitment.  Similar to the results we reported earlier this year from Noel-Levitz, this report also stresses the value of the campus visit and the online virtual tour.  What is really interesting in Hobsons’ data is that both the campus visit and virtual tour provide value in the search, applying and final decision process.  This essentially covers all the levels of the recruitment …

As we have posted over the last few weeks most of our team will be at the conference.  We also used our Interactive Campus Mapping tool to create a map for the conference.  If you are trying to figure out your way around Cincinnati or are simply interested in reading up on some of the stops that we will be visiting while at the conference then you are in luck.  Check out this interactive map …

Hey everybody, Michael here. HighEdWeb is only nine days away, and Kyle, Nick, and myself will all be roaming around the conference with all kinds of fun to share. First off, the conference is great, so enjoy the sessions, enjoy the events, and enjoy the crowd. Kyle is presenting in the Red Stapler track, and I’m in TNT, so be sure to stop in and say hi. Second, it wouldn’t be HighEdWeb without some swag …

Last week St. Mike launched an interactive campus tour in a slightly different format.  St. Mike launched their tour completely through YouTube.  The creator of the tour, Mallory Wood, was recently interviewed by collegewebeditor.  What is really interesting from the post is Mallory’s insistence on crediting Seth Odell with the idea on his blog almost a year ago. Mallory also goes on to share in the article that a driving focus of her tour was …

If you follow didn’t hear the big announcement yesterday let me share it with you.  nuCloud has partnered with OmniUpdate to deliver our interactive campus mapping solution to OmniUpdate customers. This doesn’t mean that you have to be an OmniUpdate customer to become a nuCloud customer.  What it does mean is that if you are an OmniUpdate customer you will be able to access our backend content management system from inside of their system. We …

We are going to take a moment to brag about a recent customer’s map.  The University of Missouri recently launched a new interactive campus map on their undergraduate admissions website. Check out the map and see what you think . Being on their admissions website, the map had obvious recruitment purposes as we recently learned from the Noel-Levitz study.  Programmer/Analyst-Expert, Paul Gilzow, goes on to say: “We realized the importance of an interactive campus map …

Last week Noel-Levitz released their 2010 edition on the E-Expectations Report about what college-bound students are looking for in terms of online engagement during the admissions process.  To create their report they surveyed more than 1,000 high school students about their online behavior and expectations.  I’m not going to rehash the complete report here, but if you are looking for that, Karlyn over at .eduGuru wrote a nice summary or simply go download the report …