Virtual Open Day for your Institute: the Why and the How?

Since hosting physical Education Fair is difficult as of today, hosting a Virtual Education Fair is a great way for students to interact with their faculties and get to know your institute better. It is also the first impression that your students will get regarding your institute, so it is all the more important to ensure that your event is spectacular, memorable and worthwhile.

Here are a few reasons why a Virtual Open Day is what you need:

Proximity:

Students would not have to worry about proximity to your college since they can attend the event from anywhere on the globe so long as they have a device to join in from and an Internet connection! Distance will no longer be a hindrance for attending your event!

Walk-through of your campus:

With the right platform, you can create a virtual walk-through of your entire campus. This will help the students get to know the campus better, rather than just images they find on the site or in the brochure.

With ibentos Virtual Education Fair platform, create life-like, interactive, easy-to-navigate and spectacular 3D environments for your campus walk-through to help make a lasting impression on your attendees.

Bringing in speakers:

Since travel is no longer an issue, you can easily connect with current faculties, students and even alumni to come and address the students.

Cost-effective:

With all your resources going online, you would be saving a lot of money on printing the documents and brochures that the students would need for the event. Your overseas students would also save up money on the traveling or staying costs, which is an added factor for a bigger audience.

Now that you know the advantages of a Virtual Open Day, here are a few tips to make sure that your event is one to remember!

Unique Interaction:

The Online Platform is a leveling field for all Institutes, making it very important that your Virtual Open Day stands out from the others. Aside from a captivating and interactive Virtual Platform, you should also think of ways to make student interactions more interesting than just a meeting with the student recruiter. You don’t want "Death by PowerPoint" to be what your attendees take back from your event. Bring in your current faculties, students and even alumni to do presentations and talk to the participants to help them understand your institute better. Emphasize on what value your institute brings to the table to help you stand apart and be memorable in their minds.

Showcase your online capabilities:

Conduct short demo sessions by a few faculties to demonstrate the adjustments and modifications your institute has made in terms of teaching and curriculum to adapt to the online way of teaching.

Resources:

Provide all necessary materials as well as the institute brochures on your website beforehand in downloadable format giving the attendees a chance to read up and understand your institute before they attend the event.

With ibentos` Virtual Education Fair platform, ibentos also provides an online Resource Center which will contain all the necessary documents and brochures that you wish to provide your participants before, during as well as after the event.

Fresh Ideas:

Come up with out-of-the-box ideas to keep your students engaged and participating. They have visited plenty of websites of educational institutes and have attended multiple Virtual Events of various institutes, so it is vital to bring something new to the scene.

*Tip: Try Virtual Games or a Virtual Mixer to boost participation and encourage the students to interact.

These tips will help you increase your chances to land students, so keep them in mind for your next Virtual Educational Event!