Muzeus Tour Builder Userguide V2 MUZEUS OVERVIEW ................................................................... 3 THE MUZEUS APP ....................................................................... 4 APP STRUCTURE .............................................................................. 4 APP PAGES ..................................................................................... 5 THE MUZEUS TOUR BUILDER ...................................................... 7 GETTING STARTED ........................................................................... 8 HOW TO CREATE YOUR TOURS ........................................................ 14 QUESTIONS ............................................................................... 21 2 | P a g e MUZEUS OVERVIEW Muzeus is a software solution that lets you create guided audio tours for your museum, interpretation center, historic and tourist site, city tour, etc. It consists of two components, the Muzeus Tour Builder, a web content management system to create and manage your tours and the Muzeus App, a mobile application to view your tours on smartphones and tablets. Muzeus is a collective audio guide solution. All tours created on Muzeus will be accessible on the Muzeus app. So when visitors want to see your tours on their mobile devices, they simply have to select your institution in the Muzeus app to access your page and view your tours. It is also possible to get your own personalised app without other institutions in it. Contact us to learn more about this: [email protected] 3 | P a g e THE MUZEUS APP The Muzeus app is free. It is available at the App Store for Apple mobile devices. It is mainly developed to run on iPods and iPhones with iOS 6 and higher, but it can also run on iPads and mini iPads; a specific version, better adapted for Apple tablets, is in development. Android and HTML 5 versions are also in development. App Structure All Muzeus Tours are built following the same template. Here is the structure: The first level comprises the list of all institutions (museums, interpretation centers, historic sites, etc.) that have built a tour on Muzeus. Each institution has its own personalized page with information, opening hours and available tours. A tour can be an exhibit in a museum, an outside tour, etc. Each tour is composed of a list of items; for example, artifacts in an exhibit or stops along the route of an outside tour. Finally, descriptive text, images, videos and voice-over provide information for each item. 4 | P a g e App Pages Here are the app pages according to the structure described above. Walkthrough The first time you launch the Muzeus app on your mobile device, you will see the walkthrough. Simply swipe pages or click Next to do the walkthrough. Institutions List Then you will be prompted to select an institution from the list. You can also view the institutions on a map . Institution Page (your page!) Once an institution is selected, the institution’s home page is loaded. From here you can find information about the institution by clicking on and get the address and opening hours by clicking on “Plan Your Visit”. Go back to the Institutions list by clicking on Click on “Begin Your Visit” to view the available tours. 5 | P a g e Tour List Here you can find all the institution’s tours. It can be a mix of indoor tours, outdoor tours, exhibits, collections, etc. Tour Items List For each Tour, you have Tour Items. The Tour Items list consists of items such as artifacts, paintings, points of interest, etc. Learn more about the Tour by clicking on or simply click on an Item to learn more about it. Item Page For each item, you have a main image or video, a text and voice over. Moreover, if you scroll down, you have access to additional images and videos related to the item. 6 | P a g e THE MUZEUS TOUR BUILDER By subscribing to a Muzeus plan (Free, Basic or Pro), you will have access to the Muzeus Tour Builder to create your guided audio tours. Login to Muzeus on: http://www.muzeus.com/Account/Login 7 | P a g e Getting started Navigation Bar The navigation bar shows your level (Home, Tour, Item level, etc.). Use the Navigation Bar tabs to go back to a previous level. Save When you make changes to your tour, you must save before leaving the page. Language Selection You can type your texts in English and French. To switch from one language to another, roll your mouse cursor over any text field and select EN for English and FR for French. 8 | P a g e Create an Object (An Object can be a Tour, an Item or a Related Image) Simply click on the “Drop files here or click to add items” zone. OR Drag and Drop one or multiple images over the drop zone. Delete a Single Object With your mouse, roll over the object you want to delete and click on “X”. 9 | P a g e Delete Multiple Objects Select multiple objects by checking the check box and then clicking on the trash can. Add or Replace Media (Media can be an image or a video) To add or replace media, simply drag and drop new media into the media drop zone. Media Accepted We accept any .png, .jpg and .tiff files with a maximum resolution of 5000 x 5000 pixels. At the moment we do not accept videos. Video will be accepted in the next release. 10 | P a g e Visibility For each Object (Tour, Item and Related Images), you have a visibility icon that can set your object to be: VISIBLE HIDDEN When hidden, an Object will not be displayed in the Muzeus app. So if a Tour is hidden, this Tour and its Items will not appear in the Muzeus app. Use the visibility functionality when you are working on a new, unfinished exhibit that you don’t want visitors to see. Item Count For each plan, there is a limit on the specific number of items you can include. Free plan: 8 items, Basic plan: 50 items, Pro plan: 150 items Your item count is displayed on the top bar: All Visible Items are counted, even the ones in a Hidden Tour. If you have reached your limit, hide items in your hidden tours or subscribe to a higher plan. QR Codes On each page of the Tour Builder you will find a QR code. This QR Code, when scanned with the Muzeus app QR code scanner, will instantly redirect the app to the proper tour page. You can print these codes and place them along your tours so your visitors will only need to scan these codes with the Muzeus app to instantly access the object page. 11 | P a g e Voice-Over You can add voice-over to your Tours and Item descriptions. For each description, you have the choice of: - None: No voice-over - Automatic: Voice-over created with a Text-to-Speech generator from your Description text. - Automatic with Custom Text: Voice-over created with a Text-to-Speech generator from a custom text different from your Description. Used when the Description is too long and you want a voice-over that summarizes the description or when you want to tweak your text for an accurate text-to-speech conversion. - Audio File: Add your own voice-over audio file NOTE: The voice-over can’t exceed 1 minute when created with the Text-to-Speech generator Automatic Simply click on “play” to generate the voice- over file. The generated voice-over will be heard in the next few seconds. You can generate voice overs in both English and French. If you are not satisfied with the voice-over, use the “Automatic with Custom Text” option to tweak your text, or use your own audio file. 12 | P a g e Automatic with Custom Text To use the automatic voice over with custom text option: Type your text in the new text field. Click on “play” to generate the voice over file. The generated voice over will be heard in the next few seconds. Audio File Simply drag and drop your audio file into the drop zone. There is no limit on the length of the file. Paypal Donate If you have a Paypal Donate account, simply type your account email in the following field at the institution home page. A Donate button will then appear in your Muzeus Institution information page. 13 | P a g e How to add videos You can add videos and Youtube linked videos to your tours. The videos can appear at the following places in the app: An Item Main Media An Item Related Media A Tour Detail (Video upload or Youtube) (Video upload or Youtube) (Video upload only, no Youtube) NOTE: Youtube videos will not appear in Muzeus app when internet connection is not available. Format supported: mpeg, mp4, m4v, wmv, flv, mov (We don’t support .avi) To add videos in Muzeus Tour Builder, you can simply copy and paste a Youtube video URL or upload your video: UPLOAD A VIDEO Drag and drop your video file in the Media drop zone 14 | P a g e Then wait for the video to upload and process (It can take several minutes depending on the size of your file) Once done, a video screen shot will appear in the media zone. YOUTUBE LINK Go to you video Youtube page and copy the URL. NOTE: Do not copy the “Share this video” URL, but the browser URL only. 15 | P a g e Then paste the URL in the “Youtube Video URL field” NOTE: If a Youtube Video URL is present AND a video in the Media Zone, the Youtube video link will override the uploaded video. 16 | P a g e How to Create Your Tours 1. Fill Out Your Institution Information Once logged in, you arrive at your Institution home page.