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Adding Layers to a Tour

3 min read Updated Jun 2026 15 steps

Add layers to your tour stops to create interactive experiences such as optional audio, quizzes, and surveys.

Types of Layers

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  • Additional audio — provide extra information (e.g., historical background) as an optional layer so visitors can choose to listen or skip ahead.
  • Quizzes — engage visitors with questions and score tracking. Effective for children’s tours or competitive elements.
  • Surveys — collect visitor data such as age range, travel distance, and preferences.

Add a Layer

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  1. Open your tour in the Tour Editor.

  1. Click the stop where you want to add a layer.

  2. Click Open clip view to see the clip timeline.

  1. Hover over the clip and click the + icon that appears.
  1. Observe the new clip that appears, connected to the previous clip with an “Auto play” label.

Configure Optional Audio

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  1. Click the Auto Play dropdown on the connection line and select a button option (e.g., “Up button”).

  2. Add guidance text in the first clip, such as “Press the up button to learn more about the painter’s life.”

Configure Quizzes and Surveys

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  1. Hover over the new clip and click the + icon to the right to add answer options.

  2. Repeat to add up to four options (left, up, right, and down buttons). The clips are automatically grouped together, shown by a grey outline.

  1. Add additional layers by clicking the + button below a clip or group and repeating the process.

Enable Scores for Quizzes

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  1. Click the settings icon on a quiz clip.

  2. Toggle on Enable scores and use the dropdown to assign a point value.

  1. Toggle off Enable scores for wrong-answer clips if you do not want to award points for incorrect responses.

  2. Enable Allow the visitor to replay the previous audio clip if you want visitors to retry a question. Note that visitors do not receive points if they answer incorrectly first and then correctly after a retry.

  3. Click Save to apply all layer changes.

Your layers are now active and will be available to visitors after you publish the tour.

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