Session Outline:
In this session we'll get up to speed on some of the basic skills you'll need to start exploring all that SL has to offer. We will learn how to:
- set preferences
- create a profile
- modify your avatar's appearance
- control the camera
- move around in SL (walk, fly, and teleport)
- chat and im
- add a friend
- use the inventory
- "buy" things
- take pictures
- set landmarks
- make & use notecards
Session Resources:
FILE | EDIT | VIEW | WORLD | TOOLS | HELP | DEBUG [Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D]
Keyboard Shortcut Keys
SLurl Example
http://slurl.com/secondlife/REGION-NAME/COORDINATE/COORDINATE/COORDINATE/
Russian Red Square - Moscow Isl, Moscow Island (73, 193, 21) becomes
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moscow Island/73/193/21/
Video Tutorials
Filling in your profile
Create and send a notecard
A Second Life metaphor...
EduMuve.com's Quick-Start Tour Guide for Educators (http://edumuve.com/tour/)
- This site contains an organized overview of SL places of interest to educators. Towards the middle of the alphabetized list, there are links of interest to teachers of ESL and languages other than English.
Educause Learning Initiative Focus Group on Immersive Environments in Learning (http://www.educause.edu/Proceedings/12440)
- Proceedings, including suggested reading, podcasts, videos, and examples of immersive environments used in education.
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