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Second Life: Tour

On this page we will post important information for the tour we are preparing for Second Life. Tentative time for the tour: week 4 or 5

Second Life: Tour
Immediate Steps
Tutorial videos
Education in SL
A Xmas party in SL

Immediate Steps

I have created a table in the YG database section for those interested in visiting Second Life. This is what you need to do if you want to be in the SL tour:

First of all, make sure your computer meets all the technical requirements:

http://secondlife.com/corporate/sysreqs.php (special attention should be paid to the graphic card). If your system does not meet the requirements, you won´t be able to get to SL, or you will be frustrated if able to connect. I am making this clear to avoid frustrations ;-)

http://www.secondlife.com,

create your avatar

dowload the program

add yourself to the database in our YG

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/database

Take some time to go to the Orientation Island in SL, to get the basic skills (Orientation Island is the place you arrive once you create your avatar and connect to SL for the first time)

Tutorial videos

Selection of SL movies

intro to SL

1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=6b6WnMA3qgo

2 http://youtube.com/watch?v=AvsG45597cA

Moving and flying on orientation island http://youtube.com/watch?v=tciK_z-CxC4

How to leave orientation island http://youtube.com/watch?v=81hN5Cmu4K4

Using Camera controls http://youtube.com/watch?v=rZSFLsydEqI

How to change your appearance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbuMi5N97c

And another http://youtube.com/watch?v=VsS4IXI32_Y

How to start using voice - http://youtube.com/watch?v=p7Nunrc6KeM

How to start using voice - http://www.technogogy.org.uk/voice.html

Controlling voice http://www.technogogy.org.uk/activespeaker.html

Controlling active speakers window http://youtube.com/watch?v=mQbiOcD3lIA (unsuitable for learners unfortunately)

Turn off animation and typing sound http://youtube.com/watch?v=mQbiOcD3lIA

How to fill in your profile - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCgQRrdtgQc

How to use gestures - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WKo4G8aQBc

The first one shows you how to zoom in. This will help you read from the board more easily and also help you to hear the person speaking, by zooming in on their avatar.

http://www.technogogy.org.uk/zoom.html

This second one will help you to listen to the audio and video media files, by adjusting the volume levels and turning down the background / ambient sounds.

http://www.technogogy.org.uk/audio_level.html

This one shows how you can join in pairs or groups, so that you only hear the people you are working with.

http://www.technogogy.org.uk/IMcall.html

This one shows how you can change the volume of the other speakers or mute them. It also shows you how to order the list of active speakers so that they don't move around.

http://www.technogogy.org.uk/activespeaker.html

This one shows you how to create a notecard to take notes

http://www.technogogy.org.uk/takingnotes.html

This one shows how to copy notes from Second Life notecards into a Word document (if you want to keep copies of your notes outside of SL)

http://www.technogogy.org.uk/copyingnotes.html

This one shows you how to share and pass notecards to other avatars / students.

http://www.technogogy.org.uk/passing_notes.html