Education Institute: Second Life Orientation: Set up your avatar and start exploring - Jocelyn Phillips
Have you been thinking about exploring Second Life but weren’t sure how to get started? Or did you set up an account some time ago and haven’t had time to learn the basics. The purpose of this session is to provide an orientation to the essential elements of creating and customizing your own avatar, walking, flying, navigating within the grid and searching for friends, groups, events and sites. The learning curve feels a bit steep at first. This session will make it less so.
Who Should Participate:
- Anyone considering creating a Second Life account but wasn’t sure how
- Anyone who has an account and would like a refresher of the basics
- Anyone curious about Second Life
The Key Benefits For Participants:
- Participants will receive step-by-step instructions which they can use to set up an account handout prior to, or after the session. The choice is yours.
- Participants will understand how to customize their avatar, clothing, walk, fly and navigate
- Participants will receive a list of landmarks from which they can acquire professional clothing for free or purchase as well as beautiful sites to explore
Key Topics to be Explored:
- Orientation to creating and modifying an avatar
- Navigation and Exploration of Second Life
- Virtual Worlds