What is Second Life?

Signing On: When you sign on you do not have to include credit card information if you don't want to. Second Life is free if you don't want to spend $L for virtual goods or land.

Registration - When you start your account you will need to select a first name for your avatar. You will select you last name from a drop down list. Write down the exact spelling of your avatar and your password.

CAUTION – MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE BOX FOR REMEMBER PASSWORD ALWAYS UNCHECKED IF YOU ARE WORKING IN A LAB. CONNECT to Second Life.

First Login -Once you register and sign up for Second Life you will be automatically placed on to Orientation Island. HERE IS A LINK to the SL ORIENTATION ISLAND WIKI.
It will provide you with an excellent preview of what to expect on the initial SL Orientation Island in world tutorial.

The Orientation Island tutorial is a short experience [30-45 minutes] that will familiarize you with walking, changing your avatar's appearance, chatting, using your mouse to zoom in and move the camera left and right and up and down as well as using mouselook. You also use CTRL left mouse key to move, lift and place a ball on to a table. Once you complete the initial orientation you will be transported into a public area.

Second LIfe : Second LIfe application is already loaded onto lab computers. There should be a blue/green SL hand icon on your desktop. Double-click it to open Second Life. If it is not already loaded on to your computer you can download it here.

Here is a good First Sign On and Orientation Island video from the Technology Training Center at SUNY Scotland

If you want to practice the things you did on Orientation Island after you leave, you can click on the SEARCH button at the bottom of the screen and select the PLACES tab and type in “Orientation” and you will see “Orientation Public.” This is a public copy of Orientation Island . You can go there as many times as you like to practice.

ASSIGNMENT [for an actual class]

Submit your real name and your avatar name to the first Second Life assignment box. I will use this information to send you an invitation to joining the Second Life Fashion CAD group.