Copies of the posters you will find on Infolit iSchool

November 11 2009

Sheila Webber, November 2009

Communication

Chat

• You use Chat to communicate with avatars who are nearby• Anyone who is nearby sees your chat message on their screen• You type in your message in the Chat box at the bottom of the screen• If you can’t see a box, click on the icon, bottom left of your screen• Your chat only reaches so far – you can be heard further away if you click on SHOUT

Voice

• Some people are using voice communication• We will be using Chat rather than voice most of the time• There is a toggle for Voice on the bottom right of your screen • If we use Voice Sheila will give you a notecard explaining it

Instant Messaging in Second LifeYou can send an IM to another Second Life resident whether or not they are online• If they are online it will delivered at once whereever they are in SL • If they are offline it will be delivered when they next log in. They may also get an email telling them they got an IM

You can search for someone’s Profile: Click Search, select the People tab and type in the name. When you get the Profile, Click on Instant Message

Buying items and opening boxes

How to use “buy” in SLVery often you will obtain items by “buying” them. This

is because (as giver) one of the easiest ways of letting anyone take your object is to let them use the “buy” function. Therefore you will sometimes use this function to buy things which are free

Step 1Right click on the object or sales poster

Step 2Select buy from the options that pop up in the black circle

Step 3A window opens. It shows you what it is that you will be given.

It will say how much you will pay. If it says L$0 that means it is free.Click Buy to buy it

This costs one Linden dollar – L$1

This is free –L$0

Step 4You will have a message pop up in the right of the screen. Make sure you click Yes or OK (the messages vary) if you are asked to confirm youwant the item

Step 5 The item appears in you inventory – either in the Objects folder or in a folder of its own. If it isin its own folder, that’s it.

Step 7You can only open boxes where you can Build (Build button will be active at the bottom of the screen) Drag the object to the ground, right click on it and click on Open

Step 8You get a display like the one here.Click on Copy to inventory and it should appear in a folder. If it asksyou anything, click Yes/OK

Step 6 If it appears in Objects, it may be in fact several objects packed in a box, which you have to open.

Sitting• You usually sit on things by right clicking on the object and selecting sit here (i.e. left clickon “sit here”). Your avatar then sits down. • There is a straightforward sitting pose (as in the chair below) or you might get a different sitting pose (e.g. as for the stool)

Sitting, lying down etc.• In some cases there will be pose ball(s) floating above the seat. In that case try to right click on the pose ball. • The text may say “sit here” or something else e.g. “Relax” or“Sunbathe” or “Slumber”

pose ball

Moving

Walking & flying

• To walk use the arrow keys (left, right, back, forward)

• To start to fly up press Fly, at the bottom left of the screen, or press Page up

• Press Page up to fly• Press Page down to fly down

In each case keep the key pressed down if you want to move

Landmarks• If you want to return somewhere,

you can create a landmark so you can teleport back

• Click Worldand Create landmark here

• The landmarkwill be stored inthe Landmarksfolder in yourinventory

• You can rename the landmark if you want

• You teleport to the landmark from your inventory by right clicking and selecting teleport

• You can also access your landmarks via the Map (My Landmarks)

Teleporting from objects

• Sometimes people have created links from objects e.g. posters that allow you to teleport somewhere

• An example is the map at Regent Plaza which has boards enabling you to teleport to different places on the island

• You usually right click on the object and select teleport

• With the Regent Plaza maps you need to wait a few seconds and may need to click your arrow keys to “arrive”

• Sometimes the instructions will be different – just follow whatever instructions

Offering teleport

• You can offer to teleport someone else to where you are

• Click the Search button, then search for the person’s name (use either the all search tab or the people search tab)

• Click Offer teleport

Using the map• Everything in Second Life has unique

coordinates• This consists of the region or island

(e.g. Infolit iSchool) plus the x, y and z coordinates

• If you know coordinates you want to go to, you can use the Map to teleport there

1. Click Map(bottom of screen)

2. Type in region name and click search

3. When region appears, put in the other coordinates and click teleport

Inventory and

Time of day

Inventory

• Everything you own ends up in your inventory

• It has folders e.g. for Objects, Landmarks

• When you buy things or are given things, they go to folders in My inventory

• Library has items you start with

• Wearable items: Right click and select WEAR

• Other items: Left click, keep it pressed, drag it onto the ground

Changing day/night

• Second Life cycles through day and night

• You can change the light to a different time of day

1. Select World (top of screen)2. Select Environment

settings3. Choose the time of day

Wearing clothes, skin, hair, shapes, eyes etc.

Wearing clothes• “Clothes” include hair, eyes and

skin• To wear clothes1. Find the item in your inventory2. Right click on it3. Select Wear4. The item should now be

highlighted and say worn