a humorous look at getting started in a virtual world

It’s a Brave New World! A Humorous Look at Getting Started in a Virtual World

EngagingLearning

Great

Beginnings for

Educators &Students

FVWCDecember 2011

Dr. Cynthia Calongne, Colorado Technical University

Best seat in the house!

I was here first!

*pinch* Everyone is so friendly!

Navigation and interaction with objects is tricky!

Tip 1: Right click

on the cushion

before sitting

…not the step or you may

sit backwards

Wheredid I put

my hair?

Newcomers wear their boxes well

Tip 2: Unpack your loot:Items are often packed in a box.

Drag it to the ground, right click, “open” it

and “copy to inventory.”

Where did my hair go?

Lyr feels a draft

Lyr drug herhand over her

Avatar & accidentally

edited her hair

Tip 3:Right click the

hair, edit it and raise it up.

If detached, select Wear or

More and Wear

To keep in touch with Lyr

Give Card?Oops - Eject!?

Oh No!

Eject me, will you?

Tip 4: When right clicking on an avatar, choose wisely…

Lyr plots her revenge

Now whatwas her name?

Tip 5: Add a friend to

keep in contact, but

…ask first.

Tip 6: To avoid bouncing around,

sit down or create a box and sit on it

If your seat

is not physical, you cannot be moved

Report abuseimmediately

via the Help menu

When a griefer shoots at you…

Physics is not your friend!

Avatars come in all shapes, colors, species and sizes

Corwin and Lyr (l) Heidi and Stella (r)

Tip 8: Rename your shape so you can find it

Lyr is wearinga child’s shape

I’m shrinking!

Your shape changeswhen you weara smaller avatar

Tip 7:To save your look:

Create a folder& put the items

in it that youlike to wear.

Right click yourfolder & selectAdd to Outfit

or Wear

Tip 9: To land, use the PageDown Keyor Fly button!

The SciLands are such fun! ...hmm, whatdoes this do?

Avatars attach to objects...

Whoa! Flying high!

Tip 10: Left click to interact with an object and right click to sit

…must…try...everything!

Some objects do not do

anything when touched.

The Library& Clothing folders

hold startingoutfits

Tip 11: Highlight, copy

and paste the itemsfrom the Libraryinto a new folderin My Inventory

The initial outfits look great!

Avatar Grooming Tips

• Tip 12: Create a new folder for your normal look– Copy (or drag no copy items) into this folder– Lost worn items?

• Right click the folder name & select Add to Outfit

• Tip 13: Finding lost hair in your inventory– If from a new avatar’s look

• Look in your Library folder to find, copy it, paste it into a My Inventory folder

• Right click the name in the inventory and select wear -or- • Search the inventory for the hair’s name

Wright State MBA students in their first class in SL

I’m ready for action!

How do Ilook?

Get ready tocollaborate!

Warning: Chattering Objects

• Avatars wear personal items– Clothes, skin, shape & hair– Animation overrides (AOs)– Coffee cups, jet packs, etc.

• Some wear body parts – When touched, these items

may write to the chat log

– You don’t want your items getting a life without you

• Users touch everything– Invisible items can chatter– They can be intrusive– & may be recorded

• Tip 14:– Remove all personal

attachments for class

– Do not let your scripted objects embarrass you!

It’s great to meet with educators!

Lyr clicks on an invisible object that someone is wearing.

I wonder what this does?

Please click the chat box to give

permission to blog your comments

with no editing.

Hello!

An object worn byan avatar

moansin the local chat

Remove all chattering objects before meetings!

The chat log records & publishes

it on a blog.Wow!

This blog post is going

to be riveting!blushes

Moans… ...whimpers

Where’s mymagic 8-ball? Lives outside

the boxThinks

creatively

Who are thesepeople?

Educator avatars come in different shapes, sizes, races and species

How distinctiveand

delightful!

Tip 15: Check your lost and found folderLost items? No problem!

Hello! I’d recognize you

anywhere!Where did I

put my body?

They have great educational freebies at

the NMC Orientationisland!

Tip 16: Educational freebies are a great way to get started

NMC Educator Freebie CenterSoutheast corner of theNMC Orientation region

Jack and Jill in a box!Avatar gear &

animationsCool educator tools!

Tip 17: Freebies: try them before public use

Educational Outfits & Academic Regalia

Love thesefreebies!

It’s a Brave New World! A Humorous Look at

Getting Started in a Virtual World

For more information, contactCynthia Calongne

Lyr Lobo in SL

http://virtualworldholodecks.blogspot.com/http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobohttp://ctusoftware.blogspot.com

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