Getting Started!
1. Join the Second Life memebership
Download
Instructions
Go to www.secondlife.com. Click on the large button that says “Free Membership, Join Now.” You
will be directed to a screen where you choose your avatar’s name (you will have to select from a list
of last names. Follow the steps to create your account and password.
2. Download the Second Life Application
After you have created your account, you will be prompted to download the program. To download the Second Life application, please click here. It is free!!
3. Create an avitar
When you first run the program from your computer, you will be prompted to enter your avitar's
name (NOT your real-life name) and your password. Your avitar's name was setup when you joined the Second Life membership.
4. Orientation Island
Orientation Island on Second Life
After login to Second Life, you will be at the opening to “Orientation
Island.” It’s a really good idea to go through the Orientation Island guide. The guide is simple and
appears automatically on the left hand side of your screen.
There are four areas on the island to visit and develop
the skills needed in SecondLife:
- Move - basic movement skills and allows you to practice not
bumping into things. You will
also learn how to drive a
vehicle and to fly.
- Appearance - change your appearance and buy clothes.
- Search - gives you practice using the search function in
- Second Life -- very important if you want to find out about people, places and events.
- Communicate - practice the all-important skill of chatting.
While it may be tempting to skip this stuff entirely, but going
through Orientation Island will greatly accelerate your participation on the main
land. If you simply must get onto the main land immediately then there is a sign
on Orientation Island right where you first came on. If you click on this sign it
will let you go to the main land to an area called Help Island. Here you can pick
up all sorts of free goodies --- from shoes to houses.
5. Join the ClevelandPlus Group
Second Life Search Feature: Search Groups
Once you have gone through Orientation Island, come to the
ClevelandPlus sim. To do this, join the Group called ClevelandPlus by
going to the Edit menu and choosing Groups. The Group dialog box opens. To join ClevelandPlus you need to click on the blue search button. The search dialog box
appears and you type in ClevelandPlus (one word) then click Search. Click on ClevelandPlus and its
information box opens. Now you should be able to join the group. The memebership is free!
6. Visiting the Case Campus on Second Life
Once you have been joined to the
'ClevelandPlus" group, click on the Map button at the
bottom of the screen. When the Map
dialog box opens just type in
ClevelandPlus in the Group section and
click search. Choose the sim called
ClevelandPlus (without any Roman
numerals). From here you can teleport
to the ClevelandPlus sim. Once you
are there it would be best to create a
landmark that will become part of your
inventory.
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