Tips and Tricks
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[edit] Useful Tips
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As you discover your way around NMC Campus, or Second Life in General, how about helping us write up some suggestions for new comers? This might include basic navigation skills, suggestions for ways to build things, how to use the features on different parts of the campus, or shortcuts for the Second Life Environment.
We will outline some possible areas, but feel free to register an account on this wiki, so you can access the editing tools.
[edit] For Beginners
- Introducing your RL Students to SL
- Unofficial Complete Fools Guide to Second Life
- Second Life Library Podcasts a series of "how-to" podcasts for beginners
- Adjusting to a New World a series of articles from SecondLife Insider
- Second Life Video Tutorials a how-to list collected by Torley Linden
- A Cheatsheet for Second Life keyboard shortcuts for the features of Second Life most useful to beginners
- 10 Things You Need to Know About Second Life (Newsweek)
- What every Second Life newbie should know - 10 secret tips that will boost your experience from the get-go from Not Possible IRL by Bettina Tizzy
[edit] Navigation Tips
- Adjusting to a New World - Moving around
- Pick Your Login Location a new preference allows you to choose where you land when entering SL
- SLurl Second Life URLs- generate web link to Sl locations
- Tip: SL Time Zones
[edit] Finding Stuff
[edit] Places to Go
- Educational Uses of Second Life SLEducation - annotated guide to numerous places
- Top 20 Educational Places in Second Life Simteach wiki
- Educational Organizations in Second Life
- Sites of interest to educators in Second Life
- Aggiornamento II "This blog will inform you on my experiences as an observant participator in Second Life. By producing first hand reports and pictures I hope to contribute to the knowledge of this world and its potential for learning and educating."
[edit] Troubleshoting
[edit] Getting Stuff
On a budget? Looking for Bargains?
- Sim Trekker Jayce Logon provides some places in world for LS newbies to find great "bargains"
[edit] Communication Skills
- Adjusting to a New World - Communicating by Chat
- Adjusting to a New World - Instant Messaging
- Getting the Most out of Groups (SimTeach wiki)
[edit] Dressing Up
How to make your avatar look less like someone fresh off the Welcome Island
- How to Dress Up Your Avatar - a Second Life Comic
- Robin Wood Second Life Tutorials - How To Create Your Own T-Shirt
- Ariane Brodie's Second Life Tips and Scripts
- Clothes making for beginners
- Adjusting to a New World - Clothing SecondLife Insider
[edit] Movies and Photos
How to create stunning photos or create "machinima" or movies
- How to Record SL Movies
- Basic Machinima Tutorial GridReview
- The Magic of Streaming Video: Part 1 - Electric Sheep Company
- Streaming Video To and From Second Life
- Second Life Live Video Stream Setup equipment and software we use at NMC
- Wirecast At Work a setup for streamning from Second Life all from one laptop
- Capture the Moment: Easy Guide to the new Snapshot Preview camera basics tips
- Advanced Snapshot Magic a video tutorial from Second Opinion
[edit] Presenting Things
When you are on stage, communicating to an audience
- Becoming an Effective Second Life Presenter (Jeff Barr, Amazom.com)
- Amazon Web Services Presentation In Second Life (Jeff Barr, Amazom.com)
- PowerPointing in Second Life? Think Different )NMC Campus Observer)
- Getting a PowerPoint Presentation into Second Life
- Global Kids Guide to Presenting in Teen Second Life
- Streaming Live video in SL
[edit] Organizing Events
- Best Practices for organizing SL Real World events (SimTeach)
- What are your most useful synchronous online facilitation practices? techniques used by TechSoup in SL
[edit] Building Things
How to get started creating objects, basic scripting, using textures, etc.
- How To - Texture Zones
- A GIMP Tutorial to create a window in a wall using Alpha Channels
- CTER video tutorials
- How to Create a Chair screencast video
- How to embed an image texture to an object screencast video
- How to embed a notecard to an object screencast video
- How to create links within a notecard screencast video
- How to create a dropbox screencast video
- How to create a teleport link screencast video
- Building a House in Second Life (YouTube video)
- Architecture in Second Life Machinima A video showing how Crescendo Design has been using Second Life as a professional tool in their real life practice.
- How to Make Sculpted Prims with Blender
- working with Textures
[edit] Scripting Things
- SimTeach Wiki collection of scripts
- Using Linden Scription Language (LSL)
- Ariane Brodie's Second Life Tips and Scripts
- How to Create an interactive sign screencast video
- How to link an object to a web site screencast video
- TUi and TUi NEO
[edit] Finding More Things
- See our latest howto links tagged at del.icio.us
- Secrets of Second Life
- dugz cool stuff
- Second Life Tutorials video how tos
- Second Life Education FAQ
- Ariane Brodie's Second Life Tips and Scripts
- ICT Library
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