Getting Oriented in Second Life
NOTE: These tutorials are based on the Official Second Life viewer. Download it here.
ALTERNATVE SECOND LIFE VIEWER: We also recommend the FIRESTORM viewer. Download it here. Instructions are here.
- Create your avatar (set up your Second Life account) Step-by-step instructions (or download the PDF)
- Training: First Steps in Using Second Life (PDF)
- First Steps in Orientation:
- Visit the best self-guided orientation in Second Life at Virtual Ability Island (Visit in Second Life now)
- Additional starting tutorials - customized for NURS 3632
- General Help:
- Essential Basics of Second Life (3 minute video tutorial)
- Second Life Quick Start Guide - all the basics in one place
- The Official Second Life Knowledge Base
- For Mac users:
- Troubleshooting:
- I can't login!
- "Login failed. DNS could not resolve the host name"
- "Relogging" - often a universal panacea
- Crashing - when you get kicked out of Second Life
- Graphics (e.g., everything is gray or black, the screen has big triangles over it, things look fuzzy)
- Everything is pink
- Avatar is a cloud
- Voice chat isn't working
- Firewall configuration
- Getting Oriented:
- Orientation Continued:
- Customizing your Avatar Look
- Part I - The Components
- Part II - Editing Appearance
- Part III - Clothing
- Finding Places to Go
- Meeting People
- Customizing your Avatar Look
- Getting Settled:
- Learning the Lingo - Second Life vocabulary
- Safe Travels in Second Life
- Organizing Inventory (Official Second Life Knowledge Base)
Visit in Second Life
Need an avatar? Help getting started
Nursing Education Events
Jan 16, 2013 Workshop: "Meaningful Use" more info
NBC 5 TV - "Learning in a Virtual World"
UTACON in SL grant and research activities
