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    how to create class in the second life

    in Second Life Education and Nonprofits

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    12 hours ago, Lindal Kidd said:

    Fatmagurci,

    1.  Your students must be at least 16 years old to use Second Life.  There are ways that kids who are as young as 13 may use SL, but they must do so under active adult supervision and on a "walled off" region sponsored by a legitimate school or youth organization.  If your class is too young for SL, there are other virtual worlds you can try, or you can make your own with open source software called "OpenSim"  This software can be placed on a USB memory stick, creating what is known as "Sim On A Stick" or SoaS.

    2.  You will need a classroom.  You may be able to borrow or rent an existing one.  For example, see the very nice classroom at GQ Start.  If that would meet your needs, contact the owner, Kelley Griffith, and ask about its use.  If you will be using your classroom for a relatively long time (a semester or a year) you may want to get a Premium membership for $9.50 per month.  Then you could buy a mainland parcel of up to 1024 sq. meters and build your own classroom, or buy an appropriate design from the Marketplace.

    3.  You should have some sort of presentation display.  Many such displays are available; search the Marketplace for "slide show" or "presenter".  You can create slides as .jpg or .png textures and upload them to SL, then put them into your display.

    4.  If you plan to teach using text instead of voice, you may want to have some way of "speaking" prepared lecture text.  This will save your having to type the entire presentation in real time.  I use a device called "HUD Notecard Reader" by Etaoin Barcelona.  You should be able to find it, or a similar device, on the Marketplace.

    5.  Before launching into your actual class, you will need to walk the students through the process of signing up for an SL account, creating an avatar, signing in for the first time, and then learning the basics...how to move, how to search, how to teleport, how to communicate by chat and IM, how to accept and use inventory items.  Sending them through a basic tutorial like the ones offered at Caledon Oxbridge University or New Resident Island is a good way for them to spend their first several hours in SL.

    6.  If your students are all in the same physical location and on the same network (for example, on your school's LAN), be sure to coordinate with your IT department.  Many public places don't allow "games" through their networks.  Besides local policies, you will want to run a test to see if your local network can handle the load of running multiple instances of SL on XX number of computers.

    This all is going to take a lot of preparation and learning on YOUR part, before you have enough knowledge about SL so that you can help your students get started in SL, and also to create your actual lessons and materials for your classes.

    Can I ask something in these instructions ?I am new in SL and  I have created a classroom with firestorm for educational purposes, and I want to create slides about presentations !!! Do I need to pay for it ? In the marketplace ? Or can I create slides as you say and upload them in the firestorm ? 

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    Hello !! I want to develop a virtual classroom  for a project. If i buy a land will i be able to create and develop the classroom ? and when i stop paying for the land what will happen to my work ?

    Thank you

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