Learn and perform basic functionality within Second Life
Top 20 Educational Locations in Second Life – List includes the categories virtual campuses, science and health, places to learn about education in SL, and places to learn SL skills.
Second Life How To – An Unofficial Step By Step Guide to Content Creation in Second Life
Second Life Resources – Collection of useful Second Life resources, Building, Scripting, Textures, Particles, Clothing and Avatars, Beginners Resources, In-World Tools, Second Life and Education
Video Tutorials
SL Tutorials
- How to create an Interactive Sign (mov)
- How to embed Texture onto an object (mov)
- How to embed a Notecard onto an object (mov)
- How to Link and object to a webpage (mov) (Script)
- How to create Links within a Notecard (mov)
- How to create a Dropbox (mov) (Script)
- How to create a Teleport link (mov) (Script)
- Script for creating Floating Text
In-World Tutorials
From Second Life in Education wiki (http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses)
The self-paced tutorials below are Second Life specific, but they show how self-paced tutorials can be set up for other subject areas as well.
Orientation Island Public: Orientation Island (SLurl) offers self-paced tutorials on the basics of Second Life, such as how to move around, how to change you appearance and how to communicate.
The Ivory Tower Library of Primitives Building Tutorials: The Ivory Tower (SLurl) provides in-world, self-guided, self-paced, visual tutorials of the Second Life building tools. Second Life residents are able to work through this detailed virtual tutorial at their own pace, developing the skills they need when they need them. It is a great spot to get a crash course in building or to brush up on building skills.
Texture Tutorials by Robin (Sojourner) Wood: Robin (Sojourner) Wood’s comprehensive, self-paced, in-world Texture Tutorials (SLurl) teach how to texture objects and avatars in Second Life.
Clive Pro’s LSL Scripting Tutorial: Linden Scripting Language (LSL) is the programming language used to control the behavior of objects in Second Life. Clive Pro of Bromley College, UK, has created an interactive, self-directed scripting tutorial (SLurl) that not only teaches LSL, but introduces learners to some of the concepts of programming.
The Particle Laboratory: Second Life’s particle system enables residents to create burning fires, glistening waterfalls, vapor trails on jet fighters, tracers on bullets, explosions, fireworks, billowing smoke, rainbows, the occasional macabre spurt of blood and much more. The Particle Laboratory (SLurl) provides in-depth explanations, tips, and suggestions on how to create particles, and a demonstration for all particle control settings.
Academy of Second Learning: (SLurl) Come to school for education: workshops, help sessions, free classes in a university setting to set your creativity loose in SL.
Interactive Linden Script Tutorial (SLurl) A free interactive in-world tutorial to help you learn Linden Script. Developed by Clive Pro of Bromley College.
