Tutorials

Second Life has great potential in its application for education. When you first log into the environment you are immediately taken to a vast digital content full of information and experience, and yet there is further to explore. It may seem daunting at first, but by taking the time to develop your skills will help you get the most out of your SL experience. The Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology would like to help your transition to the environment be as smooth as possible. This site is here to provide you with tutorials from the most basic level to advanced. We will continue to add more tutorials to this site, please visit often.

Live Sessions

The Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology will be offering regular training sessions to our students, faculty and staff.

Location: ASB 2.146
Day: Thursdays
Time: 12(noon) to 1:00pm

Video Tutorials

Click on the links below to view some video tutorials.

Getting Started:

• Creating an Account in Second Life
• Navigating
• Communicating
• Searching
• Teleporting
• Changing your profile Information

Basics:

• Creating Groups
• Creating Notecards
• Creating Landmarks

Teaching/Presenting:

• Creating a Powerpoint Slide

  If you would like us to develop a new tutorial, email your requests to secondlife@utpa.edu.