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Idahonia University of Idaho’s Virtual Campus www.sl .u idaho.edu ● u is [email protected]
Getting Started with Second Life
Go to www.secondlife.com and click on the orange “Join Now” button.
Please Read Each Page Carefully
Use information you can remember
Don’t share your password
Don’t use false information
The Second Life Viewer will download to your desktop. Double click on the “Second Life Installer” icon and follow the instructions to install the Viewer in your applications/programs folder. Once the Viewer is in the appropriate place, double click to launch the second life Viewer.
Once you click on “Join” follow the on screen instructions for creating your second life account. At the end of account creation it will download Second life onto your computer Important: you can change your avatars appearance in after you create it you are forced to stay with your first selection.
Idahonia University of Idaho’s Virtual Campus www.sl .u idaho.edu ● u is [email protected]
When the Second Life viewer opens, you will see the log in screen. You will need to enter your Username and password then click Log In Note for older accounts: Older accounts have first and last names if you are using an old account you will need to use both names with a space between them for your Username.
Congratulations! You are now in Second Life! You may see a light grey cloud while your avatar is loading. This is normal and will disappear once your avatar has fully loaded or rezzed in. You will see popups read them and then click “close”.
This is the fully loaded (rezzed) avatar. You will arrive on Help Island and will be able to learn some of the basic controls for moving your avatar and exploring Second Life. Start by reading the signs on the wall and following the instructions. After you complete the instructions follow the arrows on the ground to the next stations.
Idahonia University of Idaho’s Virtual Campus www.sl .u idaho.edu ● u is [email protected]
You have completed the instructions in the starting area Congrats. Now you need to teleport to University of Idaho’s Virtual campus called Idahonia.
At the top of your screen type in Idahonia and press enter
Congratulations and welcome to the University of Idaho’s Virtual campus called Idahonia.
Idahonia University of Idaho’s Virtual Campus www.sl .u idaho.edu ● u is [email protected]
Administration
Building Barn
Niccolls Building
Skydome Floating in Sky
Commons
Albertson’s Building
You are here
This is a map of all four islands that make up our virtual campus of Idahonia. The island names are in the lower left corner of each quadrant. We are adding new buildings and content often, so please feel free to explore.
Map of Idahonia
Nutrition Simulation
Financial Simulation
Getting Started
Area