stc 2008 june 19, 2008

STC 2008June 19, 2008

Who are We?• Terry Keys “Crash Thibaud”

o Director of Instructional Technologies, MCC

• Larry Dugan “Marcius Dowding” o Director of Online Learning,

FLCC

What is Second Life?

What is Second Life?• Virtual World• Avatars• Client/Server• Linden Dollars• Owning "Land"• Linden Scripting Language

Implementing Second Life• Recommended system requirements• Recommended firewall settings• Classroom installations• User account management• Portable installation option• General SL technical support

Recommended System Requirements

Recommended System Requirements

Recommended System Requirements

Disclaimers…

Recommended Firewall Settings

Classroom Installations• Client required

• QuickTime required• “Frequent” but “Optional” updates• How “locked” are your classroom computers

o Different models of network management require different solutions.

o SL Administrator responsibilities • Network configurations and bandwidth loads.

User Accounts Management• Creation• Creation limitations• Account management• Anonymity• Code of Conduct• BTW – flag on to “Remember Password”

Other Installation Options• Running Second Life on a Flash Drive

o http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/gaming/SLOnAFlashDriveo https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/educators/2007-

January/005630.html

General SL Technical Support

• http://secondlife.com/support/

• http://slost.net/2007/12/23/sl-performance-graphics-tweaks/#more-8