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Second Life Virtual World Training
You're not going to find this kind of education in a book! This is a hands-on, highly illustrative and interactive seminar that is being used as the syllabus for an up and coming for-credit college course. We offer two and one day seminars that cover everything from getting started to advanced construction and texturing techniques. Save 300+ hours of stumbling around, asking questions, searching in-world and on the Internet for answers!
Two Day Seminar
$2,000.00 speaker fee plus travel related expenses.
Two 6 Hour Sessions
Instructor Available After Seminar
Fast Track One Day Seminar
$1,250 speaker fee plus travel related expenses.
One 6 Hour Session
Instructor May Be Available After Seminar
Seminar Materials
Each participant will receive a three ring binder covering the basics of each day's topics, tips & tricks, references to in-world locations of interest as well as a CD-ROM full of textures and scripts.
Continuing Education and Assistance
Any organization that hosts a two day event will receive up to 4 hours of free phone, email, and in-world assistance at no additional charge for the 90 days following the seminar. Additional assistance is available at $75.00 for the first hour and $50.00 per additional hour, billed in quarter-hour increments. Organization hosts are also welcome to have our staff on retainer for only $200 per 5 hours of assistance per month. Please contact us for details and terms.
Instructor
Allan Sturm has been teaching 3D animation to the Digital Arts students of Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona for the last three years. Second Life was a natural extension of his extensive skill set and knowledge in 3D design and his 12 years professional work in the graphic design and communication arts industry.
Host Requirements
Adequate facilities with room for instructor's projector or use of existing projection system, high-speed Internet access, firewall access to SecondLife.com, and desktop or laptop computers that meet or exceed the minimum system requirements for the current Second Life client software.
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Second Life Training Seminar Syllabus
Below is the syllabus for our two day, on-site Second Life Training Seminar. The same topics are covered in less detail for the Fast Track one day seminar.
Each participant will receive a three ring binder covering the basics of each day's topics, tips & tricks, references to in-world locations of interest as well as a CD-ROM full of textures and scripts.
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Seminar Day 1
Virtual Worlds Overview
- Pros and Cons of Existing Major Virtual Reality Systems
- VRLEs (Virtual Reality Learning Environments)
- Why Second Life Outperforms Other Systems
- Offering Design Services in Second Life
Introduction to Second Life
- How to set up a free/paid membership
- Orientation Island
- Accessing and Updating Account Information
- Ins and outs of Orientation Island
- Navigation & Teleportation
- Effective Search Methods
- Private Land & Public Sandboxes
- Creating Client Avatars
- Built-in Commerce System
- LindeX Trade Exchange/Credit Cards/PayPal
- Land Cost, Don't Get Scammed
- Region or Island Purchase System
- Text Chat System
- Voice System (USB Headsets $20-$80, student provided so they can take with)
- Updating SL Viewers
- Use of SL Viewer, SL First Look Viewer, and SL Beta Grid Viewer
- Second Life as the Defining Platform of Future Virtual Worlds
In-World Profile Personalization
- Effectively Marketing and Branding Yourself
- Concerns and conditions of Anonymity
Group System
- Creation of Groups
- Members and Roles
- Role Permssions
- Group Notification
- Group Chat
- Group Voice Chat
Built Environment - Foundation
- Concept Development & Planning
- Designing and Constructing Effective Spaces using:
< textbook >
* Primary Elements
* Form
* Form & Space
* Organization
* Circulation
* Proportion & Scale
* Principles
Basic Prim Creation & Manipulation
- Prim ("Primitives") Overview
- Prim Limitations
- Prim Object Manipulation
Advanced Prim Creation & Manipulation
- Linking & Object/Link Group Storage
- Prim Permissions, Private and Group
- Transfer of Permissions - Methods and Pitfalls
- Flexiprims (Flexible Prims)
- Use of Mega-Prims, Pros and Cons
- How to acquire Mega-prims
- Limitations of Available Prims on Property
Texturing Prims
- Photoshop Tricks
- Powers of Two (Uploading proper sizes)
- Using ImageSynth Photoshop Plugin for Seamless Textures
http://www.luxology.com/whatismodo/imageSynth.aspx ($99)
- Texture Projection
- Tiling Textures and Offsets
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Seminar Day 2
Multimedia
- Object Sound Effects
- Land Audio/Music Track
- Land Video Track
Built Environment - Application
- Determining Needs vs. Desires
- Avoiding the Trap of On-the-fly Designing
- Timelines and Schedules
- Dealing with Main Grid Downtime
- Collaborative Design & Build
Digital Rights Management
- Private Ownership
- Group Ownership
- Transfer of Ownership
- Copy, Mod, Resell Permissions
- Selling Objects ($0 and up)
Avatar Clothing Design
- Overview of Clothing for Avatars
- Prim Hair vs. Standard Hair
- Photoshop Templates for Clothing Designs
- Flexi-prim Clothing
Basic LSL Scripting
- Basic Script Creation
- Editing Scripts
- Compiling Scripts
- Standalone Scripts
- Interactive Scripts
- Avatar Scripts
- Sim Stress of Scripts
- Resources and Public Domain
- Getting Help with LSL Script
Class Structure
* A blend of all topics above as we progress towards being master designers.
Class Projects
* Every class to have introduction, instructor demonstration
* Large portion of class to have hands-on training/lab time
* Mid-Semester Project for Grade
* End-of-Semester Project for Grade
* 'Brownie Points' for Students that Assist Classmates
* Homework will mostly be reading required textbook (thinking like a designer of 3D spaces)
Included Materials
- Three ring binder covering the basics of each day's topics with room for notes and design concepts.
- CD of textures and scripts with tips & tricks.
Required Text
"Architecture - Form, Space, and Order"
(Fancis D.K. King) ISBN 0471752169 ($36.00)
** Chapter Overview: Primary Elements, Form, Form & Space,
Organization, Circulation, Proportion & Scale, Principles
** Basically a big picture book perfect for designers of virtual worlds
< see attached book cover >
- Note: Second Life for Dummies slated for Winter 2007 (Probably just an overview) |
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