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Idahonia University of Idaho’s Virtual Campus www.sl.uidaho.edu [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.

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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.    

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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.        

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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.      

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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