Getting students through the start of their Second Life experience is often the most difficult part of teaching in this virtual world. This slide show should free up time to move on to key learning objectives.

1. The 3 Minute Escape
Rapid Exit from
Second Life’s Orientation
& Help Islands

2. Step 0. You have:
Second Life avatar account
Viewer installed
Never Logged in

3. 1. Choose from menu
View / Movement Controls

4. 2. Press Fly

5. 3. Press dashed arrow up,
make your altitude 45m

6. 4. Turn to face left - aim at
the light yellow dome

7. 5. Push the solid up arrow
until you pass the yellow dome

8. 6. Push the
dashed down arrow
to land on the ground

9. 7. Left-click the green sign
quot;Help Island. The official place...quot;

10. 8. For quot;An object named...”
press Keep

11. 9. For quot;Landmark: Help
Island...quot; press Teleport

12. 10. Make sure top bar
reads quot;Help Island…quot;

13. 11. Press Map at bottom right

14. 12. Type quot;SJSU SLIS”
Search then Teleport

15. 13. Choose from menu
World / Set Home to Here

16. “SJSU SLIS” island. San José State University School of Library & Information Science. slisweb.sjsu.edu/sl