These are copies of posters on Infolit iSchool, for the librarians' Second Life orientation on 12 November 2009

1. Copies of the posters you
will find on Infolit iSchool
November 11 2009
Sheila Webber, November 2009

2. Communication

3. Chat
• You use Chat to communicate with avatars
who are nearby
• Anyone who is nearby sees your chat
message on their screen
• You type in your message in the Chat box at
the bottom of the screen
• If you can’t see a box, click on the
icon, bottom left of your screen
• Your chat only reaches so far – you can be
heard further away if you click on SHOUT
Voice
• Some people are using voice communication
• We will be using Chat rather than voice most
of the time
• There is a toggle for Voice on the bottom
right of your screen
• If we use Voice Sheila will give you a
notecard explaining it

4. Instant Messaging in Second Life
You can send an IM to another Second Life resident
whether or not they are online
• If they are online it will delivered at once whereever they are
in SL
• If they are offline it will be delivered when they next log in.
They may also get an email telling them they got an IM
You can search for someone’s Profile: Click Search, select
the People tab and type in the name. When you get the
Profile, Click on Instant Message

5. Buying items and opening
boxes

6. How to use “buy” in SL
Very often you will obtain items by “buying” them. This
is because (as giver) one of the easiest ways of letting
anyone take your object is to let them use the “buy”
function. Therefore you will sometimes use this
function to buy things which are free
Step 1
Right click on the object
or sales poster
Step 2
Select buy from
the options that
pop up in the black circle
Step 3
A window opens. It shows you
what it is that you will be given.
It will say how much you will pay.
If it says L$0 that means it is free.
Click Buy to buy it
This is free –
L$0
This costs
one Linden
dollar – L$1

7. Step 4
You will have a message pop up in the
right of the screen. Make sure you click
Yes or OK (the messages vary)
if you are asked to confirm you
want the item
Step 5
The item appears in you
inventory – either in the
Objects folder or in
a folder of its own. If it is
in its own folder, that’s it.
Step 6
If it appears in Objects, it may be in fact several objects packed
in a box, which you have to open.
Step 7
You can only open boxes where
you can Build (Build button will
be active at the bottom of the
screen) Drag the object to the
ground, right click on it and click
on Open
Step 8
You get a display like the one here.
Click on Copy to inventory and it
should appear in a folder. If it asks
you anything, click Yes/OK

8. Sitting
• You usually sit on things by right clicking on
the object and selecting sit here (i.e. left click
on “sit here”). Your avatar then sits down.
• There is a straightforward sitting pose (as in
the chair below) or you might get a different
sitting pose (e.g. as for the stool)

9. Sitting, lying down etc.
• In some cases there will be pose
ball(s) floating above the seat. In that
case try to right click on the pose ball.
• The text may say “sit here” or
something else e.g. “Relax” or
“Sunbathe” or “Slumber”
pose ball

10. Moving

11. Walking & flying
• To walk use the arrow keys
(left, right, back, forward)
• To start to fly up press Fly, at
the bottom left of the screen,
or press Page up
• Press Page up to fly
• Press Page down to fly down
In each case keep the key
pressed down if you want to
move

12. Landmarks
• If you want to return somewhere,
you can create a landmark so you
can teleport back
• Click World
and Create
landmark here
• The landmark
will be stored in
the Landmarks
folder in your
inventory
• You can rename the landmark if
you want
• You teleport to the landmark from
your inventory by right clicking and
selecting teleport
• You can also access your landmarks
via the Map (My Landmarks)

13. Teleporting from objects
• Sometimes people have
created links from objects e.g.
posters that allow you to
teleport somewhere
• An example is the map at
Regent Plaza which has boards
enabling you to teleport to
different places on the island
• You usually right click on the
object and select teleport
• With the Regent Plaza maps you
need to wait a few seconds and
may need to click your arrow
keys to “arrive”
• Sometimes the instructions will
be different – just follow
whatever instructions

14. Offering teleport
• You can offer to teleport
someone else to where you are
• Click the Search button, then
search for the person’s name
(use either the all search tab
or the people search tab)
• Click Offer teleport

15. Using the map
• Everything in Second Life has unique
coordinates
• This consists of the region or island
(e.g. Infolit iSchool) plus the x, y and z
coordinates
• If you know coordinates you want to go
to, you can use the Map to teleport
there
1. Click Map
(bottom of screen)
2. Type in region
name and
click search
3. When region
appears, put in
the other
coordinates
and click teleport

16. Inventory
and
Time of day

17. Inventory
• Everything you own ends up in
your inventory
• It has folders e.g. for Objects,
Landmarks
• When you buy things or are
given things, they go to folders
in My inventory
• Library has items you start
with
• Wearable items: Right click
and select WEAR
• Other items: Left click, keep it
pressed, drag it onto the
ground

18. Changing day/night
• Second Life cycles through
day and night
• You can change the light to a
different time of day
1. Select World (top of screen)
2. Select Environment
settings
3. Choose the time of day

19. Wearing clothes, skin, hair,
shapes, eyes etc.

20. Wearing clothes
• “Clothes” include hair, eyes and
skin
• To wear clothes
1. Find the item in your inventory
2. Right click on it
3. Select Wear
4. The item should now be
highlighted and say worn