ISTE Presentation - Second Life Viewer 2.0: Exciting Upgrade for Educators! - Fleep Tuque - March 2010

Second Life Viewer 2.0: Exciting Upgrade for Educators! Chris Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque) University of Cincinnati & Ohio Learning Network http://fleeptuque.com [email_address]

Introduction
University of Cincinnati began SL project in 2006
4 region campus , classes + grant funded projects
~ 200 new students per quarter
2 Full time staff , 3-5 student staff
Second Life Ambassador , Ohio Learning Network

Discussion!
Run Viewer 2.0 to view content
Brief intro but not a complete how-to on Viewer 2.0
Use backchat for discussion and questions
Don’t be shy! Hope for a conversation!

Viewer 2.0 (BETA!)
Target Audience: Newbies
Beta! Still buggy, room for improvement, JIRA
Transition Period most difficult for experienced users
Mandatory by summer , plan to upgrade orientation areas, tutorials, and new user welcome info.

Navigation Bar – Context for Newbies!
Familiar browser interface
Clear location, favorites
Forward and back and favorites
Simple search
Good for n00bs! Experienced Users
Location right-click for options
Replaces LM HUDs
New Menus, items moved
Land Info Obscured 

Bottom Bar – Simple for Newbies!
Fewer buttons
Local chat & IM separate
Preset camera positions
Voice/Speak turns green
Fewer buttons  learn shortcuts
Twitter-like chat turn off in Me
IMs on right Me menu for tabs
Notices less obvious 

Side Bar – Help for Newbies!
Home tab has orientation info
Icons are intuitive
Simplifies easy open/close
Clothing simpler! 
Home tab limited usefulness 
Inventory still messy 
No free floating windows 
Clothing simpler! 

Closer Look – Top Bar
Land options a bit buried.. in sidebar
Media controls confusing!!!
Hover, don’t click, for options

Closer Look – Me Menu
Chat tab
Enable plain text chat history to remove Twitter-like chat
Show IMs in Tabs – return to tabbed Ims (requires restart)

Closer Look – Me Menu
Change default camera angle & distance
Also set Voice hotkey and other options

Closer Look – Me Menu Er, where do I upload files? (!?!)

Closer Look – Me Menu Buried in Inventory sidebar.. .. Use CTRL+U keyboard shortcut!

Closer Look – Bug Alerts
Inventory glitches while searching
Can’t change object perms while in full screen view, resize window
“ System Folders to Top” and “Sort by Date” come back every session.

Closer Look – Home Tab
Great for new users
Not much for experienced users
Print keyboard shortcuts from QuickStart Guide!!

Closer Look – Identity Tab
No notes for self
1 st & 2 nd Life profile combined
Add new picks from tiny little
plus sign (+) at bottom left

Closer Look – People Tab
Too many changes to cover
Remember to look for Gears and plus (+) icon to make changes
New tabs “Nearby” & “Recent”

Closer Look – Places Tab
Landmarks in their own tab
New Teleport History tab
Drag landmarks to your favorites bar for frequently visited locations
Can only drag LANDMARKS to favorites bar, not from Teleport History pane..

Closer Look – Clothes Tab
Clothing in its own tab
Easy to make new outfits
Worn items in separate tab
Two new clothing layers
New Tattoo & Alpha layers

Pie Menu – It was nice knowing ya..

Advanced & Develop Menus CTRL+SHIFT+D for Advanced Menu

Shared Media – HTML-on-a-Prim (at last!) Select a face, media options added on Texture tab CTRL+B to open Build menu

Remember – 95% of old “stuff” is still there! It just moved!
Don’t panic!
Remember it’s good for our students!

Second Life Viewer 2.0: Exciting Upgrade for Educators! Chris Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque) University of Cincinnati & Ohio Learning Network http://fleeptuque.com [email_address]

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