Course Overview
The virtual world of Second Life offers opportunities for developers of online-interactive content to develop new skills and offer services for business or organizational users of the world. This course will introduce the Second Life interface and orient students to its social, practical and technical realities. Training in basic building (3D modelling) skills will be provided. The Linden Scripting Language (LSL) will not be taught in this class, but we will briefly look at how scripting is used to create interactive content by working ith pre-existing scripts. In-world field trips and discussions will contextualize the learning by looking at the possibilities for creativity, expression and communication. We will also discuss possible future directions for virtual worlds and their effective use in business, e-commerce, education and other applications.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
1.5
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Use the SL interface to move, communicate, get information, and interact with the virtual envornment and other users.
- Use a range of standard in-world tools to create content.
- Demonstrate basic building skills by completing one simple building project.
- Add interactivity to content developed by incorporating pre-existing scripts.
- Evaluate how buisnesses, organizations and educators are currently using SL.
- Analyze the potential and limitations of using SL as a platform.
- Identify resources for further study on content development in virtual worlds and their effective use in business, e-commerce and education.
Effective as of Fall 2008
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