SL+Orientation

=UC Second Life Orientation Area=

Project Lead: Josh Butler (SL: Axel Gedenspire)

**Overview**
The redesigned Second Life orientation area for the University of Cincinnati will be located in the southwest corner on the University of Cincinnati main island. The goal is to provide the fundamentals of interaction with the SL world to new SL residents. Students and faculty members who are taking or teaching courses in SL are the target audience and the orientation is geared towards people who are reasonably used to computers, but have not had any previous experience with SL.

**Requirements**
The orientation area needs to have several key areas:
 * 1) Welcome/starting area
 * 2) Introduction to movement
 * 3) Camera controls
 * 4) Chat and communication
 * 5) Interaction with objects
 * 6) Classroom interactions
 * 7) Introduction to flying
 * 8) Changing appearance
 * 9) Exit/final area

**Theme**
The theme chosen for the orientation area is historic Cincinnati. The first (basic) part of the orientation area is a steamboat stationary on the river near the campus start location. It features movement and interaction methods necessary for navigating in second life at a basic level. The second (advanced) part of the course is a group of building directly across the main campus path from the boat exit. The buildings and signs were selected to capture the look and feel of an historic town in the Midwest, although the only feature distinctly Cincinnatian is Fountain Square. Each building has a different focus as indicated in the welcome center at the beginning of the advanced section of the course.

**Content**
Orientation Notecards and Signs are in the team's Google Docs.

**Links**
Basic Orientation (Steamboat) SLurl: [] Advanced Orientation (Town Square) SLurl: []

**Current Build Status**
07/09/2010 - Updated quizer to included quit and next buttons. Found and corrected some linking and naming errors. Updated inventory with changed objects and scripts.

07/04/2010 - Installed quiz in Town Hall. Updated code to use link relationship to control textures rather than whispers. Continued checking for unlinked and wrongly named prims and objects. - 5 hrs



07/02/2010 - Linked all unlinked objects and buildings, took copies of final objects and buildings to be sure all were the latest versions. Renamed linked structures to match the file name standard for the orientation space. - 7 hrs

06/22/2010 - Created sign tops for sheriff's office. Updated scripts with timeouts, corrected building errors. - 6 hrs.

06/16/2010 - Finished updating all the sings that were assigned to me. - Alex Davis (Alex09 Danitz) - 4 hrs.

06/09/2010 - Fixed all signs that Chris saw problems with. - Alex Davis (Alex09 Danitz) - 3 hrs.

06/04/2010 - Working on Bank signs and Chat Distance Sings. - Alex Davis (Alex09 Danitz) - 5 hrs.

06/02/2010 - Fixed the last sign in boat. Starting to update the rest of the signage on the advanced course. - Alex Davis (Alex09 Danitz) 3 hrs.

05/28/2010 - Fixed most of the signs in the boat. There is just one left to fix now. - Alex Davis (Alex09 Danitz) 5 hrs.

View older orientation area construction notes here: http://ucslteam.wikispaces.com/SL+-+Previous+to+010110