Course+Schedule

=Fall 2010 Course Schedule= All sessions will begin at 2:30 pm (EST)/11:30 am (SLT) and run for one-hour. Each week, we will begin the session on [|Jokaydia].


 * ~  || ** Date ** || ** Event ** || ** Activities ** || ** Skills ** ||
 * Session1 || 9.28.10 || Introduction to the course || Inventory lesson with landmarks and received clothes, join group, group chat, camera controls, teleport to University of Nottingham. Comic Tutorial || LMs, teleport, inventory receipt and management, mini map, SLurls, local chat ||
 * Session2 || 9.30.10 || Building 1 || Edit mode for objects. Creating and modifying prims, the basic unit of building in SL. An additional small project for more experienced builders. || Moving an drezzing prim shapes, editing position, size, rotation, and color. LInking prims. Practice camera skills with prims. ||
 * Session3 || 10.5.10 || Art || Univ of Western Australia, Dresden Museum, Forest of Scissors || Moving, using camera, zooming in, teleporting, map reading ||
 * Session4 || 10.7.10 || Building 2 || Sculpting prims and applying textures (images). Creat and texture a simple object. Options provided. || Learn the object and texture tab ||
 * Session5 || 10.12.10 || Science || Virtual stomach, UT Brownsville (Gulf Oil Spill) - meet the builder, Betsy Price || Reading notecards, teleporting, using chat (local and group) ||
 * Session6 || 10.14.10 || Building 3 || Scripting prims. Build a simple chair with sit script. Make a web viewing screen. Advanced options provided. Shooters. || Learn to use and modify scripts, add content to contents tab ||
 * Session7 || 10.19.10 || History || Frideswide, Kristlenachit - meet the builder || Set environment, navigating, map reading ||
 * Session8 || 10.21.10 || Building 4 || Working with particles: creating a personal poofer with glowing or textured particles. || Adding particles to a prim, adding a texture and script to the contents tab. ||
 * Session9 || 10.26.10 || Educator's Tour || Texas A&M - meet the builder, Dr. Kaye || Review all navigating skills ||
 * Session10 || 10.28.10 || Building 5 || Using Prim Twister to create, color and texture sculpted prims. Create a scripted sculpture. Group fireworks. || Creating prims with Prim Twister, link and script a sculpture (texture and prim rotation, glow, shininess, transparency) ||