SL Cert - Basic Mentoring

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• Tutoring:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced

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SL Cert - Basic Tutoring

Overview

This definition codifies what tutors need to know to help people competently from both a communications and technical standpoint.

Audience

People and organizations who want to help others.

Pre-requisites

Must be at least six months in Second Life.

Criteria

Describe the skills and knowledge necessary to tutor competently and effectively at a basic level.

Mentor Skillset

Communication Skillset

• Leaving the ego at the door: understanding the necessity of focusing on the person being helped.
  • Presenting yourself
  • Terms of Service (http://secondlife.com/corporate/tos.php) and Community Standards (http://secondlife.com/corporate/cs.php)
  • Understand the function of a tutor
• Definitions of PG, Adult, and Mature regions
• Be familiar with Second Life acronyms (see Acronyms)
• Know the resources
  • http://wiki.secondlife.com
  • http://secondlife.com/support
  • http://jira.secondlife.com
  • Your colleagues
• Announcing who you are and why you're there: goals and methods
• Communicate effectively with people from other cultures
• Describe things and procedures accurately: techniques for describing procedures
• Know your limits: realizing how many people you can help at one time
• Steps for dealing with misbehaving residents
• Understand how and when Report Abuse interface accurately and efficiently

Technical Skillset

• Moving
  • Locally
    • Walking/Running
    • Hovering/Flying
    • Using the Mini-Map
  • Globally
    • Using the Map - Where am I?
    • Using Search - Where is that?
    • Using Landmarks - How do I get there again?
• Hunting/Gathering
  • Inventory - I can have stuff!
  • Appearance - I can change how I look!
    • Kinds of clothing
    • Wearing an item of clothing
    • Creating an outfit
    • Wearing an outfit
  • Organizing what you have - How do I find things quickly?
  • Purchasing
    • Money
      • What is it?
      • Is it necessary?
      • How much can I have?
      • How do I get it?
    • Purchasing things with or without money
    • Organizing what you've purchased
• Communications
  • Chatting with people nearby
  • The Friends List
  • Chatting with one person privately
  • Chatting with many people privately - Conference chat
  • Groups - people of a feather
    • Finding a group
    • Joining a group (various methods)
  • Chatting with many people - Group chat
• Know the basic Macintosh shortcuts (see Second Life under Mac OS X )
• Know how to manipulate the profile
• Know what to do with Preferences