SL Cert - Basic Terraforming

SL Certification

Process Guides:

• SL Certification Process
• Roles Guide
• Certification Guide
• SL KB Style Guide
• Skills List Template
• Training & Certification

Companies:

• Schools
• Certifiers (Candidates)

Skills Lists:

• Land Management:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
• Textures:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
• Terraforming:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
• Scripting:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
• Event Hosting:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
• Machinima:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
• Building:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
• Sculpty:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
• Marketing:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
• Tutoring:
  Basic, Intermediate, Advanced

Other Information:

• SL Certification Participants

• Meeting Minutes

SL DevTerraforming Certification start page

Terraforming Skill Set

Basic Skill

1. Knowledge of SL viewer Land Tool

Testing (Practical in World (PIW))

• demonstrate at sandbox (raise, lower, smooth, roughen, select, use "strength" slider) • create a ramp or slope

2. Permissions

• demonstrate at sandbox understanding of land permission indicator

Intermediate Skills

1. Knowledge of Estate Land Management

• different types of estates (Mainland, Openspace, Homespace, Private)

Testing Could be multiple choice: eg:

Which Estate Type has a Limit of 19 Residents or less? A. Mainland B. Openspace C. Homespace D. Private

Note - the content here is going to overlap with Land Management.. how to resolve this?

1a Parcel division and management

• access and permissions, estate and parcel differences

Testing PIW

divide a parcel into 3 and set access differently for each parcel

1b Permissions

• access, build, terraform, teleport, fly

1c Access

2. Knowledge of Sim Land Management

3. Knowledge of Land Textures and Library elements

Testing PIW

change land textures on an estate show blending use Library plants

4. Use of Plants/Prim elements (rocks, roads etc.)

Testing PIW

place trees and shrubs build a path using prims

Advanced

1. Use of 3rd party tools (RAW creation and similar)

Testing: could be multiple choice eg:

What type of file is used for terrain definition in SL a. .tga b. .raw c. .gif

Tetsing PIW

Upload RAW file set water level

2. Awareness of existing SL land builds

take examiner to 3 SL estates and explain how you think they were created