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Revision as of 17:50, 24 April 2007
Overarching Goal
- Create Second Life Certification as an in-world resource for Residents
Immediate Goal
- Develop certification criteria for modeling and scripting
- We are looking for members of the Developer, Instructor, and Volunteer communities to work with Lindens in creating the skills list and certification tasks for those skills in Modeling and in Scripting.
Description
Linden Lab is developing certification for the use of key Second Life tools. We’ll begin with in-world building tools and LSL. We believe this will benefit Residents, Developers, and anyone who wishes to use Second Life by clearly identifying both key skills and the holders of those skills. This will also enable the creation of training to build the skills required for certification. It is Linden Lab's intent to work with an external certification provider to offer certification testing and maintain a list of those Residents who have been certified.
Linden Participants
Resident Participants
If you are interested in participating, please add your name to the end of this list.
- Ceera Murakami (Fox and Ground Construction Company) Texture Artist
- Elle74 Zaftig (Bellissima!/Shoppe74) build/model/textures
- Keiki Lemieux (HUDDLES Games & Gadgets) Building, Scripting, Animations, Textures
- Tre Giles (GiTech/Action Village Paintball) Building, Scripting, Animation, Photography
- Alexander Regent (MageTech LLC) Scripting, website integration, cellphone integration, in-world building
- Sitearm Madonna (Siterma): Sim Scale Project Planning and Management; Structural Builds and Simulator Performance Management; Social Builds and Community Growth Management; Modeling - Architecture, Terraforming, Waterscaping, Landscaping, Soundscaping
- Hugo Dalgleish
- Kenn Nilsson (NDE)
- Ravanne Sullivan (Ravanne's Dance Poles and Animations) Animations and Scripting
- Fox Diller (Crystal Studio/Magrathean Technologies) Anything Second Life.
- MSo Lambert
- Rael Delcon
- Dytska Vieria (residential design/builds)
- Skye McArdle - Modeling, Animation, Textures, AV Customization
- Eladon Galsworthy (PondLife - building and scripting)
- Oz Spade
- Max Case
- Newfie Pendragon (Reality Check, LSL Scripting)
- Gigs Taggart
- Peekay Semyorka
- Osgeld Barmy (biulding textures lsl)
- Nargus Asturias (Avatar building, animations, scripts)
- ForestMist Skjellerup
- Rraven Moonlight (Terraforming Raw files, Texture developer, Large Scale Architectural Builds)
- Xylo Quisling
- Thunderclap Morgridge (Texture artist, and nascent builder)
- Hiro Pendragon (CTO, Infinite Vision Media) LSL scripting, modeling
- Ethan Therian (Creative Director, Infinite Vision Media) modeling, texturing
- Ciemaar Flintoff (associate, Infinite Vision Media) lsl scripting, web-to-SL-to-web scripting
- Nimrodina Wayne (build, animate, machinima)
- Lias Leandros (VooDoo Corp.)Sim Scale Project Planning and Management; Social Builds and Community Growth Management
- Erin Talamasca
- Till Stirling (Scripter, Builder, Consultant)
- Kri Ayakashi (AyakashiTEC) - LSL Scripting, Web2.0 integration, distributed programming (C/C++/C#, Python), in-world building, consultancy
- Alison Wheels (Creative Organisation) Scripting, FL/SL Integration issues, construction, terraforming, design
- FlipperPA Peregrine (Peregrine Salon/ESC) - LSL Scripting, Web integration, lots of other stuff. Creator of SLBoutique.com and SLTrivia.com.
- Strife Onizuka (Scripter, Builder, Consultant)
- Porky Gorky - Hydro Homes : Prefabricated & customised building & architectural design.
- Bru Yang
- Dirk Talamasca (Building, Custom Textures, Land/Estate Management. Internet Abuse Remediation, Sim Scale Layout, Planning and Development)
- Aimee Weber
- Banana Stein (SL Brand) Builder, Textures, Sim Scale Project
- Linnian Sugar (*Lollipop Shop owner* Builder, Clothing and textures, scripting, animations)
- Siobhan Taylor Building, Scripting.
- Taco Rubio (Media Management)
- RobbyRacoon Olmstead (Scripting, Building, C:SI Developer)
- Dnali Anabuki (Structure,Process,Organizing of Cert) Satorifilmservices.com
- Detect Surface - (**D&D Creative Lab/The Brain Game/City of Abaddon** Building, Texturing, Skins, Texture-Mapping/Zoning, AV Design, Clothing, Sim Design and Construction, Architecture, Weapons, Vehicles, Furniture, Animation, Graphic Design, Artist and Pretty Flower Arranging.)
- Meade Paravane (Script monkey, Builder)
- Richie Waves (Builder, Textures)
- Orange Montagne
- Joshua Nightshade (Builder, avatar design - primarily smaller-than-normal avatars)
- Zorena Deckard (builder,textures,modeling)
- Bartiloux Desmoulins (Scripting, modeling and animations)
- Ravenelle Zugzwang
- Little Penguin Building, Scripting
- Pol Tabla
- Jade Opel (Brides & Blooms by Jade Opel) Building, terra-forming, textures, particles, modeling
- Auron Havercamp (Kent-Havercamp Enterprises, Ltd.) - Scripting, Web Interaction, Data Storage
- Schuyler Kent (Kent-Havercamp Enterprises, Ltd.) - Building, Scripting, Consulting
- Vincent Nacon (all above)
- Aradia Aridian (Modeling, Land/Estate Management, Business Management, Marketing to the Virtual Customer)
- Scarlet Singer (Textures/Graphics) <3
- Will Webb
- Cocoanut Koala (Coco's Cottages) Builder
- Illya Sullivan
- Frans Charming (The Vesuvius Group)Project Planning and Management, 3D Modeling/Building, Scripting, Texturing, etc
- Nomasha Syaka build/model/textures
- Rhiannon Chatnoir (The Vesuvius Group)Creative Director of The Vesuvius Group (Project Management, Planning, Textures, Terraforming, machinima), also SL and web dev for Global Kids, Inc. and a RL professional graphic designer.
- Shockwave Yareach (Textures/Scripting/Building)
- Rebel Television (Airfoil) Scripting, Animation, Vehicles, Avatars, Building, In-world RSS Feed Displays
- Storm Thunders
- Rocky Merosi (Objects, Furnishings/Interior Design, Weapons and Vehicles, Asset Managment, Movement, Attachments, Setting Properties, Communications)
- Moriz Gupte (Play2Train)Producer, Scripter, Builder SL educator
- (Salazar Jack) - Kahruvel Design - Environments, Landscapes, Forest Preservation, Terraforming, Architecture, Archeological Restoration, Furnishings/Interior Design, Objects, Textures
- Raven Pennyfeather Owner/operator for House of RFyre LLC,clothing and avatar development, textures building, business analyst, gragphic design.
- Thraxis Epsilon (Resume in Profile)
- Angelica Puff (Communications, External <-> Inworld data, Asset Management)
- Jeff Kelley (Communications, Networking, Display, Data storage & access)
- Ace Albion (Ace's Spaces) prefab builder
- SunShine Kukulcan (Mercury Dev Studios - Music and Media Services, Sim planning)
- Klink Epsilon (Mercury Dev Studios - Builder, Custom Textures, Sim Design and planning, Media Services)
- Parker McTeague (BLIP) building, textures
- Demian Caldera Architecture, Furnishings/Interior Design, Objects, Landscaping, Terra Forming, Event Organizing, Event Set Building.
- Rainbow Drake Director of Education - New Citizens Incorporated
- Kamael Xevious - Radio Babylonia/Batak Island Traders - Architecture, Furnishings and Interior Design, Media, Community Development and Region Construction, Education.
- Pipe Hesse Scripting, Building
- Abramelin Wolfe (Abramelin Studios Ltd / Abranimations) script/build/texture/animation/mocap/web integration
- katykiwi Moonflower interior design/furnishings/building/texturing/terraforming
- Jade Jensen (Jaded Visions) Clothing Design, Avatar Creation/Design, Texturing, Graphics Design
- Darien Caldwell Builder/Scripter
- Azrazael Dhara Building, Terraforming, Sim Design, Landscaping, Instructing, Photography
- Andreas Isachenko Building, Scripting, DB access
- Jason Keegan (K-tech) Scripting
- Gaius Goodliffe (Second Skies) Vehicles, scripting, back-end server/website integration
- Pericat Aquitaine (Elf Harbour Boatyard) Vehicles, scripting, terraforming, general building
- Karsten Rutledge (Play2Train/K.R. Engineering) Scripting, building.
- Bubba Biberman Building, textures, machinima
- Kerian Bunin Building, Scripting
- Tsukasa Keiko Building, Scripting
- Morph Wollongong Gadgets, Scripting
- Ordinal Malaprop - scripting, some building
- Donnagh McDonnagh - Undergraduate education (School of Communication), machinima, scripting, general building, avatar skins/clothes, 3d textures, animation, web integration, vehicles, huds, event management, orientation, inworld collaboration
- Able Whitman - scripting, some building
- Adri Saarinen - (Metaversatility) scripting, building, presence development
- Curious Rousselot - Scripting, Building
- otakup0pe Neumann - Pleiades Consulting & libsecondlife. Rich Educational Content, tech integration, libsl powered services
- Damek Tretiak - (Tretiak Media)/(SLQuery.com) scripting, building, project management
- Jacques Groshomme - Building/Scripting
- Iris Bourdeille - Building/Scripting/Texturing/Animation
- Fallon Winnfield - (Centric)/(Second Talk) - Business development, building, scripting
- Adam Rakosi - (Centric)/(Second Talk) - Building/Scripting
- Neko Longduk - (Centric)/(Second Talk) - Business Development, scripting
- Weasel Gough - (Centric)/(Second Talk) - Building/Scripting/Texturing/Animation
- Chime Bellman strategy/build/model/promote
- Sage Duncan - animation/machinima/motion/media management/live performance
- Economic Mip -imagine/dream
- Talarus Luan - Archaean Designs / Council of Wyrms - Scripting, Building, Consulting
- Dustin Widget Builder/Scripter/Mentor/Lots More
- Tab Scott - Terry Beaubois, Montana State University - College of Art & Architecture - Art, Music, Architecture, Film - Sustainable Community Design
- Hiro Market - (Slicr) Slicr - Scripting, Consulting
- Scorpio Galatea - Builder (Phoenix), Texture Creator
- Sylvia Trilling - Modeling, Scripting, Animating, Texturing
- Earnest Candour - (Metaverse Enterprises)
- Carl Metropolitan - Building, Site Developement, Project Management, Marketing, Graphic Design, Event Hosting, Terraforming, Teaching
- Lecktor Hannibal - (Landscaping, Estate Management, Modeling, Media Streaming, Event Management)
- Destiny Niles - Scripter/Mentor
- Kim Anubis, (The Magicians)
- Bobble Bertone - (Cool Bananas Ventures) - Building, Scripting, Terra forming, Project management, Networking with RL businesses.
- Logan Bauer - Building/Texturing/Scripting/Ect.
- In Kenzo (Amoration) Design, Building, Machinima, Events, Immersive Experiences for nonprofits and education
- Gearsawe Stonecutter - Scripting, HUDs, Building, complex prim transformations, single script simplification
Target Date
Ready to launch by fall, 2007
Certification Categories
Initially, we plan to develop certification for Modeling and Scripting. If these two categories are successful, we will develop, in accordance with your feedback, future areas including but not limited to: Avatar Customization, Terrain/Land Editing, and Land/Estate Management.
Modeling
- Architecture
- Furnishings/Interior Design
- Objects
- Weapons and Vehicles
Note: Includes using scripts to animate objects and textures but no writing of scripts
Scripting
- Animation
- Note: Animation includes object animation, texture animation and particle systems
- Attachments
- Movement
- Physics & Collisions
- Detection & Sensing
- Asset Management
- Setting Properties
- Communications
- Interacting with external data stores & web content
- Media Management
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the value of Certification?
The primary value of certification is to those hiring people to create content for them in SL. Certification is one indication that someone has at least a minimum set of skills. Certification is only one of many ways of demonstrating competency. Certification also clarifies skills and helps instructors develop instruction.
Certification also provides a set of skills against which anyone in Second Life, whether they build for fun or for hire, can measure their accomplishments.
By more clearly defining skills related to Second Life tools, certification may improve the quality of construction in Second Life, and may encourage a broader range of instruction about the Second Life tools.
- Portfolios already show if someone is competent; why do we need certification?
Portfolios have a valuable role in demonstrating accomplishment, both in RL and SL. In Second Life, many projects are done collaboratively. Builds can incorporate content that is bought and created, and many people can be involved. It can be hard to look at a project and understand what a particular person has contributed. Certification provides one method of demonstrating your own skill set. It should be only one of many potential ways to evaluate a candidate.
- Is Linden Lab mandating certification?
You can chose to be certified if you want, or not. Linden Lab has no intent to monitor or mandate that Second Life content be created only by Residents with certification, or to mandate certification in any way. Nor will Certification (or non-certification) be tied by Linden Lab in any way to land ownership, group membership, membership level, or any other attribute of a Second Life account. While Linden Lab may provide a way for those listed in the Developer Directory to identify certification, it will not require it for the Developer Directory, Classifieds, Events, or any other Linden Lab-operated listing service.
- Is Linden Lab mandating content of certification?
Linden Lab has engaged the Residents in defining the skills involved in competency, and in developing the appropriate demonstration of those skills. Linden Lab is not defining the skills nor the demonstration of them, it is simply supporting the process.
- Will it cost money? Does Linden Lab intend to profit by Certification?
Linden Lab was looking to have a third party organization manage certification; we don't want the administrative hassle of doing it, nor the potential for anyone to claim that we would have influence on who gets certified. We intend making certification as widely available as possible. We will work with Residents, Instructors and Developers to find the best way to enable certification.
- Who will be providing the Certification service?
At this time, the only answer we can give is "Not Linden Lab." We will work with the Residents who participate in developing certification to find the best provider - whether a Resident, an external third party, or some other provider. Ironically, our original reason for only considering an external provider was to prevent any concern that one group of Residents might use Certification against other Residents. Linden Lab has no intent of operating the Certification service - we don't have the expertise or resources, nor do we want the inevitable accusations of bias.
- Certification will make it harder to become competent in using Second Life tools?
Certification is a way to more clearly communicate skills. Without certification, everyone has their own idea of what competency is. Some classes will teach one set of skills, others another, and outcomes aren't comparable. That's why we're involving SL instructors in this project.