Basic Questions and Answers for Volunteer Candidates

• This page will be a collaborative effort from Second Life Mentors to possibly help raise the bar on acceptance in the Second Life Volunteer Program. If enough input is gathered here this may become a good basic FAQ resource also.

Second Life Mentors: Please add basic questions and answers that you think a resident should already know, prior to acceptance into Second Life Volunteers.

Questions and Answers

(adding answers to mine, feel free to edit tho) How do you use group chat?

How do you edit your appearance? Also how can you completely change outfits at once?

How do you find an Event in SL?

How do you Rebake or solve other "ruthing" appearance problems?

What is lag?

Given the location name "SLVEC" alone, what tools might you use to find it?

How do you search for the items you are wearing currently?

What is a HUD?

What is the difference between a prim and an object?

How do you disable particles?

What is "orbiting" and when is it OK to orbit people?

How do you find help and answers in Second Life?

WHY do you want to be a Mentor/Volunteer?

Example:

• You are a member of a group. How do you leave that group?

Edit Menu > Groups > Highlight the group > Choose the leave button

• How do you create a SLURL?
• What do you do if you come across a child on the main grid?

• Do you know and understand the Big Six - Community Standars??

• Have you read carefully the TOS?

• Do you konw the function and possibilities of F1?