Mainland Mentor Coaches Class Schedule

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The following classes are offered by Second Life Mentor Coaches. These classes are not endorsed or run by Linden Lab.
For a list of classes hosted from mentors for mentors, please have a look at the Volunteer-sponsored Classes.

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The following is an example. Please copy and paste it to the right spot in this article and alter the information so they suit your class. Please don't alter the example itself =)

Title: Example Class
Hosted by: Example Mentor
Date: 01-Sep-2008 (Monday)
SL Time: 1 AM SLT
Length: 1 hour
Location: Tenera (sandbox)🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: This is an example class, just copy and paste this to add your own under the edit tab above :D



October

Title: Second Life® Land Ownership - Management
Hosted by: Nava Muni
Date: 05-Oct-2008 (Sunday)
SL Time: 3 PM SLT
Length: 60 mins
Location: Mephilo Tor (educational grounds)🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: Topics presented for discussion include access/capabilities, subdividing & joining, group land, terraforming, and parcel media settings.
 



Week of Learning @ Tenera October 10-16

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The Second Life mentors are hosting a Weekend of Learning at their Headquarters at Tenera where they share their wealth of information in a week packed full of classes!

Title: Scripting from Scratch: Introduction to Scripting 1
Hosted by: Simon Kline
Date: 10-Oct-2008 (Friday)
SL Time: 2 AM SLT
Length: 1 hour
Location: Scripting / Building Classroom🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: If you've always wanted to learn about scripting but been too scared to try or the other classes didn't make sense then this is the class for you!

Come along and learn about the basics of scripting in a fun open class where you will get to take home a landmark / notecard you made yourself!

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Title: Scripting from Scratch: Sitting on Things
Hosted by: Simon Kline
Date: 10-Oct-2008 (Friday)
SL Time: 2 PM SLT
Length: 1 hour
Location: Scripting / Building Classroom🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: If you make chairs or things you sit on this is the class for you! Ever made a chair and you cannot sit on it right? A simple script can fix this! Have you ever made a couch or something you would like several people it sit on but not sure how to have them spaced evenly?

Come join us in a fun filled class where you'll learn all this and more, as we build and script to create basic examples showing these problems and how to avoid them.

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Title: Scripting from Scratch: Playing with Particles
Hosted by: Simon Kline
Date: 11-Oct-2008 (Saturday)
SL Time: 2 PM SLT
Length: 1 hour
Location: Scripting / Building Classroom🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: Ever tried to make particles and been scared away because none of it made sense? Come along and learn what all that particle jargon means as we run through some particle basics, scripting them and getting them working as we go.
 


Title: Building Module 1.2 Creating and Building Basics
Hosted by: Lara Shepherd
Date: 12-Oct-2008 (Sunday)
SL Time: 6 AM SLT
Length: 1 hour
Location: Scripting / Building Classroom🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: Building Module 1 is designed for people who are totally new to building and are able to completed Module 1.1. Today we will learn all about the basics of creating and building. By the end of class, you will be able to create and build simple objects and know the basics about manipulating prims.



Title: Building in the micro world of prims
Hosted by: Emily Darrow
Date: 12-Oct-2008 (Sunday)
SL Time: 1 PM SLT
Length: 1 hour
Location: Tenera (sandbox)🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: Ever wonder how some jewelry designers get some of their prims so small? Well wonder no more and come down for some secrets and tricks to making prims break the size rule by becoming smaller than they capable. Class is one hour long and it's hands on instruction. Don't worry though we will make the mini prims at viewable size before shrinking.



Title: Copyright, "copyleft," Creative Commons, and the GPL
Hosted by: Nava Muni
Date: 12-Oct-2008 (Sunday)
SL Time: 3 PM SLT
Length: 30 mins
Location: Mephilo Tor (educational grounds)🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: What exactly does it mean for something to be copyrighted? Would you like to offer your product under a GPL- or CC-based license? What are your obligations as a content creator when integrating "open source" elements into your build?
 



Title: Edit your profile
Hosted by: Juko Tempel
Date: 14-Oct-2008 (Tuesday)
SL Time: 11 AM SLT
Length: 1 hour
Location: Tenera Area 2🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: What does your avatar profile say about you? A blank profile says you are new or boring (or just very private!) If you want to improve your profile, this class will explain why profiles are useful, and give you the time and ideas you need to get it done :-)
 


Title: Q&A Session
Hosted by: Tauwra Dingson
Date: 15-Oct-2008 (Wednesday)
SL Time: 4 AM SLT
Length: 1 hour
Location: Tenera Area 2🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: Have questions about Second Life? Come and get them answered! From Newbie to Oldbie questions!
 



October continued...

Title: New Scripting Features in 1.21 Release Candidate Viewer
Hosted by: Salahzar Stenvaag
Date: 18-Oct-2008 (Saturday)
SL Time: 1 PM SLT
Length: 1.5 hour
Location: Tenera (sandbox)🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: In 1.21 RC viewer you are now be able to script objects to "sense" where an avatar touches them (which face and which x,y coordinate). This can be very well exploited to produce interactive maps, teaching boards, automatic highlighting, etc. In this lesson you will see and access some boards already scripted with the needed code to highlight and build up interactive maps. This is meant as an intermediate scripting class so you should be confortable with scripting basics. However if you wish to use the tools for teaching and noprofit, come and contact me just for using them.




Title: Reducing Inventory Without Losing A Thing
Hosted by: CallieDel Boa & Ghost Ulich
Date: 18-Oct-2008 (Saturday)
SL Time: 4 PM SLT
Length: 60 mins
Location: Classroom
Language: English & Italian
RSVP: (none required)
Description: A way to File your objects so when you load inventory your inventory count is reduced, yet you can still keep everything and not delete objects or landmarks.

Notes: I will Provide the Filing Cabinets and a notecard for reference.
 



Title: Xyzzy Hands On Lab
Hosted by: Salahzar Stenvaag
Date: 25-Oct-2008 (Saturday)
SL Time: 1 PM SLT
Length: 1.5 hour
Location: Tenera (sandbox)🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: During August and September I gave some lessons on how to use XyText for producing boards and textual aids. During this "Hands On Lab", I will give the participants the needed materials coming from standard wiki sources (precisely xyzzy wiki pages), with a brief presentation and then asking them to come up with a working text board. During the lab I will be available to answer questions and cope with difficulties which would arise.

Notes: I personally provided some open contribution to XyText and Xyzzy wiki pages for International Support. This is an intermediate class, so you should be well acquainted with various basic LSL techniques and in particular with llSendMessage() in a linked set.


Title: Advanced Scripting Techniques - In-world/Out-world Communications
Hosted by: Nava Muni
Date: 26-Oct-2008 (Sunday)
SL Time: 3 PM SLT
Length: 30 mins
Location: Mephilo Tor (educational grounds)🖈
Language: English
RSVP: (none required)
Description: An overview of some practical techniques.

Notes: a moderate understanding of LSL required
 


November

None scheduled at the moment.


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