SL Cert - Intermediate Mentoring

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 Certification "Second Life Mentoring - Intermediate Level"

Audience

People and organizations who want to help others.

Pre-requisites

Must be a minimum of six months of age in Second Life, have passed the Second Life Mentoring - Basic Level exam, and have mentored for a month after passing that exam.

Criteria

Describe the skills and knowledge necessary to mentor at an intermediate level competently and effectively.

Mentor Skillset

These are my initial suggestions of what a new resident needs to know. That means this is what a helper should be qualified to teach. Please comment.

• Communications Skillset
  1. SL and weapons
  2. Thorough knowledge of copyright as it pertains to Linden Lab in Second Life
  3. Thorough knowledge of rules about privacy; what constitutes disclosure
  4. How to deal with Underage residents
  5. How to handle a busy welcome area or infohub
• Technical Skillset
  1. Keyboard shortcuts
  2. Rendering (Avatar rendering cost)
  3. Diagnostics
     • Lag
       • The Statistics Console
       • Be able to decipher the Help - About menu: what's important, what's not
       • Be able to describe solutions for various hardware or network problems
  4. How to locate sound sources
  5. How to locate particle sources
• Show advanced knowledge of all menus in the interface, including the Advanced menu.
• Show advanced knowledge of the Preferences interface, including custom graphics settings
• Console windows