Communications tips for OpenSimulator.
A DTA content page
Communications content page for Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) in OpenSimulator. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
The Empty Classroom
Communicating elsewhere
- Sure, back in the old days, you put students in a classroom to communicate with them.
- Students have other means of communication. Are schools catching up?
Communicate with other people
- Details after the break.
- Search on page: Ctrl F, search bar top of page
- If you want help on a term you find here, use search to find all instances.
- To learn to use these skills, use them inworld.
- DTA content pages: The plan: Initial DTA content on the web here. Can be used from here or copied for use elsewhere
- The Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) for MUVES (vitrual worlds): Summary
Local--avatars near you
- Local chat
- Instant Message (IM)
- Local Voice
- Local voice fixes
Remote (or local)--avatars anywhere,
- Instant message
- Group message
- Notecard (receive)
- Notecard (receive embedded)
- Notecard (send)
- IM logs
Hypergrid communications
- Local: same as ingrid
- Remote: Same as ingrid, but less reliable
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Local--avatars near you
Local chat
- Typed messages seen by everyone nearby.
- Messages scroll up from lower left.
- Get chat history: click on Local Chat, bottom left.
- Send chat: Type in chat bar, bottom left.
- You may get web links in local chat. The links will be in a special color.
- A click on a web link opens your browser to the page
Local Voice
- With the right settings local voice is on for you.
- Your system must be equipped and set for sound and mic.
- When people have voice on, a white dot appears over the avatar.
- When people talk, green waves appear over the avatars.
- To talk, put the cursor over the mic graphic, press and hold left mouse key.
- In press-and-hold mode, the mic is on only when the key in pressed.
- To keep the mic on, click the little box on the mic graphic.
- With the box checked, the mic key toggles voice on and off.
- To make a person louder, hover the cursor over the avatar.
- Click the orange i button that appears. Use the slider in the window that gets.
Local voice fixes
- If local voice does not work for you:
- Be sure your system can handle voice. Does voice work in Skype?
- Teleport to another place and check voice (white dot, green waves).
- If voice works in another place, go back and try it again where you want to talk.
- If voice still fails, log off and restart your computer.
Instant Message (IM)
- Private between you and addressee.
- (You can add others to the conversation.)
- Start: Right click the avatar, click IM on the menu that comes up.
- Use the IM window that opens.
Remote (or local)--avatars anywhere
Instant Message (IM)
- Private between you and addressee.
- (You can add others to the conversation.)
- Click the name in your friends list (button with a pair of heads).
Group messages
- You may get messages from a group you are in.
- The messages may come as instant messages or as notecards (see below).
- You can join an instant message conversation.
- The option is on the IM panel.
Notecard (receive)
- People and groups can send notecards to you
- Notecards sent to you will go into your inventory, in your Notecard folder.
- To open your inventory, click the button on your screen with the briefcase'
- To read a notecard, find it in your notecard folder and double click it.
- To find a notecard in your inventory, type the name in the serach bar at the top of the inventory panel.
- For important notecards, make sure the name is something you will remember.
- To rename a notecard, right click the name, click rename, and type the new name.
- Notecards are text documents: copy/paste works well.
Notecard (receive embedded)
- Objects, landmarks, and other inventory things can be embedded in a notecard
- Embedded items appear in a different color.
- Double-click an embedded item to put a copy in your inventory.
- If you get a notecard with something embedded, get that something immediately.
- An embedded item is only available on the grid where you got the card.
- If you are not on your home grid, the item will go into your suitcase.
- You may want to copy it to the appropriate folder in your main inventory.
Notecard (send)
- To make a notecard, open your inventory and click the + sign (bottom left)
- Click New Notecard in the option list that appears.
- A blank notecard opens with the name New Note.
- Rename the notecard to a useful name and type your message.
- A useful name may include the name of the person you will send it to.
- Save the notecard frequently as you type.
- Send to local avatar: Drag onto the avatar.
- Send to a contact: Open friends list (2 heads button) Right-click on name, select IM.
- You can drag-drop a notecard into any IM bar to send a copy to the person
Visit me on the web
- Drop by my web offices Weekdays: 12:-12:30 pm Central time (US)
- I am available for free consulting on any topic in this blog.
- Cybalounge and 3DWebWorldz (Orientation room)
- I will be in both places, so you may need to speak to get my attention.
- Web-worlds, 3D virtual worlds running in a browser. Summary
- And we can visit the Writer's Workshop on the Web
- Don't register -- enter as guest.
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