2019 #VWEDU : #DTA: Scenegate beginner's instructions: for people coming to a class or meeting in OpenSImulator. DTA content

Scenegate beginner's instructions 
for people coming to a class or meeting in OpenSImulator
DTA content

Detailed JIT  instructions for people coming into OpenSimulator for education or a meeting in Scenegate.   DTA content pages are assembled and written for use as Digicoach advice. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0). 

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Lots of controls

• The more controls, the more power you have.
• And the more you have to learn.
• The secret to learning lots of things: 
• Only learn what you need at the moment.
• Just-in-time learning

This page supports JIT learning

• To search the page: click Crtl+f.  The search bar appears near the top.
• Enter a term you want to know about.
• Key terms are listed below.

Key terms

• Talk, Chat, Speak
• Walk, Run, Fly
• Camera
• People
• Profile
• Inventory
• Map
• Landmarks
• Me, Preferences
• World, Take landmark
• Help 

• update 11/28/2019 New OpenSim release. Virtual classes in a German university. IMA releases simplified Scenegate viewer

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Main buttons

Chat

Chat window

• Chat means typed text.
• What people type appears in the black area.
• You type in the white area and press return.
• An unusual color in the black area may be a web link to click.

Speak

• Beginner: Cursor on mic button, press and hold mouse left key down.
• Cautions: You don't want to broadcast room sounds.
• Toggle: Press the accent key to toggle mic on and off.
• Setup: headset with microphone
• You can adjust the volume for each speaker:
• Hover the cursor over the avatar, left-click on the i button that appears.
• Use the slider in the resulting panel to adjust the volume.

Walk/Run/Fly

Movement panel

• A little practice will help more than reading.

Camera

Camera controls

• Thr camera controls what the screen is looking at.
• You may need camera controls to look closely at signs. 

Find people

People panel

• Nearby shows people around you.
• Friends shows your friends. 
• Groups shows the groups you are in.

Secondary buttons

Your profile

• Tell people about yourself: click to open a panel to fill out.
• You can wait till somebody asks you.  

Inventory

Inventory panel

• People may send you notecards that you need to read.
• Or you may want to copy and paste them somewhere
• Click the Briefcase button to open the inventory panel.
• If the name has a keyword in it, put that in the search (filter) bar at the top.
• If not, scroll down to the notecards folder and click the down arrow.
• Double-click to open the notecard.

Map

Landmarks (places)

Landmarks

• To travel, make sure you are standing, double-click on the landmark.

Top buttons

Me

• Here you find the Preferences button.

World

• Here you find the "Landmark this place" button.

Help

• A collection of help pages.

DTA content pages

• DTA content pages: The plan: Initial DTA content on the web here
• This content can be used as is with a web link.
• Or anyone can copy into another web page or into software.
• Note the public domain license.

DTA basics for beginners

• Firestorm settings for beginners. A DTA content page
• (If you have a customized viewer, you can put the settings in as defaults.)
• Newcomer welcome coach: Basic skills needed promptly
• Basic skills needed for attending a meeting or class in a virtual world. 

DTA travel for beginners

• Travel tips for the Hypergrid. A DTA content page
• Ingrid (within a grid) Travel tips for OpenSimulator . A DTA content page

DTA social for beginners

• Develop your contacts list. DTA content page
• Communications tips for OpenSimulator. A DTA content page

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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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License

• Original text in this blog is CC By: unless specified public domain.
• Use as you please with attribution: link to the original.
• All images without attribution in this blog are CC0: public domain.
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• Annotated screenshots made with Jing
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