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Guide on How to Access to the Virtual Classrooms of UTIU Island of Knowledge on Second Life To access to UTIU Virtual Classrooms on Second Life you only need to click on the access links available on the “Virtual Classroom” page of the UTIU portal:

The link will open a new page with the map of the whole meta-world of Second Life centred on the specific coordinates of the selected classroom.

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Clicking on the “teleport now” orange button you will display Second Life software (the instructions on how to download this software and set up your own Avatar are available in the Virtual Classroom Page of each module) that will ask you to enter your First Name, Second Name and Password that enable your own Avatar’s access.

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Clicking on the Login button the system will get wired to Second Life and will teletrasport your own Avatar directly into the selected Classroom:

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The arrows will move your Avatar in the space; the “Page Up” and “Page Down” buttons will allow to move in a vertical direction, whereas using the your mouse you will be able to rotate your viewpoint and interact with the objects that can be found in the UTIU Island of Knowledge. For instance, clicking on one of the screens placed in the Conference Hall where the UTIU Portal homepage is featured it will be possible to automatically get wired to the Portal of the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO:

Using Second Life software it will be possible to chat in a textual mode (using the specific function available in lowest section of the interface) and dialogue through the audio-chat using a simple microphone to speak. A complete list of the functionalities available on Second Life is available at: https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417