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Second Life

What is Second Life?

Please see our description of second life in the 'What does that mean?' section.

Sign up for a Second Life account ("Basic" level accounts are free):
- OFF the UWE campus.
  Sign up for a Second Life account through the Second Life website or
- ON the UWE campus.
  It is easy to sign up through the Serious Games Institute website.
You'll need Administrator rights on the computer (as you will be installing some software onto it)
Take a look at the system requirements and make sure your computer can run Second Life: http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php (don't worry if the technical information appears too complicated - you can always download the software and if it doesn't work then just uninstall it)
Download and install the Second Life viewer (either WIN for PC or MAC for Apple Mac)
When you log in for the first time, you start on one of our many Help Islands. A simple tutorial appears in a corner of the Second Life viewer, and helps guide you through Second Life's many controls and features.

Any problems or thoughts? Just let us know.

If you have Second Life setup, you can go directly to the island by following this url http://slurl.com/secondlife/Elearning%20at%20UWE/110/128/35