Quickstart Sloodle 0.4

Use this quickstart guide if you have the Sloodle code properly installed on the Moodle server and you want to start using tools immediately.

Create a Moodle course

Note: you only need to do this step if you are using a brand new Moodle site. You can easily use SLOODLE with an existing course.

• Administration > Courses (From the site homepage)
• Add/edit courses
• Name your new course and leave everything default

Add the "Controller" module in Moodle

• Turn editing on in your Moodle course
• Add an activity... pulldown menu
• Click on SLOODLE Controller
• Fill in Name and Description (Required but not important)
• Click Save and return to course

Find and Rez the SLOODLE Objects

• Get the objects in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sloodle/122/74/23
• Set your avatar's group to the same group as the land (if possible -- not all land is group-owned)
• Rez the SLOODLE Set

Connect Moodle to Second Life

• Touch the podium top (the slanted piece with hovering text)
• Chat your Moodle web address (e.g. "http://www.sloodle.org/moodle")
• Click Go To Page on the blue menu
• Select the controller from the course you want to work with
• Click Submit - you should see "Object authorization has been successful."
• Go Back to Second Life viewer
• Touch the podium
• Click button 1 - (1=Download configuration)

Rez and Connect the Learning Tools

• Touch the SLOODLE Set's tall box to rez classroom objects
• Choose a tool and rez it
• Add the Activity in Moodle - Example:
  • MetaGloss = Glossary (add some terms and definitions)
• Touch the tool and connect it as you did the SLOODLE Set