Educational Gaming and Virtual Worlds in Education

Making Sense of Learning and New Technologies

• Go to this link: Cybalounge
• To the right of the Region line there is a choice bar.
• Click the down-pointing wedge and click on your destination.
• Click guest login.
• When you get there, wait for the place to finish loading.
• Click the screen to focus the computer on it. Try walking.
• (You can't move till loading finishes.)

How to walk

• Up arrow to move forward
• Down arrow to move backward
• Left or right arrows to turn
• Hold down shift to walk fast.

How to Fly

• Click the paper plane (upper left)
• It turns white, meaning fly mode.
• To go up press u (for up).
• To go down press d (for down).
• These may change to more common conventions later.
• To move forward, back, or turn, use the arrow keys as in walking.

How to sit and stand back up

• Places to sit will have pose balls, usually colored.
• Click on a pose ball and your avatar will sit there.
• To stand, click on the "Stop Animation" button (upper right).

How to use chat

• Type in the chat bar (bottom left), press return.
• Give a web link: Put it on a separate line.
• It should appear in color, meaning a click on it will open the page.
• To copy from chat history, click the pair of squares in the bottom line.
• The history opens in a separate panel.
• Double-click the first word of the text you want to copy.
• Hold down Shift and click the last word you want to copy.
• Click Ctrl-c to copy and Crtl-v to paste.

How to talk in voice

• Click on the mic graphic (bottom line).
• It gets a green background when activated.
• The preferred device for conversation combines head phones and microphone.
• This device puts the mic near your mouth and the audio at your ears.
• With other arrangements you may have to mute your mic when others speak.
• To mute your mic, click the button again; the background will turn red.
• If voice does not connect, check the small black panel (upper left).
• Green parentheses by a name indicate that the person is connected in voice.
• If voice is not working for you, click "Reset voice" in that panel.