Signing+up+for+an+SL+account

=A. Signing Up For An Account In SL=

It has been mentioned that creating an account in SL is easy (Feldman, 2008, Oh, 2007), however be sure that you have viewed the Understanding SL section of this Wiki to make sure you understand aspects of the virtual environment and your computer meets the minimum system requirements. We will divide the signing up for an accound in SL into steps which will hopefully be easy to follow.


 * Step 1:** Go to Linden Labs Official Second Life Website located at www.secondlife.com and click the "Join Now" button (or something resembling the button).


 * Step 2:** Complete the Second Life Registration by filling in the required information fields. In the registration process you will be required to choose a name for your avatar. You can choose any name for the first name of your avatar, however your last name must be chosen among the names provided in the drop down menu (Jarrett, 2008, Feldman, 2008). Please note that once you have created your avatar's name (username), it cannot be changed. At this stage you will also be asked to choose a starting look for your avatar. Remember that this is just a starting look and you will be modify the look of your avatar later on (Kay, 2007).




 * Step 3:** Activate your account by going to the email account your provided in the registration and clicking on the activate link to confirm your registration.



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