"Minimum Avatar Skills to Acquire for Second Life Acculturation"

Presenting the Self:

customizing avatar appearance, opening boxes, changing clothes, saving appearance, updating a profile, using animations, using sounds

Wayfinding:

walking, flying, teleporting, using landmarks, using camera controls, searching for places, using maps, setting a ‘home’ location, finding and using slurls

Communicating:

using text chat and IM, using voice chat, playing audio and video, making and giving a notecard, uploading and giving textures, giving and receiving objects

Managing Keepsakes:

copying chat logs, taking snapshots, making landmarks, obtaining freebies, making purchases, using and organizing inventory

Socializing:

offering friendship, offering a teleport, searching for groups, joining and leaving groups, making notes about people, culture and etiquette

Building and Creating:

creating and linking prims, applying textures, setting permissions, making machinima, scripting, terraforming, land management

Troubleshooting

adjusting environment settings, changing draw distance, accessing advanced menu and settings