The VWEC Student Challenge presented the Intermediate Building Class hosted by Tilly from Builders Brewery. The recording of this practical class can be followed by those who couldn’t attend, or by those who attended but would like to brush up on their skills. The supports for the class can be found at the Student Challenge lecture space in the red coloured Builder’s Brewery box.
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Merino’s building classes
March 30, 2026Merino (aka Çağla Solak) has produced this really useful and easy to follow series of short YouTube tutorial videos for building in Second Life. You can follow the instructions and practice building at Çağ University’s sandbox in the Second Life campus. Don’t forget to activate the Cag University group so you have permission to build.
How to Build in Second Life demonstrates the basics: creating a prim; using the ‘object’ tab to edit; applying textures; and linking objects.
Build a Basic Solar Panel in Second Life applies what was learned in the previous video.
the Basic Mushroom Lamp Modelling in Second Life tutorial explains how to make an object interactive by using a script.
The Second Life Marketplace Guide | How to Buy and Use Items tutorial explains how to find free items to use in your own building.
Using scripts to animate objects so that they react to being clicked is explained in How to Use a Script in Second Life.
Second Life Notecard Giver Tutorial exlpains how to have an object give out a notecard to anyone who clicks on it.
All videos coutesy of Çağla Solak.
Accessibility tips and Building School tour
March 7, 2026The class this Saturday began with Gentle Heron talking about the importance of accessibility when building in Second Life. The founder of Virtual Ability, she has a lifetime of experience in the area and her approach is based on the principle that ensuring accessibility is not simply to support the disabled but, it significantly improves results for everyone. Gentle also shared a link to the Second Life wiki on accessibility which has lots of useful information.
This was followed by a visit to the Happy Hippo Building School with Leslea Aldrin and JeZeBeLe Dagger. The school is a tremendous resource for anyone building in Second Life. It offers regular building classes at all levels and specialising in a range of topics from scripting to adding media. Many classes can be taken at your own convenience and are available all the time. The school is well worth visiting to see the huge range of support available. Here is the Landmark for the school in Second Life.
Beginners building class
February 28, 2026The VWEC Student Challenge presented a Absolute Beginners Building Class hosted by Tilly from Builders Brewery. The recording of this practical class can be followed by those who couldn’t attend, or by those who attended but would like to brush up on their newly acquired skills.
Class 9: Intermediate building class
March 22, 2025
Excellent attendance again today for the intermediate building class, led by Tilly from Builders Brewery. The folder of items used in the class is still available at the at the Student Training area for anyone who would like to revisit the training. Here is the recording of the class:
Class 5: Absolute beginners building
March 1, 2025The introductory class to building in Second Life had almost full attendance, an excellent outcome considering it took place late on Saturday evening for the European students. Builders Brewery has been offering classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced builders for many years and we are fortunate to have their support for the VWEC Student Challenge. For those who could not attend, or if you would like to review the class, here is a recording made by Valibrarian.
There will be an intermediate building class by Builders Brewery on Saturday 22 March at 9:00 am SL Time.
Building in SL
March 27, 2023
There was poor attendance from TU Dublin students at this class so here is a link to the transcript of proceedings. It will give you a sense of the presentation. Tooyaa, Fran and Cats, along with Wisdom, covered a range of useful tools such as making and saving notecards, building, communications options and so on.
Tooyaa also reminded the students of the Masters of the Metaverse modules which can be found here: Lesson Module 1 – Basics and Lesson Module 2 – Synthesis.
Virtual Environments: Is one life enough? 