EnCore MOO Guide: Introduction

This is a MOO guide for teachers, students, and other people using an EnCore-type MOO. This document was originally composed by Erin Karper in the Professional Writing Program at Purdue University as part of the Virtual Environments for Writing (ViEW) project, and adapted by Lennie Irvin from San Antonio College as part of the EnCore MOO Open Source Documentation Project.

As an Open Source document, it is freely available for anyone's use as long as it is not used for commercial uses and acknowledgments are clearly made to Erin Karper and the EnCore MOO Open Source Documentation Project. Additions and suggestions are always welcome; please email Lennie Irvin with your comments.

MOO Interface

An explanation of the various parts of the MOO interface and what they are used for.

Character Options

How to change your password, your description, and other options for your MOO character.

Getting Around

Navigating in MOO space and interacting with people and object in the MOO.

Communicating in the MOO

A comprehensive guide for communicating in the MOO

Working with Objects

How to interact with and manipulate objects in the MOO

Using Objects Guide

A collection of help texts on using common objects in the MOO

Creating Objects and Rooms

Making objects such as recorders, web projectors, and other educational objects

Xpress Options

Using options such as the online notebook, logging, and the Virtual Assignment Server

Getting Help

Using on MOO help

Command Summary

A quick-reference summary of basic commands.

Beginner's Guide

A beginner's guide for MOOing from the founders of EnCore

QuickStart Cheat Sheet

A one page collection of MOO commands to help new MOOers

 


Version 1.0 of the EnCore User's Guide is for EnCore MOO version 2.1.1 and was adapted for use by Lennie Irvin in August 2001. Thanks are extended to Erin Karper for the generous use of her original EnCore Guide for ProNoun MOO that formed the foundation of this document. If you are interested in adapting this Guide for your own MOO, please go to the EnCore MOO Open Source Documentation Project page.