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Table of Contents

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Illustrations and Tables
Foreword
Companion Web Sites
Preface
About the Authors

1. MOOs in Context
   Background and history: From Multi-user Games to Educational MOOs
   Educational MOOS
   Communities on the Internet
   Identity
   Notes
   Class Discussion
   Exercises  (the end of all chapters include notes or exercises)

2. Fly Me to the MOO
   MOO CLients
   Web-Based MOO Access and Client Systems
   Noninteractive MOO Browsing
   IP Numbers and Domain Names
   Network Ports
   Connecting with enCore Xpress
   Connecting Using the BioGate System
   Welcome to the MOO

3. The Newbie School: Learning the Bare Basics
   Help, I'm Lost!
   Disappear Not, Help is Nearby
   The enCore X press Graphical MOO Interface
   Exploring the MOOscape
   Getting Around
   Who is Online
   Communicating with Other People
   Managing and Troubleshooting the Interface
   MOO Netiquette and Manners

4. Becoming a Moo Citizen
   Creating Your MOO Persona
   Your Description
   Gender
   Changing your Password
   Other Things You Can Customize
   Inhabitants of the MOO World
   MOOmail
   Managing Mail Lists the Xpress Way
   MOO Newspaper
   IRC-Style Chat Channels
   Privacy and Safety

5. MOO Editors and How to Use Them
   Text Input
   The List Command
   The Insert Command
   The Substitute Command
   The Move and Copy Commands
   The Mail Editor
   The Text Editor

6. Digging in the MUD: How to Create Rooms and Other Objects
   How to Become a Builder
   The Dynamics of MOO Creation
   Generic Classes and Objects
   Creating Your Own MOOspace
   Exits
   Connecting your Rooms to the Rest of the MOO
   Exit Messages
   Creating Aliases for Rooms and Exits
   Creating Other Objects
   enCore Xpress Project Editor
   How to Lock Your Objects
   Keeping Track of Your Stuff
   Monitoring Your Resource Usage
   Keep Your MOO Tidy
   Maps and Other ASCII Art
   Adding Multimedia to Your Objects

7. Object-Oriented Programming in the MOO
   Becoming a Programmer
   Object-Oriented Concepts
   The Anatomy of the Object
   Object-Oriented Design
   Creating a Test Object
   Defining Verbs
   Defining Properties
   The Building Blocks of MOO Language: Expressions, Statements, a nd Operators
   Writing Your First Verb
   Programming Verbs
   Assigning Values to Properties
   Getting Braver: A More Complex Example
   Programming with the enCore Xpress Verb Editor
   From the Programmer's Toolbox
   Fixing Bugs in the Program
   Sharing Your Generic Objects
   Becoming a Hacker
   Checklist for MOO Programmers

8. MOO Classes, Research, and Publication
   Virtual Classrooms
   Multitasking
   Multiconversing: Class and Group Discussions
   Individual Learning
   Publish Web Pages in the MOO
   Presentational Tools and Special Events
   Class Discussion

9. Collaboration on the MOO
   What is Collaboration in MOOspace?
   Why Collaborate Using MOOs?
   How to Collaborate on MOOs
   Special Case: Language Lessons and ESL/FL

Appendix A: A Quick Reference to MOO Commands
Appendix B: Glossary of MOO Jargon and Acronyms
Appendix C: A Few Educational MOOs
Index
Illustrations and Tables

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