- Avastart Here!
- Introduction to the course, avatars, and attributes of avatars
- Connections to Avatars
- How do players connect with their avatars? How do players explore their identity through their avatar?
- Gender, Race, and Other Traits
- An avatar's physical features, including their race or gender, can feed into stereotypes or unfortunate implications. How can we design avatars to avoid common pitfalls?
- Got any Change? Effects of Avatars
- How do avatars influence their users even after the context of avatar use? How can you, as a designer, harness this power (for good, not evil)?