Here are definitions for some of the terms that are used in this manual. Please let us know if something is missing.
Audience: people present online at a performance, but not logged in. The audience can participate via the text chat, but do not have access to the same tools as the players.
Avatar: a graphical icon that can be held and moved around the stage by a player, and that can speak.
Backdrop: a graphic which fills the stage behind any avatars and props that are placed on it. A backdrop can also extend behind the text chat.
Chatters: the online audience are also referred to as "chatters", as they contribute to the performance via a text chat function.
Cyberformance: live online performance where remote players and/or audience use internet technologies to come together in real time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberformance
Drawing: functionality that allows real time drawing directly onto the stage.
Foyer: the home page of an UpStage server – where the audience can come to see what's on, and where players can log in.
Mirror: the square on a stage that shows a player which avatar they are currently holding.
Palette: e.g. "drawing palette" or "audio palette" – a set of tools for a particular function.
Player: a logged-in participant in a performance. Players have access to on-stage tools which allow them to manipulate avatars, backdrops and props, and can have different levels of permissions to allow them to access the Workshop and administration tools.
Prop: a graphic which can be held by an avatar or placed on the stage using an invisible avatar.
Splash screen: a sort of "curtain" that appears over the stage while it loads; the splash screen shows the name of the stage, a loading progress indicator and an editable welcome message.
Stage: a dynamic web page where you can place and move avatars, props and backdrops to create a performance.
Stage tools: tools visible on the stage to logged-in players (but not visible to the audience) that enable the players to manipulate media on the stage in real time.
Text chat: an input field and text chat window, where avatars’ speech and audience text appears and is visible to everyone; the text chat window can be scrolled up and down to read text that has been entered previously, and can be accessed for saving by adding /log to the end of the stage url.
Tools: the buttons, sliders and icons that allow logged-in players to manipulate media.
UpStage: UpStage is an open source platform for cyberformance: remote performers combine images, animations, audio, web cams, text and drawing in real-time for an online audience. Players and audience need only a standard web browser with the Flash player plug-in. For more information about the UpStage, visit the web site: www.upstage.org.nz.
Wardrobe: the interface through which players can select avatars on a stage; an alphabeticised and scrollable list of the icons and names of the avatars assigned to that particular stage.
Whispering: silent text communication between logged-in players that is not visible to the audience.
Workshop: the "back stage" interface where logged-in players can upload media, view and edit existing media, create and manage stages and manage players.There has been error in communication with Booktype server. Not sure right now where is the problem.
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