Provides instruction and hands-on laboratory experience on advanced Flash development. Discusses topics necessary for careers in web multimedia development. Covers Flash games, audio and video file integration, complex animations, ActionScript programming, interactivity, ActionScript controlled motion, preloaders, form processing, external content, and document management.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- Basic interactivity with ActionScript
- Graphic Symbols, Buttons, and Movie Clips
- Making a preloader animation
- How to organize and get control of a complex Flash project
- Understanding variables and functions in ActionScript
- Animation basics: timing, tweens, eases, motion, lip synching
- Understanding and creating game sprites
- Controlling audio and video
1. Design and produce a preloader animation.
2. Control external files such as animation, audio and video.
3. * Control animations and movie clips with ActionScript and buttons.
4. Design and produce a small website.
5. Create an animated banner.
6. * Design and produce a video game with variables and functions.
7. Design and produce a short cartoon.
8. Demonstrate a basic understanding of ActionScript
9. Demonstrate an understanding of best practices and document management.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of student performance will be determined by examinations and hands-on activities.