August 28 Week 1-1
Intro to Flash, Transmedia, and T361
August 30 Week 1-2
HTML/web review
Helpful HTML links:
What an HTML Document Is
Useful Unix
Unix file permissions (use Absolute form: chmod 644, etc.)
Questions for the Knowledge Base www.kb.indiana.edu:
Basics of XHTML
DOCTYPE declarations, use this one:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
Note the last line, it includes the opening <html> tag.
See W3.org for an XHTML Validator
Notes at W3.org about XHTML 1.0
By the end of class today, you should have a T361 subdirectory in your www directory. You should have a page in the T361 directory entitled index.html which has your name on it. This page is where you will put links to all of the journal entries and assignments that you turn in for the class.
September 4 Week 2-1
Using Flash 8
Painting & Drawing 1
September 6 Week 2-2
Read: WWD 6-19
Quiz 1
Painting & Drawing 2
Publishing in Flash 8
What the heck is AC_RunActiveContent.js
Due: journal 1
Due: assignment 1
A web site in your T361 directory. This should include a home page with working links to a journal page and an assignment page.
September 11 Week 3-1
Read: WWD 20-33
Quiz 2
Working with text: Type demo
Timeline layers
Objects & symbols
Due: journal 2
September 13 Week 3-2
Masks
Animation 1
Due: assignment 2
Create an imaginary landscape using the graphics tools in Flash.
September 18 Week 4-1
Read: WWD 34-45
Quiz 3
Animation 2
The
Right Number a Flash-based comic by Scott McCloud
Due: journal 3
September 20 Week 4-2
Scenes
Movie Clips
Due: Project 1 proposal
Due: assignment 3
A quote or poem designed in Flash. Text and imported bitmap graphics MUST be cited to receive credit.
September 25 Week 5-1
Read: WWD 46-69
Quiz 4
Sound 1
** headphones are required for class this week **
Audacity documentation
Converting
CD audio with Audacity (Note that this is a converted PDF document.
A link to the real PDF is at the top of the page.)
Due: journal 4
September 27 Week 5-2
Sound 2
** headphones are required for class this week **
Due: assignment 4
An animated city scene. Think BUSY[!] with multiple layers of motion.
October 2 Week 6-1
Read: WWD 70-105
Practical Exam
Due: journal 5
October 4 Week 6-2
Practical Exam
October 9 Week 7-1
Read: WWD 106-113
Project 1 working critique
Due: journal 6
October 11 Week 7-2
Discussion: Four Steps of Interaction
Due: Project 1 & critique
October 16 Week 8-1
Read: WWD 114-139
Quiz 5
Buttons
Due: journal 7
October 18 Week 8-2
ActionScript intro
Due: assignment 5
You choose: add audio to your city scene OR create a new 10-second animation
with sound. 1 music track and 5 sound effects minimum. Your file should
not exceed 800K. Be sure to cite the source for all music and sound
effects used in the project!
October 23 Week 9-1
Read: WWD 140-165
Quiz 6
ActionScript for interactivity
Writing target paths
Due: Project 2 proposal
Due: journal 8
October 25 Week 9-2
Scripting for multiple timelines
From "ActionScript
the Definitive Guide," The complete Flash
Player movie clip stack (see figure 13.4)
Due: assignment 6
Simple interactive interface with 4 buttons. Each should direct users to a new area of content. Actual content is not required; graphic place holders are sufficient.
October 30 Week 10-1
Quiz 7
Working with video
"Moviestar" Flash Player
Info in the Flash
Video Learning Guide, and Flash Video Developer Center
Due: journal 9
November 1 Week 10-2
Advanced audio concepts
Due: assignment 7
Load external assets. Load two external SWF files into different locations: _level1 and a movie clip instance. Tie this to a concept or idea so that what you load fits together with the overall look/message of the project.
November 6 Week 11-1
Read: ActionScript handouts
Quiz 8
Interface "widgets:" drag & drop; pop-up and moveable windows
Due: journal 10
November 8 Week 11-2
Graphics animation
Due: assignment 8
Create controls that can tweak the volume of a sound loop. File must not exceed 500K.
November 13 Week 12-1
Quiz 9
Text scripting
Due: Project 2 copy (w/ optional illustrations)
November 15 Week 12-2
Project 2 working critique
Due: assignment 9
You choose to create any ONE of the following: (1) pop-up window (2) drag & drop "widget" (3) an animation that uses ActionScript to produce movement
November 20 Week 13-1
Lab time to work on project 2
Due: Project 3 proposal (via e-mail)
November 22 Week 13-2
NO CLASS: Thanksgiving break
November 27 Week 14-1
File preloaders
Art
of Flash 5 Preloading by Colin Moock (old syntax but essential on
fundamentals)
Thugs
On Film by Mondo Mini Shows
Billy Bussey
Guitar Shred Show
Due: Project 2
November 29 Week 14-2
ActionScript topic TBD
Quiz 10
Due: assignment 10
You choose and create ONE of the following text "widgets:"(1) text scroller (2) password field (3) Mad Lib
December 4 Week 15-1
Bonus Quiz
Open lab
December 6 Week 15-2
Final Project working critique
All Weekly Assignments must be completed by 10 pm, Friday, 7 December
December 11 Finals Week
Final projects must be posted to your site by 12
noon, Tuesday, 11 December
We will meet during the final exam period for a final critique: 5:00-7:00
pm, Tuesday, 11 December