Semester Schedule

Week 1: Tuesday	Intro to Flash, Transmedia, and T361
Week 1 Thursday	HTML/web review Flash 9 interface Using Flash 9 Painting and drawing intro Helpful HTML links: What an HTML Document Is Linking Useful Unix Unix file permissions (use Absolute form: chmod 644, etc.) Questions for the Knowledge Base www.kb.indiana.edu: How do I get an account at IU? What are the basics of creating a personal home page at IUB? At IUB, how can I put personal pages on the World Wide Web? What is spinweb? What is HTML, and where can I find a guide for creating HTML documents? Information about FTP at IU Student accounts at IU 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.
Week 2: Tuesday	Read: WWD 6-19; FMX chap. 1-4 & 30 Flash 9 interface Painting & Drawing 1
Week 2 Thursday	Quiz 1 Painting & drawing 2 Publishing in Flash 9 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.
Week 3 Tuesday	Read: WWD 20-33; FMX chap. 5-8 Quiz 2 Working with text Timeline layers Objects & symbols Due: journal 2
Week 3 Thursday	Masks Animation 1 Due: assignment 2 Create an imaginary landscape using the graphics tools in Flash.
Week 4 Tuesday	Read: WWD 34-45; FMX chap. 10-12 Quiz 3 Animation 2 Due: journal 3
Week 4 Thursday	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.
Week 5 Tuesday	Read: WWD 46-69; FMX chap. 22-24 Quiz 4 Sound 1 Due: journal 4
Week 5 Thursday	Sound 2 Due: assignment 4 An animated city scene.
Week 6 Tuesday	Read: WWD 70-105 Practical Exam
Week 6 Thursday	Practical Exam continued
Week 7 Tuesday	Read: WWD 106-113 Due: Project 1 & critique
Week 7 Thursday	Project 1 critiques continued
Week 8 Tuesday	Read: WWD 114-139; FMX chap. 15 & 17-18 Quiz 5 Buttons Due: journal 5
Week 8 Thursday	ActionScript intro Due: assignment 5 Yoiu 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.
Week 9 Tuesday	Read: WWD 140-165; FMX chap. 17-19 Quiz 6 ActionScript for interactivity Writing target paths Due: journal 6
Week 9 Thursday	Scripting for multiple timelines 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.
Week 10 Tuesday	Read: FMX chap. 25&31 Quiz 7 Working with video Due: journal 7
Week 10 Thursday	Advanced audio concepts Due: Project 2 proposal Due: assignment 7 Load external assets. Load two external SWF files into different locations: _level1 and a movie clip instance.
Week 11 Tuesday	Read: FMX chap. 20; 29 Quiz 8 Interface "widgets:" drag & drop; sliders Due: journal 8
Week 11 Thursday	Graphics animation Due: assignment 8 Create controls that can tweak the volume of a sound loop. File must not exceed 500K.
Week 12 Tuesday	Due: Project 2 & critique Quiz 9 Read: FMX chap. 20-21 Text scripting Due: journal 9
Week 12 Thursday	File preloaders Due: assignment 9 You choose to create any ONE of the following: (1) a slider that scrolls a graphic (2) a scrolling text box (3) a friction animation
Week 13 Tuesday	Due: Project 2 & critique
Week 13 Thursday	NO CLASS; THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 14 Tuesday	Quiz 10 Guest lecture Due: journal 10
Week 14 Thursday	Guest lecture Due: assignment 10 Create an animated preloader.
Week 15 Tuesday	Bonus quiz Guest lecture
Week 15 Thursday	Final project working critique
Week 16 Final Presentations	Final projects must be posted to your site by 10 PM, Tuesday We will meet during the final exam period for a final critique: 10:15-12:15, Thursday