Calendar for ITNW.1492.7501 Web Animation / Fall 2002
Abbreviations & Icons
- type = type of assignment
- Bookwork = work through the chapter, performing all exercises. Bookworks are graded assignments. The first class session of each week will be used for bookwork. (In evening classes, the 1st 1/2 of the class will be used for bookwork.) If you cannot complete bookwork in the allotted time you are expected to attend lab or complete the work at home.
- Readings = articles or chapters that should be completed BEFORE the class session
- s = short graded papers or projects
- Quizzes = short multiple-choice quiz on a specific .
- Activities = ungraded assignments done in class that expand on material on the textbook or from lecture.
- References = documents provided for additional information. You will never be tested on a reference document. If you're falling behind in class, the reference documents should be ignored.
- Admin = administrative items needed to make the class run more smoothly.
- Notes = tips on how to handle particular assignments.
= Content posted after we've covered associated material in
class.
= Gallery of web sites serving as examples of techniques or
concepts discussed in class
= Viewlet (short movie) demonstrating a software technique. Hoover over
the icon to see the show's title. Please remember that a Viewlet's content
does not reflect all the material in a chapter.
= Link to a web site used in lecture. Hoover over the icon to see the site's
name or URL.
= Supplemental reading
| Type | Details |
| Wednesday August 28 | |
| Reading | Syllabus, Lab Policies |
| Reading | NLC Computer Graphics Copyright Guidelines |
| Activity | What Is Flash? |
| Project | Project #1 - Moving Logos (due October 9) |
| Reference | You can download a thirty day evaluation copy of Flash MX from Macromedia. |
| Reference | Flash Web Sites |
| Reference | Helpful Tools: paletteman.com for color schemes |
| Reference | Flash 5 Toolbox (FlashKit) |
| Wednesday September 4 | |
| Activity | Ch. 1 in class -- graded based on attendance |
| Homework | Ch. 2 The Flash Toolbox |
| Quiz | Quiz: NLC Computer Graphics Copyright Guidelines |
| Reference | Vector vs. Bitmap Graphics (FlashKit) |
| Activity | Initial logo development |
| Homework | More Logos -- fifteen to twenty logos based on the initial design chosen in class. |
| Wednesday September 11 | |
| Exercise | Storyboard for Project #1 |
| Homework | Ch. 3 Flash Symbols and Libraries
|
| Wednesday September 18 | |
| Bookwork | Ch 4 Managing Content on the Stage |
| Wedneday September 25 | |
| Bookwork | Ch. 6 Motion Tweening
|
| Wednesday October 2 | |
| Bookwork | Ch. 7 Shape Tweening
|
| Exercise | Record a cartoon from commercial break to commercial break. Write a 1/2 page critique of the cartoon, pretending that the animators used Flash. Describe what techniques the animators used (shape tweening, motion tweening, motion guides, easing, etc.). You will present your findings in class. |
| Wednesday October 9 | |
| Project One Due | |
| Exercise | Publishing Your Animation to the Web |
| Reference | Viewlet:
Publishing Your Flash Files |
| Reference | Viewlet:
WS_FTP Overview |
| Project 2: Cartoon or Music Video | |
| Wednesday October 16 | |
| Project Two | |
| Activity | Flash Menu |
| Wednesday October 23 | |
| Bookwork | Ch 5 Bitmaps |
| Lab | Lab Time |
| Wednesday October 30 | |
| Bookwork | Ch 8 Masks and Masking
|
| Activity | Recording Sound |
| Activity | Basic Sound Editing in CoolEdit |
| Exercise | Creating a Screen Saver with FlashJester |
| Activity | Sound Loops (Fruity Loops) |
| Reference | Flash Resources: Music and Sound Effects |
| Bookwork | Ch 11 Sound
|
| Lab Day | |
| Tuesday March 5 | |
| Lab Day | |
| Thursday March 7 | |
| Lab Day | |
| Tuesday March 12 and Thursday March 14 | |
| Spring Break - No Class | |
| Tuesday March 19 | |
| Reference | List of other products which can create Flash screen savers. |
| Thursday March 21 | |
| Bookwork | Ch 9 Actions and Interactions |
| Tuesday March 26 | |
| NOTE | I have a budget meeting @ 1:00 on this day. I'll be in class until shortly before 1:00, at which point Nilofar will take over. |
| Lab Time | |
| Thursday March 28 | |
| Tuesday April 2 | |
| Menu A & 1st 1/2 of Ch 10 Intelligent Actions | |
| Thursday April 4 | |
| 2nd half of Ch 10 | |
| Tuesday April 9 | |
| Bookwork | Ch 12 Optimizing |
| Reading | Comparisonics: The Developer's Audio Search Engine |
| Reading | Creating Great Audio for the Web |
| Reference | Convert a MIDI to a WAV |
| Reference | Cartoon Vocalization and Phonetics |
| Thursday April 11 | |
| Last Day to Drop with a W is April 11th | |
| Bookwork | Ch 13 Publishing (read only) |
| Lab Work | |
| Tuesday April 14 | |
| Dice Graphics due at beginning of class | |
| Work on Dice Game | |
| Thursday April 18 | |
| Bookwork | Ch 14 Intermediate Action Script 1 |
| Reference | Getting Started with ActionScript |
| Reference | ActionScript Dictionary |
| Reading | Short " Learning Flash" piece from flashkit.com. I know the author is trying to be funny, but it's hitting a little too close to home . . . . Part Two is also on the site. |
| Tuesday April 23 | |
| Lab Day | |
| Thursday April 25 | |
| Bookwork | Ch 15 Intermediate Action Script 2 |
| Tuesday April 30 | |
| Lab Day | |
| Thursday May 2 | |
| Bookwork | Ch 16 High Level Site Design |
| Tuesday May 7 | |
| Lab Day | |