There will be three (3) projects in the class that each student has to do. They will be done in Flash. All projects will be designed in a way that the functionality of Flash 6 is sufficient to do them, but that they also can be done in any higher version.
Project 1: (Due September 29th)
- Create a Flash Animation That Introduces You
If you click on the link below you load a page with the Flash animations that were produced by the students for project 1, this page is 8 MB and takes a while to load
- The Results of Project 1
Project 2: (Due October 20th)
Project 3: (Due November 17th)
trial software
material from the class
material from the class
tutorials/resources
These are the same links as on the links page and are good starting points for learning flash, also the included -Help- and -How To- files in Flash are very helpful.
For Actionscript documentation please look at the Flash-Help under "ActionScript Language Reference"
- actionscript.org, good tutorials for ActionScript
- Flash Documentation by Macromedia, very extensive
- Online Workspace Tour for Flash 8
- Omline Seminar on Graphis Effects in Flash 8
- Index of the Macromedia OnDemand Tutorials
- download of tutorials from flashidea.com
- online tutorials from flashidea.com
- very good and extensive flash tutorials at Kirupa
The campus has four labs that have Flash 6 installed:
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Lab 33 in the Computer Space Science Building
Location: Room 3332
Hours: M,Tu,W,Th: 08:00am-10:00pm, F: 08:00am-5:00pm, Sat-Sun: closed
Lab 35 in the McKeldin Library
Location: Room 1137
Hours: M,Tu,W,Th: 08:00am-10:00pm F: 08:00am-06:00pm, Sat: 10:00am-06:00pm, Sun: 02:00pm-10:00pm
Lab 37 in the Parking Garage I
Location: Room 0504
Hours: 24/7
Lab 38 in the Worcester Hall
Location: Room 011
Hours: 24/7
Note: You will need a WAM account to access these computers, if you do not have a WAM account already go to: OIT and apply for one, it usually takes 1 to 3 days to activate!
You can also buy a copy of Macromedia Flash MX 2004 from OIT for 70 Dollars. It should be available at the help desk in the Computer Science Space Bulding Room 1400, Phone: 301-405-1500 open Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm