WDV 261 - Intro Flash

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech

Provides an introduction to a current version of Adobe Flash software. Students will explore the Flash program and will become familiar with the layout and interface. Students will learn how to draw, import, lay out, modify and animate content within Flash.
Competencies

Demonstrate the use of the Flash Software.
1. Open and Start a Flash file.
2. Describe the Work Area.
3. Describe the Panels.
4. Preview a Flash movie.
5. Save and close a Flash file.
Demonstrate the use of the Flash Timeline.
1. Discuss Timeline properties.
2. Discuss different frame types.
3. Discuss different Timeline layers.
4. Modify the Timeline of a Flash movie.
Create and Modify Graphics within Flash.
1. Discuss the use of various graphic formats within Flash.
2. Identify the primary graphic formats for use within Flash.
3. Demonstrate importing a graphic.
4. Demonstrate modification of a graphic.
5. Discuss the concept of layers.
6. Discuss reusing graphics as symbols.
Demonstrate using text effectively within Flash.
1. Identify the Text tool.
2. Use the Text tool to place text content.
3. Modify the properties of a text component.
Demonstrate Animation with Flash.
1. Discuss the use of animation.
2. Create frame by frame animations.
3. Create motion tweens.
4. Use motion guide layers.
5. Create shaping tweens.
6. Apply timeline effects.
Discuss the role of Actionscript in Flash.
1. Design a user interface layout.
2. Create a user component.
3. Attach a behavior to a user component.
4. Create a script that will interact with the user.
Demonstrate the use of a Flash movie.
1. Save a Flash movie.
2. Embed a Flash movie into an html page.
3. Publish the html page to an Internet server.
4. Activate the Flash movie using a user interface component.