ITE 170 Schedule - Spring 2007

William M. Pegram
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ITE 170 Schedule - Section 003N - Spring 2007

This text references are to the Flash 8 book by Gonzalez. The schedule will be updated with links to homework exercises and additional material as the course progresses. The most current copy of this schedule can be found on the course web site at www.billpegram.com

Week Class Topics Reading/Homework Due (more will be added as course progresses)

1/18 (wk 1)
Course information, schedule, Getting started on Annandale computers, Web Page Creation and Revision, Text Formatting, Link Creation

XHTML Tutorial (reading)

1/25 (2) Inserting Images into Web Pages (all in Notepad), Creating Tables in Notepad, Default Pages and Directory Browsing, FTP using CoreFTP and Browser (FTP Instructions)

2/1 (3)
Intro to HTML Editors (in particular Dreamweaver; Composer - available in Netscape 7 and earlier but not 8 and SeaMonkey are free HTML editors) - TAC Dreamweaver tutorial

Formatting

Create Links

Insert Images

Tables

Site Management capabilities - renaming and moving files, library items

Biography Assignment

2/8 (4) Intro to Graphics Programs (Fireworks and Paint) and Graphics Formats - sample files: breads.png, horizons.png

Creating art work (drawing tools)

Resizing and cropping images

Optimizing and Exporting for use on web

Fireworks Intro, Guide to Paint (reading)

2/15 (5) Graphics Programs (cont.)

Rectangle and Oval Vector Tools

Creating animated gifs with Fireworks, frame by frame animation, layers, tweening, onion skinning, symbols

Introduction to Animation Programs (Flash) - Flash Interface and Drawing Tools

Creating Animated Gifs with Fireworks (reading), Chapters 1-3, summarized in Flash Interface and Drawing Tools (reading)

2/22 (6)

Image formats, Gradients, Object Drawing Model, Pen and Subselection tool
Quiz

3/1 (7)

Discuss quiz

Frame-by-Frame Animation and Shape Tweeing

Chapter 4-5

3/8 (8)

Symbols and Instances

Filters and Blend Modes - blendBasics.fla, filterBasics.fla, colorizing.fla

Chapters 6-7, Flash Short Assignment 1

3/22 (9)

Motion Tweening and Timeline Effects - assistantsFinal.fla, assistants.fla, blurAnimation.fla, jumpShadowFinal.fla, jumpShadow.fla

Chapter 8, Flash Assignment 2

3/29 (10)

Working With Bitmaps (Importing and Compressing, importing sequences, converting bitmaps to vectors)- import1.jpgButtons

Chapter 9-10

4/5 (11)

Quiz

Movie Clips

Ch. 11

4/12 (12)

ActionScript

Ch. 12

4/19 (13)

Working with Text, ActionScript comment

Ch. 13

4/26 (14)

Working with Text (continued), username example, Sound

Ch. 13,14

5/3 (15)

Sound (continued)

Project due Monday 5/8 11am

5/10 (16)
Final: 4:30-7:20PM

Last revised: May 6, 2007

Week	Class Topics	Reading/Homework Due (more will be added as course progresses)
1/18 (wk 1)	Course information, schedule, Getting started on Annandale computers, Web Page Creation and Revision, Text Formatting, Link Creation	XHTML Tutorial (reading)
1/25 (2)	Inserting Images into Web Pages (all in Notepad), Creating Tables in Notepad, Default Pages and Directory Browsing, FTP using CoreFTP and Browser (FTP Instructions)
2/1 (3)	Intro to HTML Editors (in particular Dreamweaver; Composer - available in Netscape 7 and earlier but not 8 and SeaMonkey are free HTML editors) - TAC Dreamweaver tutorial Formatting Create Links Insert Images Tables Site Management capabilities - renaming and moving files, library items	Biography Assignment
2/8 (4)	Intro to Graphics Programs (Fireworks and Paint) and Graphics Formats - sample files: breads.png, horizons.png Creating art work (drawing tools) Resizing and cropping images Optimizing and Exporting for use on web	Fireworks Intro, Guide to Paint (reading)
2/15 (5)	Graphics Programs (cont.) Rectangle and Oval Vector Tools Creating animated gifs with Fireworks, frame by frame animation, layers, tweening, onion skinning, symbols Introduction to Animation Programs (Flash) - Flash Interface and Drawing Tools	Creating Animated Gifs with Fireworks (reading), Chapters 1-3, summarized in Flash Interface and Drawing Tools (reading)
2/22 (6)	Image formats, Gradients, Object Drawing Model, Pen and Subselection tool Quiz
3/1 (7)	Discuss quiz Frame-by-Frame Animation and Shape Tweeing	Chapter 4-5
3/8 (8)	Symbols and Instances Filters and Blend Modes - blendBasics.fla, filterBasics.fla, colorizing.fla	Chapters 6-7, Flash Short Assignment 1
3/22 (9)	Motion Tweening and Timeline Effects - assistantsFinal.fla, assistants.fla, blurAnimation.fla, jumpShadowFinal.fla, jumpShadow.fla	Chapter 8, Flash Assignment 2
3/29 (10)	Working With Bitmaps (Importing and Compressing, importing sequences, converting bitmaps to vectors)- import1.jpgButtons	Chapter 9-10
4/5 (11)	Quiz Movie Clips	Ch. 11
4/12 (12)	ActionScript	Ch. 12
4/19 (13)	Working with Text, ActionScript comment	Ch. 13
4/26 (14)	Working with Text (continued), username example, Sound	Ch. 13,14
5/3 (15)	Sound (continued)	Project due Monday 5/8 11am
5/10 (16)	Final: 4:30-7:20PM