ITE 170 Schedule - Spring 2008

William M. Pegram
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ITE 170 Schedule - Section 003,4N - Spring 2008

This text references are to the Flash CS3 book by Perkins. 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)

1/14, 1/16
Course information, Getting started on Annandale computers, Web Page Creation and Revision, Text Formatting, Absolute and Relative Links, Inserting Images into Web Pages, FTP using CoreFTP (FTP Instructions)

XHTML Tutorial (reading)

1/23, 1/28

Screen resolution and sizing
Default Pages and Directory Browsing
Tables
CSS
Validation - http://validator.w3.org/, CSS validator
FTP using Browser - see FTP instructions above

Biography Assignment (due Thurs. Jan. 31 2pm)

1/30, 2/4

Intro to HTML Editors (in particular Dreamweaver) - text formatting, links, images, tables, CSS, site Management capabilities ( renaming and moving files, library items), SeaMonkey (a free HTML editor) - TAC Dreamweaver tutorial,

2/6, 2/11

Introduction to Animation Programs (Flash) - Flash Interface and Drawing Tools, Image formats, Gradients, Object Drawing Model, Pen and Subselection tool

Chapters 1-3, summarized in Flash Interface and Drawing Tools (reading)

2/13, 2/18

Flash Drawing Tools (cont.)

Frame-by-Frame Animation

Chapter 3 (cont.), 4

2/20, 2/25

Shape Tweening
Symbols and Instances
Chapter 5-6, Flash Short Assignment 1 (due Thurs. 2/28)

2/27, 3/3

Quiz (3/3 and 3/5)

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

Chapter 7

3/5, 3/17
Motion Tweening and Timeline Effects - assistantsFinal.fla, assistants.fla, blurAnimation.fla, jumpShadowFinal.fla, jumpShadow.fla
Chapter 8

3/18, 3/24

Image Formats and Compression

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

Flash Assignment 2 (due Thurs 3/20)
Chapter 9

3/26, 4/1

Buttons

Movie Clips

Ch. 10, 11

4/2, 4/7

ActionScript

Ch. 12

4/9, 4/14

ActionScript (cont.)

Working with Text

ActionScript comment

username example

Ch. 13

4/16, 4/21

Input Text (cont.)

Quiz

Flash Assignment 3 (due April 24)

4/23, 4/28

Discussion of Quiz

Sound

Ch. 14

4/30, 5/5

Components and Forms, Video, Publishing and Exporting

Ch. 15-17

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Final: Monday class May 12 4:30-7:20PM, Wed class May 7: 4:30-7:20PM

Last revised: April 23, 2008

Week	Class Topics	Reading/Homework Due (more will be added as course progresses)
1/14, 1/16	Course information, Getting started on Annandale computers, Web Page Creation and Revision, Text Formatting, Absolute and Relative Links, Inserting Images into Web Pages, FTP using CoreFTP (FTP Instructions)	XHTML Tutorial (reading)
1/23, 1/28	Screen resolution and sizing Default Pages and Directory Browsing Tables CSS Validation - http://validator.w3.org/, CSS validator FTP using Browser - see FTP instructions above	Biography Assignment (due Thurs. Jan. 31 2pm)
1/30, 2/4	Intro to HTML Editors (in particular Dreamweaver) - text formatting, links, images, tables, CSS, site Management capabilities ( renaming and moving files, library items), SeaMonkey (a free HTML editor) - TAC Dreamweaver tutorial,
2/6, 2/11	Introduction to Animation Programs (Flash) - Flash Interface and Drawing Tools, Image formats, Gradients, Object Drawing Model, Pen and Subselection tool	Chapters 1-3, summarized in Flash Interface and Drawing Tools (reading)
2/13, 2/18	Flash Drawing Tools (cont.) Frame-by-Frame Animation	Chapter 3 (cont.), 4
2/20, 2/25	Shape Tweening Symbols and Instances	Chapter 5-6, Flash Short Assignment 1 (due Thurs. 2/28)
2/27, 3/3	Quiz (3/3 and 3/5) Filters and Blend Modes - blendBasics.fla, filterBasics.fla, colorizing.fla	Chapter 7
3/5, 3/17	Motion Tweening and Timeline Effects - assistantsFinal.fla, assistants.fla, blurAnimation.fla, jumpShadowFinal.fla, jumpShadow.fla	Chapter 8
3/18, 3/24	Image Formats and Compression Working With Bitmaps (Importing and Compressing, importing sequences, converting bitmaps to vectors)- import1.jpg	Flash Assignment 2 (due Thurs 3/20) Chapter 9
3/26, 4/1	Buttons Movie Clips	Ch. 10, 11
4/2, 4/7	ActionScript	Ch. 12
4/9, 4/14	ActionScript (cont.) Working with Text ActionScript comment username example	Ch. 13
4/16, 4/21	Input Text (cont.) Quiz	Flash Assignment 3 (due April 24)
4/23, 4/28	Discussion of Quiz Sound	Ch. 14
4/30, 5/5	Components and Forms, Video, Publishing and Exporting	Ch. 15-17
(16)	Final: Monday class May 12 4:30-7:20PM, Wed class May 7: 4:30-7:20PM