GDT 260 Animation for the Web: Winter 2002
Syllabus
| Date | Topic Covered | In-class Work | Reading Review | Homework (due the following class) |
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| 1.15 | Class Introduction | Purchase book | ||
| 1.17 | Essentials & Toolbox | Chapters 1 & 2 | Create homepage in student webspace to turn in work Case Study: Background & Base Elements |
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| 1.22 | Basic Publishing Symbols & Libraries |
Publish and turn in first homework | Chapter 3 | Case Study: Creating Symbols |
| 1.24 | Managing Content on Stage | Chapter 4 | Case Study: Building the Spinner Foundation | |
| 1.29 | Enhancing Appearance | Chapter 5 | Case Study: Creating Buttons & Enhancing the Spinner Project 1.1 idea (due 2.7) |
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| 1.31 | class cancelled | |||
| 2.5 | Project 1.1 Workday | Project 1.1 | ||
| 2.7 | Project 1.1 due Motion Tweening |
Chapter 6 | Case Study: Animating the Buttons | |
| 2.12 | Shape Tweening | Chapter 7 | Case Study: Animating the Titles Project 1.2 (due 2.21) |
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| 2.14 | Project 1.2 Work Day | Project 1.2 | ||
| 2.19 | Work Day | |||
| 2.21 | Project 1.2 due | Project 1.1/1.2 Critique | ||
| 2.26 | Masks Actions & Interactions |
Chapter 8, Chapter 9 | Case Study: Masks Case Study: Adding ActionScript to the Timeline |
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| 2.28 | Intelligent Actions | Chapter 10 | ||
| 3.5 | Intelligent Actions cont. | Compile movies from Project 1.2, ActionScript Exercises, ActionScript enable project 1.3 timelines | Chapter 10 | Case Study: Adding ActionScript to the Buttons, Finish up in-class work |
| 3.7 | Sound | Chapter 11 | Case Study: Add Sound | |
| 3.12 | Optimizing | Project 1.3: Create a preloader and soundtrack for Project 1.2 | Chapter 12 | Project 1.3 (due 3.19) |
| 3.14 | Project 1.3 workday | |||
| 3.19 | Project 1.3 due Publishing and Storyboarding |
Case Study: Loading the Soundtrack Project 2 Work Day |
Chapter 13 | Writing: Compare two Flash sites Project 2 (due 4.2) |
| 3.21 | Project 2 Work Day | Project 2 | ||
| 3.26 | Project 2 Work Day | Project 2 | ||
| 3.28 | Project 2 Work Day | Project 2 | ||
| 4.2 | Project 2 due | Writing Assignment, Final Project (due 4.25) |
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| 4.4 | Final Project Work Day | Final Project | ||
| 4.9 | Final Project Work Day | Final Project | ||
| 4.11 | Final Project Work Day | Final Project | ||
| 4.16 | Final Project Work Day | Final Project | ||
| 4.18 | Final Project Work Day | Final Project | ||
| 4.23 | Final Project Work Day | Final Project | ||
| 4.25 | Final Project due | Final Project Critique | ||
