IM1480 Fundamentals of IMD
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
The course introduces students to the history, trends, terminology, and concepts in the field of interactive design. Through materials presented in the course, students become familiar with the roles and responsibilities of people working in the field, professional organizations, and significant organizations. Students are also introduced to the ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: In this class we'll be exploring interactive design through the use of several excellent software tools. The tools include Dreamweaver and Flash. We'll also be making use of FTP client software, creating and publishing a website and manipulating digital imagery with programs like Photoshop and Fireworks. For the ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: I'll be demonstrating some of the basics in Dreamweaver including how to create, export and import site definitions. I'll also be discussing some of the basics of FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
Session 2: Let's look carefully at tables and how they can improve the look of our web ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: What are web graphics? Why do we need them and how can they improve website development? We will talk about these and other issues in class today. The chart below has some features of the three graphic formats we can use in web productions. These are .png, .jpg ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: Flash is an extremely versatile application which allows it's users to create an infinite array of applications from something as simple as motion graphics to as complex as fully functional arcade style games. Our first assignment will be to create a bouncing ball in Flash. Click here to ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: Today your bouncing ball is due. Also, let's take a look at scenes, buttons, navigation, and some simple ActionScripting in Flash MX. ActionScript allows us to control navigation throughout a Flash project. Certain "Actions" can only be applied to buttons, while others only to movie clips. Take a ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: Today we'll go over sound, motion paths and masks. First of all I would like to review tweening. Here are a few points to keep in mind about motion tweens:
1. Remember to convert to symbol (Modify/Convert to Symbol, or F8) before making motion tweens.
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: Today we'll be discussing the final project which is a full interactive website. We will be combining several types of media within the site, but some important factors not to be overlooked are design and usability. An excellent set of usability criteria goes by the acronym SCANMIC. These ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: Try to finish selecting the subject for your site and get a good start on your development plans today. Remember that paper prints of your design documents (development plans) are due next class. If you have finished your proposal you can start working on your mockups. Use your ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: I will be looking at everyone's mockups today (10 points). Based on the feedback I give you, choose your design, make any final adjustments and start creating a template. I suggest using FIreworks MX to create your HTML template. I'll demonstrate the process of creating HTML templates from ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: Today I'll be looking at the "beta" versions of your website (15 points). A beta version is a nearly complete version of software or web projects that is used to make sure that nothing is wrong with the project. This is commonly refered to as beta testing.
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Session 1: Evaluations.
Session 2: Evaluations.
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