COAP:COAP-2110/week4

Week 4 - Monday COAP 2110

Theme: Basic interactivity

Introduction to buttons and some ActionScript

• Topics: Button frame-by-frame animation, creating slide shows (timeline navigation) with buttons
• Previews: Simple slide show, Rocket launcher, Menus with buttons, Image maps with pictures, Buttons with animation
• Handout: Flash button tutorial

Wednesday - Mid term

• See Mid term exam information

Homework 4

For those who already turned in 3 homeworks: I suggest skipping this one. I will not test button creation in the final. But do homework 5 which is more important.

Assignment

Create a really complex button and that includes well done graphics and/or animations. In addition, create 2 minor variants of the same button. To do so: duplicate then rename the button you created first (right-click in the library).

Reuse of prior homework

• If you wish you can use your previous homework (in any way you like), e.g. include each animation as swf file in a different frame. But this is by no means an obligation nor does it have an influence on grading.

Submission date and format

• To be returned by Monday, at start of week 6 lesson
• Use the following Flash file name project4-familyname-firstname.fla, e.g.

project4-miller-joe.fla

... I must be able to distinguish these files and we want to avoid overwriting.

Other constraints

• Reuse of objects: 1/3 must be drawn by yourself, max. 1/3 imported but customized, max. 1/3 imported as is. (So you also can do everything by yourself).
• You must fill in a document description using the same template as in homework 1.
• Homework projects are individual. If you work with others, make sure that the individual projects differ, i.e. the "reuse of objects" criteria above apply.
• If you reuse old homework, make sure that certain errors are fixed (e.g. use only a single non-editable object in a motion tween)

Evaluation criteria

Same as before (include late submission policy). You can examine the grading rubric in the world classroom.

The document description

Your p4-xxx-xxx.fla file must include a document description.

• Enter a title and description
• See the template