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MS 277 - Multimedia for Web Site Design

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This hands-on course is designed for experienced Web site designers interested in including multimedia on their sites. The course will cover all aspects of creating and including multimedia on a site specifically using Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Flash. You will create a multimedia project using the techniques discussed in class. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to understand multimedia and the issues surrounding its inclusion on Web sites; select approaches, strategies and techniques for integrating multimedia technologies into the design and development of Web sites; and incorporate Flash technologies into their Web sites. (prereq: no specific course)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• Flash Movie Essentials
• The Flash MX Tools Panel
• Flash Symbols and Libraries
• Managing Content
• Enhancing Your Appearance
• Motion Tweening
• Shape Tweening
• Masks and Masking
• Actions and Interactions
• Intelligent Actions
• Sound and Video
• Optimizing and Publishing
Prerequisites by Topic
• HTML, CSS and JavaScript basics
• Macromedia Flash MX basics
• Basic understanding of the Windows operating system (file management and directory structures {i.e. folders}, drag and drop, etc.)
Course Topics
• Tools in the Toolbox
• Library
• Using the Timeline
• Tweening
• Including Sound and Video
• Writing ActionScript
Coordinator
Jeffrey Blessing



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