ActionScripting with Flash
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| Price: | FREE | Date Published: | March 30, 2010 |
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| Hours: | 24.00 | School: | Adam's School of Media Studies Courses | |
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Teacher: | Adam Thomas | |
| Member Rating: | Not yet rated |
Course Description
This online course is not officially associated to Humber College in any way. It is used by myself as a tool when teaching in this course on campus. The official web page for this course is available here: http://lis.humber.ca/LIS/WebCalendar/CE/CourseOffering.do?name=IMAG_574
Adobe Flash is no longer used as simply "animation for the web" software. Although traditional animation techniques can still be applied to create unique interface elements, one cannot hope to master current applications of Flash without exposure to its native scripting language ActionScript. From coding basic mouse actions to custom functions, students will be exposed to the script driving some of the most creative work on the web. This course introduces students to the syntax of ActionScript while exploring the Actions Panel and its effect on the ActionScript code.
We will be exploring ActionScript 3.0, an object oriented language similar to JavaScript, which enables developers to create highly interactive, adaptable and reusable multimedia websites, product demonstrations and more. Students will be shown how to write well-structured code and where to place it in relation to a flash document.
Course Materials
This class includes an introduction to ActionScript 3.0. It includes the basics of object orientated programming including objects, methods and properties. We will cover the trace command, variables and arrays.
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Variable Source Fields | ZIP | 23.29 KB | 10 files |
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| Week 1 Review Test | 60.00% | 9 |
This week we will cover control structures and event listeners.
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Status Bar | ZIP | 18.22 KB | 10 files |
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Current hour | ZIP | 14.41 KB | 10 files |
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Dot Syntax | ZIP | 18.22 KB | 10 files |
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Tween | ZIP | 19.98 KB | 10 files |
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TweenLite | ZIP | 207.40 KB | 10 files |
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Basic Photo gallery | ZIP | 909.04 KB | 10 files |
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| Week 2 Review Test | 60.00% | 11 |
This week will we create a variety of preloaders and loops. We will review the difference between repeating code with a loop, enter frame events and timer events.
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Random Circles | ZIP | 26.27 KB | 10 files |
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Preloaders | ZIP | 2.34 MB | 10 files |
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| Week 3 Review Test | 60.00% | 7 |
This class will be spent working with external files including audio, video and images. We will also create a variety of equalizers.
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External Images | ZIP | 289.52 KB | 10 files |
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External Video | ZIP | 34.02 KB | 10 files |
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External SWFs | ZIP | 283.36 KB | 10 files |
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External Sound Equalizer | ZIP | 25.92 KB | 10 files |
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Assignment 1 - Preloader or Equalizer | 33.18 KB |
| Test Name | Pass | Questions |
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| Week 4 - Review Test | 60.00% | 6 |
This class will be spent working with external files including a local XML document for a gallery and a weather RSS feed from another web site.
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Flash Weather Feed | ZIP | 9.02 KB | 10 files |
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Flash XML Gallery | ZIP | 367.68 KB | 10 files |
This week we will cover functions and external ActionScript files.
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Functions | ZIP | 8.21 KB | 10 files |
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External ActionScript Files | ZIP | 7.38 KB | 10 files |
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Assignment 2 - Functions | 36.25 KB |
This class will be spent covering topics choses my students. We will deconstruction sites chosen by students.
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Deconstruction marcecko.com | ZIP | 50.80 KB | 2 files |
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Deconstruction mnatwork.com | ZIP | 595.10 KB | 221 files |
This class will be spent covering topics choses my students. We will deconstruction sites chosen by students.
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Deconstruction skribbs.com | ZIP | 158.18 KB | 2 files |
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Deconstruction shoesofprey.com | ZIP | 14.85 KB | 4 files |
Course Reviews
Adam Thomas
My career in New Media has been split pretty evely between instructing and development. I teach part time at Humber College with the School of Media Studies and the Digital Imaging Training Centre. And I am a co-owner of a small web development firm called Robin Hood Tech Inc.
I have also recently been involved in a few Flash book for Friends of Ed. I tech edited Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers and co-authored Flash CS3 Video.
These courses are meant to work with in class instruction at Humber College but can also be taken as simply onlne courses.
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