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Course Name
Flash 8 Series

Contact Hours: 7

Course Description

Flash is the standard tool for delivering interactivity and animation on Web sites. This series walks you through the new and improved features found in Flash 8.

Features:

  • Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
  • audio accompanies each lesson page throughout the course
  • Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
  • Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
  • Simulations teach learners to perform specific tasks in applications through guided, multi-step exercises.
  • Supplied sample files include sample documents, application files, programs, and programming code that enable learners to practice with these files, enhancing the learning experience.
  • Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, in a dictionary, or in MindLeaders Reference Library (for subscribers). n addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
  • Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
  • Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
  • A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
  • A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
  • Bookmarking tracks a learner`s progress in a course.

Outcome

After completing this course, students will be able to:

What`s New to Basic

  • Describe the new aspects of the Flash 8 environment
  • Use new graphics tools
  • Employ new text features
  • Use new ActionScript features
  • Employ new automation features

What`s New to Professional

  • Modify instance color styles and blends
  • Adjust motion tween properties
  • Customize motion easing in and out
  • Import video
  • Use FLV files
  • Apply graphic filter effects

Assessment

Students may master the course/s by achieving a percentage at or above 70% for each individual lesson, through their scoring results of the course questions, the skill assessment, or a combination of both.


Outline

What's New to Basic

  • Getting Started with Flash 8
  • The Flash 8 Environment
  • Drawing Tools
  • Graphic Tools
  • More Graphics
  • Text
  • ActionScript and Debugging
  • Automation
  • Publishing

What's New to Professional

  • Modifying instance color styles and blends
  • Adjusting motion tween properties
  • Customizing motion easing
  • Using the Video Import Wizard
  • Exporting FLV files from video editors
  • Working with the Video Encoder
  • Applying graphic filter effects