Multimedia IV: Interactive Design and Authoring

Spring 2003

Time

Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:10-6:00 pm

Location

AE 186

Instructor

James Khazar (james@khazar.com)

Office Hours

Room 160 B
Mondays 6:00-6:30 pm - or by appointment

Class Objective

A thorough understanding of multimedia based interactivity. Students will learn to use many of the elements of multimedia authoring using Macromedia Flash and its associated scripting language, ActionsScript, as digital tools for creating web-based interactive artwork.

Prerequisites

Completion of Art 3830 and Art 3840

Materials

Blank writeable CDs to save in-class work

8 1/2 x 11 paper for quizzes

Suggested Books

Bhangal and Renow-Clark
Foundation ActionScript for Macromedia Flash MX
Friends of Ed Publishing, 2002

Emberton, Hamlin, David, and Lenker
Flash 5 Magic with ActionScript
New Riders Publishing, 2001

Moock, Colin
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
O'Reilly Publishing, 2003

Grading

Exercises

5%

Quizzes

25% (two quizzes, one homework assignment, lowest score of the three will be dropped)

Quick Project

10%

Participation

10%

Educational Project

20%

Final Project

30%

Bouns Points

Regularly awarded for participation and solving special problems. Add to totals points in Quiz category.

Attendance

3 lates = 1 absence

2 unexcused absences = 1/2 letter grade drop

3 unexcused absences = 1 full grade drop

Each additional unexcused absence will reduce
grade by 1 full step

Grading Expectations

A minimum of 4-6 hours per week is expected outside of class time

Assignments, both electronic and print are due at the beginning of class

Assignments submitted on the due date but after the beginning of class drop 1/2 grade, these must be submitted directly to the instructor

Assignments drop one full grade per class meeting that they are late

All work should be finished, not work in progress

This is an art class, and you will be graded on your creativity

Guidelines for an A or B grade

Attend all classes and avoid being late

Turn in more work than is requested for assignments

Participate in critique, volunteer constructive criticism to other student's works

Be resourceful and creative

Turn in clean, well presented work

When in doubt...ask!