Flash CS5

Course details

Module One: Setting Project Requirements

• Identify the purpose, audience, and audience needs for rich media content.
• Identify rich media content that is relevant to the purpose of the media in which it will be used (websites, mobile devices, and so on).
• Understand options for producing accessible rich media content.
• Demonstrate knowledge of standard copyright rules (related terms, obtaining permission, and citing copyrighted material).
• Understand project management tasks and responsibilities.
• Communicate with others (such as peers and clients) about design and content plans

Module Two: Identifying Rich Media Design Elements

• Identify general and Flash-specific best practices for designing rich media content for a website.
• Demonstrate knowledge of design elements and principles.
• Identify general and Flash-specific techniques to create rich media elements that are accessible and readable.
• Use a storyboard to produce rich media elements.
• Organize a Flash document

Module Three: Understanding Adobe Flash CS5 Interface

• Identify elements of the Adobe Flash interface.
• Use the Timeline.
• Adjust document properties.
• Use Adobe Flash guides and rulers.
• Use the Motion Editor.
• Understand Flash file types.
• Identify best practices for managing the file size of a published Adobe Flash document.

Module Four: Building Rich Media Elements

• Make rich media content development decisions based on your analysis and interpretation of design specifications.
• Use tools on the Tools panel to select, create, and manipulate graphics and text.
• Import and modify graphics.
• Create text.
• Adjust text properties.
• Create objects and convert them to symbols, including graphics, movie clips, and buttons.
• Understand symbols and the library.
• Edit symbols and instances
• Create masks.
• Create animations (changes in shape, position, size, color, and transparency).
• Add simple controls through ActionScript 3.0.
• Import and use sound.
• Add and export video.
• Publish and export Adobe Flash documents.
• Make a document accessible

Module Five: Evaluating Rich Media Elements

• Conduct basic technical tests.
• Identify techniques for basic usability tests.