Who? MMA1 & Declan Tuite Where? & When? C114 - Lecture : 9am Tuesday C101 - Labs - Group 1: Group 2: 4-6

What? - Authoring - Coding - Project Planning and Management How? - Lecture - Labs - Independent Study/Practice - Exercises / Challenges - Participation - It’s your course - Take notes! - Ask Questions

Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to Produce rich media projects combining text, graphics, audio and video. 2. Plan a project for navigation. 3. Develop interactive mixed-media projects 4. Identify appropriate media assets for the chosen delivery platform. 5. Gather and Manage assets effectively. 6. Integrate multiple media types into a project. 7. Take responsibility for their role in a group project. 8. Identify and allot key roles in a mixed media production.

Indicative Syllabus: Section 1. Authoring Environment, Basic Movement Importing and combining media weeks 1-3 Section 2. Simple Navigation 3-6 Section 3. Programming fundamentals, planning and testing: weeks 5-8 Section 4. Controlling and Manipulating media

Indicative Syllabus: Section 1. Authoring Environment, Basic Movement : weeks 1-3 Possible Uses The Authoring Environment The Workspace - setting up your movie Making simple graphics Importing Artwork Tweening - simple motion animation

Indicative Syllabus: Section 2. Simple Navigation : weeks 3-6 Making Buttons Laying out for Navigation - Markers and Time-line Exporting and displaying finished movie - swf/online or projector/standalone? User Consideration / Usability

Indicative Syllabus: Section 3. Programming fundamentals, planning and testing: weeks 5-8 Syntax and Semantics of the code - how to read. Manipulating object properties - beginning writing Planning code - writing an algorithm - developing Pseudocode Listening for events - mouse and keys Triggering actions from events - mouse and keys Planning a Project: what questions to ask and how to listen - Client focused

Indicative Syllabus: Section 4. Controlling and Manipulating media, using external events and data: weeks 9-12 Time elements Text Elements Controlling Media - Video & Audio Retrieving External Data/Information Generative Animation & code based animation Working with Classes Using External scripts

Assignments: Assignment 1: 40% Groups of 2 - Simple Navigable Project (Demo/Show_n-Tell?) Assignment 2: 60% Groups of 3/4 - Project with Navigation + Interactive elements