1. LO2 – Welcome and Navigation Screens - DA202
Certificate in Digital Applications – Level 02
Multimedia Showcase – DA202
LO2 – Welcome and Navigation Screens - DA202

2. Assignment Scenario
Assignment
Checklist
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
LO5
LO6
CLIENT PROPOSAL – prepared by Splash Out production company
This project requires the creation of a series of multimedia products for an online action brochure for a fictitious adventure holiday company called Splash Out Holidays. Students need to be clear about the audience and purpose of the products.
You must produce for the company a showcase for the Splash Out Project that gives an idea of the range of activities available.
 You will create a multimedia product proposal that consists of:
a welcome screen
a navigation screen
an activities movie
a try surfing animation
a new this year gallery
a find out more contact screen.

3. Assignment Scenario Splash Out Overview:
Checklist
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
LO5
LO6
Splash Out Overview:
For this section you will need to plan and prepare the following:
Welcome screen
Students should aim to produce a welcome screen that is animated and attracts the attention of the target audience. It should include the titles or headings ‘Splash Out’ and ‘Action brochure’, utilise motion and audio, and lead to the navigation screen.
Navigation screen
This navigation screen is intended to allow the user to select a component of the brochure. It must present suitable images with hotspots, rollovers, or other navigation features, which provide links to the activities movie, try surfing animation, new this year gallery and find out more contact screen.
Students must produce a design to illustrate their ideas for the layout of the navigation screen. The sketch layout may be hand drawn or software generated and should be annotated to explain design decisions.

4. Task 01 - Prepare a Welcome Screen
You need to complete the following tasks in order to effectively create a working proposal for your client.
Examples of opening screens on games
Storyboards
Text
Graphics
Animated
Animated titles
Music attached
Suitability for purpose
To achieve a pass grade:
Candidates will produce a basic welcome screen for your interactive product that is animated and attracts the attention of the target audience.
To achieve a merit grade:
Candidates will produce an effective animated welcome screen for your interactive product that utilised motion and audio and leads to the navigation screen.
To achieve a distinction grade:
Candidates will produce an effective animated welcome screen for your interactive product that includes all the features, links, motions, audio, titles and headings appropriate for the scenario brief. 1

5. Task 01 - Prepare a Welcome Screen
Task 1 (P) - The action brochure must open with an animated welcome screen that captures the attention of the target audience.
It must:
Welcome viewers to the action brochure
Include headings ‘Splash Out’ and ‘Action brochure'
Include motion, background image(s) and audio
Lead to the navigation screen.
There are different ways to achieve this. It is recommended that you use at a normal level, I would recommend that you use Flash and create a screen that is 600 wide by 400 high.
Then save a range of images about outdoor water activities, from the internet such as surfing, water slides, water parks styles activities and then update your sources table.
Consider what makes a good intro screen for a company
Consider how to make a design stand out and interesting.
Consider The age and range of your target audience.
Where the final splash screen will appear.

6. Task 01 - Prepare a Welcome Screen
Task 1 (P) - The action brochure must open with an animated welcome screen that captures the attention of the target audience.
It must:
Welcome viewers to the action brochure
Include headings ‘Splash Out’ and ‘Action brochure'
Include motion, background image(s) and audio
Lead to the navigation screen. 1
Using the template, create a series of annotated sketches for your splash screen and agree with your test buddy on the final design decision.
Products you create should be well designed, include the Splash Out and Company Brochure headings within the design.
Consider what makes a good intro screen for a company
Consider how to make a design stand out and interesting.
Consider The age and range of your target audience.
Where the final splash screen will appear.

7. Task 02 - Prepare a Welcome Screen
Task 2 (P, M, D)
With the Welcome screen is agreed by your test buddy, you will need to make the finished product using an appropriate package. Evidence of the stages of creation and saving must be evident for the higher grades. The splash screen needs to stand out, be interesting and for the higher grades the finished version should be animated.. 2
Create a splash screen for your production, using text tools within a chosen application.
Merit
Create an animated Splash Screen for “Splash Out” using tools within a chosen application.
Distinction
Create and animate a Splash Screen for “Splash Out” that is vibrant using tools within a chosen application.
Splash Screen file for Splash Out that is simple and easy to read.
Saved as a PNG file format.
File size is not too large
Appropriate Splash Screen
Agreed with your Test Buddy
Effective design (M)
Appeal to the target audience
Animated (D)

8. Task 02 - Prepare a Welcome Screen
In a blank word document, evidence and write one sentence for each of the following stages:
In Flash, or a new version of Photoshop, create a screen that is 600 wide by 400 high.
Adding in the Titles Splash Out and Action Brochure and setting their fonts, sizes and colours.
Creating the motion tweens or stop frames for these titles.
Adding in the four images.
Setting the timings on their entrances.
Show the first second of the finished version.
Show the middle of the animation.
Show the last second of the scene.
Show adding a link to the Navigation screen and hyperlinking it.
Showing saving the file as a true Flash file format s that it can be edited if things do not work out.
Show exporting the flash file as a Flash File.
Save the word file as LO2 – Task 02 – Evidence of Welcome Screen Creation.

9. Task 03 - Prepare a Navigation Screen
‘Splash Out’ looking to create a product Portfolio of their outdoor activities using a multimedia brochure.
Task 3 (P, M, D) - Navigation screen
This navigation screen is intended to allow the user to select a component of the brochure. It must present suitable images with hotspots, rollovers, or other navigation features, which provide links to:
the activities movie
try surfing animation
new this year gallery and
find out more contact screen.
Students must produce a design to illustrate their ideas for the layout of the navigation screen. The sketch layout may be hand drawn or software generated and should be annotated to explain design decisions.
Guide for navigation
Breakdown of proposed steps
Indication of transitions
Realistic animation paths (M/D)
Setting timings (M/D)
Usable for other users (D)
In keeping with the theme (D)

10. Task 03 - Prepare a Navigation Screen
Guide for navigation
Breakdown of proposed steps
Indication of transitions
Realistic animation paths (M/D)
Setting timings (M/D)
Usable for other users (D)
In keeping with the theme (D)
‘Splash Out’ looking to create a product Portfolio of their outdoor activities using a multimedia brochure.
Task 3 (P, M, D)
Storyboards are like comic cells, they are created to outline to the art directors how a film, programme or animation is to be made, the times that are set and the kinds of movements that should be made from one scene to another. The storyboard should be used as an aid to making the animated introduction and should allow you to see how the animation should begin and end. Use the storyboards attached here (P) and here (M/D). Agree this with your test buddy and take notes on what has been discussed. 3
Create and annotate a storyboard for the navigation Screen links for your Showcase showing how you would like the menu to work.
Merit
Create and annotate a small and large storyboard for the navigation Screen links for your Showcase showing how you would like the menu to work
Distinction
Create and annotate a small and large storyboard for the navigation Screen links for your Showcase showing how you would like the menu to work including timings and movement directions.

11. Task 04 - Create a Navigation Screen
‘Splash Out’ looking to create a product Portfolio of their outdoor activities using a multimedia brochure.
Task 4 (P, M, D)
It is time to start making the navigation Screen of your “Splash Out” showcase. The navigation menu should be intuitive and should be in keeping with the storyboard from the previous task and with the theme set in your Purpose and Audience from LO1. Use whatever package available on your network to produce this, for instance Menu Maker, Flash, Serif Draw Plus, Movie Maker X5 or Mediator or other. The final version needs to have Titles, a background screen, Text, and Hyper Links for the grade. 5
Create an interactive Navigation Menu for “Splash Out” that includes Titles, Links and Text.
Merit
Create an interactive Navigation Menu for “Splash Out” that includes Titles, Links, Text that is in keeping with your storyboard.
Distinction
Create an interactive Navigation Menu for “Splash Out” that includes Titles, Links, Text and Music that is in keeping with your storyboard that appeals to the target audience.
Titles and appropriate background
Interactive with rollovers
Music that is timed
Uses labels effectively (M/D)
Theme based (M/D)
Interesting and animated (D)
Appeal to the Target Audience (D)

12. Task 04 - Create a Navigation Screen
For this task you need to use a package that is capable of hyperlinking. Matchware Mediator is good for this as is Flash and a Web creation package. There are others but the exporting of the file is important and restricts down your choice.
At the lowest level Powerpoint is good for this as it provides all the basic needs for the task.
It must present suitable images with hotspots, rollovers, or other navigation features, which provide links to:
the activities movie
try surfing animation
new this year gallery and
find out more contact screen.
Students must produce a design to illustrate their ideas for the layout of the navigation screen. The sketch layout may be hand drawn or software generated and should be annotated to explain design decisions.
Guide for navigation
Breakdown of proposed steps
Indication of transitions
Realistic animation paths (M/D)
Setting timings (M/D)
Usable for other users (D)
In keeping with the theme (D)

13. Task 04 - Create a Navigation Screen
Example of evidence:
Before you start, ask your teacher if the program you are using is right for this task, if it is PPT, then you may need an export program add in like iSpring.
Go into PowerPoint and start a new slideshow.
Create and evidence the four links: a: the activities movie b: try surfing animation c: new this year gallery and d: find out more contact screen.
Insert and evidence at least 4 images (you can use the ones from before if you like).
Using Animation, set and evidence an animation paths and transitions on the items.
Set and evidence all the timings so that everything will appear within 10 seconds.
Save and evidence the finished version as a PowerPoint file.
Export and evidence the finished version as a SWF, HTML or flash file.

14. Task 05 – Export a Navigation Screen
Task 6 (P, M, D)
Exporting the completed sequence into a format for later use is essential. You will need two versions, one that you can work on again in case you need to change it and one that will need to go on to the final version of your portfolio work. Acceptable portfolio file formats include .html, .wmv, .avi, .mp4, .mpeg, .mpg, H.264, .swf, and .flv. Each of these has different characteristics. To reduce down potential longer term problems you should save the file in the best format with the best quality, .avi but if this is restricted, save it in one of the other formats listed. 6
Evidence exporting of your Navigation Screen and Splash Screens in an appropriate file format.
Merit
Evidence exporting of your Navigation Screen and Splash Screens in an appropriate file format and Explain why you chose that file format in terms of size and quality.
Distinction
Evidence exporting of your Navigation Screen and Splash Screens in an appropriate file format and Explain why you chose that file format including resolution, format and compatibility.
File Format
File dimensions
Exporting as a video
Quality in terms of file format (M/D)
Size, reducing down for loading times and (M/D)
Resolution in DPI (D)
Compatibility with other programs D)

15. LO2 – Assessment (P, M, D) Task Activities Student Staff
LO2: Be able to prepare and create an animated Welcome and Navigation Scren
1(P)
Create a series of annotated sketches for your welcome screen and agree with your test buddy on the final design decision.
2(P/M/D)
Create an animated Welcome screen for your production, using text tools within a chosen application.
Used By-Line (M)
Animated (D)
3(P/M/D)
Create and annotate a storyboard for the navigation Screen links for your Showcase showing how you would like the menu to work.
Storyboard
Small and large storyboard (M/D)
Small and large storyboard with movements and timings (D)
4(P/M/D)
Create an interactive Navigation Menu for “Splash Out” that includes Titles, Links and Text.
Titles, Motion, Text
In keeping with your theme (M)
Appeal to the target audience (D)
5(P/M/D)
Evidence exporting of your Navigation Screen and Splash Screens in an appropriate file format.
Annotate
Explain size and quality (M)
Explain resolution, format and compatibility (D)