STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Discuss the fundamentals of the Macromedia Flash .swf file format.

 II.     Demonstrate an understanding of basic tools, vector drawing, symbol creation and symbol library management, keyframes, frame-based animation, button creation, layers, motion tweening, shape tweening, linking and targeting, file optimization, embedding, publishing, interactivity, text sources, sound for flash and flash plug-in detection

 III.    Analyze Object Oriented design philosophies, interactive objects, setting and getting object properties, variables, if / else statements and smart clips.

 IV.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Styling Text:

         A.      Fonts

         B.      Color

         C.      Lists (numbered, bulleted)

 II.     Colored and Tiled background

 III.    Placing Graphics

 IV.     Linking to other Pages and sites

 V.      Inserting Tables and Using Tables to Layout a Site

 VI.     Creation of Forms:

         A.      Text Fields Comment Fields

         B.      Check Boxes Radio Buttons

         C.      Pop-Up Menus

         D.      Submit & Reset Buttons

         E.      Dealing with Form Data

         F.      Condensing your Navigation into a Jump Menu

         G.      Behaviors:

         H.      Popping Open New Web Browser Windows

         I.      Mousovers

         J.      Detecting Browsers

 VII.    Building Navigation Bars

 VIII.   Image Maps

 IX.     Cascading Style Sheets

 X       Site Management

 XI.     Libraries and Templates