ARTT 270 Multimedia Authoring and Design I

This course is an overview and introduction to creating multimedia animations and presentations. Taught from a design perspective, students will use Adobe Flash to draw and animate vector-based art, import and animate raster-based images, and storyboard and implement basic interactivity using ActionScript. Projects will be exported for publication on the web and CD-ROM.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ARTT 112

Hours Weekly

4 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
2. 2. Define various forms of multimedia presentations.
3. 3. Create vector-based art using Adobe Flash drawing tools.
   
4. 4. Design storyboards for animation and interactivity.
   
5. 5. Apply keyframe techniques to produce animations.
   
6. 6. Utilize ActionScript to achieve basic interactivity.
7. 7. Design and produce visual interfaces for multimedia presentations.
   
8. 8. Publish multimedia presentations for web and CD-ROM.
   

Course Objectives

1. 1. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
2. 2. Define various forms of multimedia presentations.
3. 3. Create vector-based art using Adobe Flash drawing tools.
   
4. 4. Design storyboards for animation and interactivity.
   
5. 5. Apply keyframe techniques to produce animations.
   
6. 6. Utilize ActionScript to achieve basic interactivity.
7. 7. Design and produce visual interfaces for multimedia presentations.
   
8. 8. Publish multimedia presentations for web and CD-ROM.