Flash Action Script for Web and Simulations Development, CMP947

Adobe Flash’s ActionScript is widely used in the graphics and web industries to make interactive movies, dynamic web sites, web advertisements, two-dimensional (2D) games, and simulation - training software.  Students use ActionScript to make advanced buttons and event handlers, control multiple time lines, manage outside communications, control and display graphics, sound, information flow, text, and manipulate information.

Prerequisites: Flash: Introduction to Digital and Web Graphics Animation or equivalent experience in Flash. JavaScript or equivalent knowledge is recommended, though not required.

Classroom hours: 15

Textbook: Purchase textbook at the Rockville Campus Bookstore and bring to first class along with a USB Flash Drive/memory stick (at least 512 MB).