| TCO
290 Assignment |
Due
Date |
Points |
Description |
| Student
Home Page |
Jan
21 |
100 |
Students
will create a home page and post it to the EGR webserver. On
this page, students will post all future course assignments.
This is a totally electronic class, so no assignments will be
accepted on paper or by email. |
| Flash
Text Animation |
Feb
13 |
25 |
This
assignment requires a simple animation created in Flash that
contains text. |
| Flash
Drawing with Custom Gradient |
-- |
50 |
This
assignment requires a simple Flash drawing that is based upon
the creation of a custom color gradient. |
| Banner
Ad/Advanced Flash Animation |
Feb
25 |
75 |
This
assignment will produce a full-featured animated banner advertisement
using some advanced animation features in Flash. |
Research
Paper
See
the topics
See
who's doing what |
Outline
Jan 30
Draft
Feb 27
Final
Mar 18
|
200 |
In
teams of two (better known as pairs) students will research
a topic relevant to multimedia and write a research paper --
minimum of ten pages. Students will complete an outline, a draft,
and then the final copy. The outline and draft will be posted
in doc form for instructor review to the homepage and the final
will be posted in .pdf form. |
| Design
Brief |
Feb
13 |
50 |
This
assignment is a one-page description of the final multimedia
project, and contains a brief description of the project topic,
intended audience, design strategy, multimedia elements, and
production plan (including schedule.) |
| Design
Blueprint |
Mar
25 |
150 |
This assignment
is the full plan for the final multimedia project and has
three major parts. This final blueprint should be posted to
the homepage in .pdf form with the flowchart produced in Visio
and embedded in the document as a .jpg image.
Document
Plan -- this is the comprehensive 3-5 page document that explains
the topic, intended audience & audience characteristics,
design strategy, multimedia elements, production plan, and
full outline of the project's final sequence.
Flowchart
-- this is a flowchart of the multimedia sequence of the project,
completed in Visio.
Storyboards
-- these are the design thumbnails of each frame or major
sequence in the multimedia project.
|
| Rapid
Prototype |
Apr
3 |
150 |
This
assignment is the initial composition of the multimedia project,
with all major features designed but not fully completed. It
should give the user a "skeleton" view of how the
final project will look, with approximately 50-75% fidelity
to the final project. |
| Rapid
Prototype Review |
Apr
8 |
50 |
Each
student will review another team's rapid prototype and complete
a full review. |
| Shelley
Biotech Site |
Feb
20 |
100 |
This
assignment is the first full Flash assignment, completed within
the first month of the course, and features the production of
a complete (albeit not too complex) website in Flash. |
| Stitch
Site |
Apr
10 |
150 |
This
assignment is the second full Flash assignment and features
the production of a complete and slightly more complex website
in Flash. |
|
Final
Multimedia Product
See
the grading rubric
|
Apr
22 |
300 |
This assignment
is the capstone project and is a comprehensive multimedia
production, using Flash (with contributions from other tools)
and implemented via the homepage. This assignment should produce
a multimedia project that should perform one of the following
functions:
1. Inform
or Explain
2. Persuade or Motivate
3. Train or Explain a Process
|
| Final
Exam |
-- |
200 |
The
final exam is a comprehensive assessment of acquired multimedia
knowledge gained from the course and will include information
in student research papers. The final exam will not assess Flash
knowledge. |
| Total
Points |
-- |
1600 |
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