Macromedia ActionScript Online

This course introduces users to the ActionScript programming language and explains how Flash MX uses ActionScript to control objects within Flash MX files. This course explains how to create and publish an ActionScript movie, how to add actions to a movie file, and discusses common ActionScript commands, arguments, properties, and syntax. This is self-paced, internet-based Macromedia ActionScript programming training course -- there are no books to purchase and no scheduled classes to attend

Flash MX Overview

Flash Tutorial

Flash Animation

Text and Forms

Sound and Music

Macromedia ActionScript

Managing Movies

Using Functions

Creating Objects

Buttons and Menus

Statements Expressions

Advanced Features

Finishing Touches

• Identify ActionScript elements
• Use Actions in Flash MX movies
• Create an ActionScript
• Use the Actions panel
• Use parameter text boxes
• Add Actions to a script

• Introducing ActionScript
• ActionScript Elements
• ActionScript Component Books
• Creating an ActionScript
• Working with an ActionScript
• Testing and Debugging an ActionScript
• Exploring the Actions Panel
• Assigning an Action to a Keyframe
• Controlling Actions
• Using Options and Context Menus
• Tracking and Preferences
• Expert Mode, Code Hints, and Version Compatibility
• Understanding ActionScript Terminology
• Syntax, Keywords, and Context
• Dissecting a Typical ActionScript

• Exercises that allow users to practice the application
• Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the application
• Notes - See additional information related to the topic in the text
• Tips - See a different, faster, or easier way of doing something
• Quick References - See a quick reference guide to the features introduced in a chapter
• Details - Display more detailed information related to the current topic
• Hotwords - See related information
• Navigation Bar - Maneuver easily through the courses
• Course Topics and Index -- with searching feature and hyper-links
• Skill Assessment - can be used for pre and post-testing -- tracking first try, best try and course grade - if passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered' - hyperlinks to units within the course to go back and re-take a certain unit again. Use as pre-test to determine which course topics you want to focus on and to go directly into that unit.

This course is for intermediate and experienced media designers and developers who want to learn graphics animation skills.

200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 640 x 480 256-color video (800 x 600 is recommended). Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, or XP. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher required. Minimum Connection Speed: 28.8k. Authorware and Macromedia Flash player recommended but not required. JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape and AOL browsers not supported.

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