TC 310 The Computer in Technical Communication

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TC 310 The Computer in Technical Communication

• Dr. Jennifer Turns
• Week 9, Day 1 (6/2)

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Looking back / Looking forward
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Day 19

• By the end of class, students should be able to
• Answer questions about professional portfolio
• Begin assignment 10 (learning portfolio) with
  confidence
• Use Flash to create simple animations

• What well do
• Revisit professional portfolio
• Discuss learning portfolio assignment
• PLAY with FLASH
• Complete course evaluations

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Taking Stock of Learning

• Use Software Tools. Use modern software tools to
  accomplish common TC activities including
  presentation management, word processing,
  graphics design, diagram design, page layout, web
  development, online help development, and
  animation.
• Learn New Software Tools. Use skills developed
  throughout the course (particularly an
  understanding of tool functionality and
  strategies to get oriented in a new software
  program) to quickly come up to speed on new
  software tools.
• Identify Effective TC Solutions. Identify
  criteria for judging the effectiveness of TC
  solutions (e.g., document, diagram, etc.) and use
  these criteria to evaluate TC solutions.
• Describe Personal Design Processes. Describe and
  use design processes that lead to effective
  solutions for a wide range of TC professional
  activities.
• Create Effective TC Solutions. Create effective
  TC solutions by using the software skills learned
  in the course as well as the knowledge of what
  makes TC solutions effective and a personal
  awareness of design process issues.

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Taking Stock of Learning

• Publish
• Publish your submission portfolio in
  E-portfolio.
• Explore
• Explore your own submission portfolio
• Explore the submission portfolios of others
• Brainstorm
• What progress relative to the course learning
  objectives?

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Taking Stock of Learning

• Learning Portfolio - Key Requirements
• Develop in E-portfolio
• Six pages one devoted to each learning
  objective, and one wildcard page
• Each page has attached artifacts and
  approximately 300 words
• The portfolio has overview text

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Computer Animation - Warmup

• The process of computer animation shares much in
  common with the manual animation process.
• How does the manual animation process work?
• What do you expect to find in a tool for computer
  animation?

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Flash Tutorials (within Flash)

• Lessons
• 1 Overview
• 2 Drawing
• 3 Symbols
• 4 Layers
• 5 Type
• 6 Button
• 7 Sounds
• 8 Animation
• Flash for
• Director users
• Photoshop and Fireworks Users
• Freehand and Illustrator Users

• Compare this with other tools we have used
• What similarities?
• What unique features?

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Flash Tutorials (within Flash)

• Lessons
• 1 Overview
• 2 Drawing
• 3 Symbols
• 4 Layers
• 5 Type
• 6 Button
• 7 Sounds
• 8 Animation
• Flash for
• Director users
• Photoshop and Fireworks Users
• Freehand and Illustrator Users

• PLAN
• Today Focus on these tutorials
• Thursday Other tutorials

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Lesson 1 - Basics

• Topics
• Toolbar
• Screen
• Timeline
• Assets area
• Panels

• Application
• Create a new flash file, in preparation for play
  

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Lesson 2 - Drawing

• Application
• Using a combination of drawing tools (and
  imported images), create a background for an
  animation.

• Topics
• Lines, rectangles, ovals
• Stroke and fill
• Modifiers
• Pencil tool
• Paint, fill, bucket, gradient
• Line properties
• Erasing
• Selecting lasso, polygon
• Reshaping
• Scaling, rotating, transforming

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Layer 8 Animation Tweens

• Topics
• Running the animation
• Keyframes
• Tweens
• Motion
• Size
• Rotation
• Motion along a path
• Color
• Shape

• Application
• Use a layer other than your background layer to
  create an animated sequence.
• Play your animated sequence.

Note The online help discussion of animation
provides another entry point for understanding
animation, keyframes, and tweens.
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Flash Design Challenge

• Create a playful demo using Flash.
• Be prepared to share your creation.

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Looking back / Looking forward