Action scripting for dragable movie clips

Re: dragable movie clips. Just to remind you : first, make a button. Place it in a new symbol -- a movie clip. Give the button an instance name in the properties window (bottom of screen). Give the movie clip an instance name. Then in the ACTIONS box, you will add sine script :

Here's Geoff's action scripting for the dragable movie clip. He has some "better script" that he'll upload to the blog soon. Meanwhile, here's the OK script we found today :

dragable.onPress = function() {
startDrag(dragable);
}
dragable.onRelease = function() {
stopDrag();
}


Remember, this applies to a tutorial you can find on web developer (see link on the title below).

HAVE A GREAT STUDY WEEK!!!!

flash button tutorial

In today's class we will review HTML and FLASH basics and go through a tutorial on creating a simple animated button. This overview is by request from those of you who are new to web creation using flash. Click the title above to link to the tutorial at webdevelopers.com

seminar topics and assignment details

Here is a list of your seminar topics. Let me know if you want to make any changes or form groups. I will schedule the remaining seminars starting week 7 (the week following Reading Week) and they'll continue through week 12 (about 2 or 3 seminars per class). Your seminar presentations should last about 10 - 15 minutes with 5 minutes for discussion. Please, upload your notes and links to the blog, or post them on another site and provide a link to it on the blog.

I've pasted an in-depth project description of the Seminar Assignment below. I've also e-mailed it to you and posted it on My Courses.

2007 CLASS TOPICS

Andy Morris : Ambient Devices (completed Week 5)

Sarah Zaft & Ben Prus – Audiocasting : Uses and Techniques

Antonella Clemenz – Windows : web art production and techniques

Jamin : Interactive Storytelling

Lynda Cheong – Flash : Animation

Geoff Inwood : Flash : Interactive Interfaces

Ashley Knight : Space : Virtual Galleries, HL Gaming Engines

Paul Zulawf : Online Media Activist Entities

Jessie Craig : Celebrity Gossip Blogs

Lindsay Cunningham : Web Identity / Online Storytelling

Elia Morrison : Public Art and the Internet

Mike Fenn – P2P File Sharing OR Online Gambling and its Dangers

SEMINAR ASSIGNMENT

Individually or in small groups, students will research and prepare for the seminar presentations. Each will take 10 – 15 minutes of class time. Groups may present their seminars using Powerpoint, in digital or web-based form, or using online publication examples. The seminars will introduce topics in digital publication, including net art and issues for new media artists, and new media technologies and aesthetics. Each seminar will be set in a social and historical context. You will submit a 500-word or so post to the blog including an overview of the content, and a bibliography of online resources. Evaluation of Student Seminars will be based on the following criteria:
• research will show depth and originality (not a rehash of one or two online sources)
• ability to give an overview of the topic, and to summarize ideas (synthesis of lots of source material)
• attention to both spoken and visual dimensions of the presentation (well organized and illustrated)
• good research, well documented in a supporting online bibliography and overview

Ambient Device presentation

As a follow-up to my seminar on ambient devices, here's a PDF of the presentation, and some links to read up on.

PDF: http://www.bya7.com/drop/Ambient.pdf

Ambient Devices (the company): http://www.ambientdevices.com/cat/index.html
Nabaztag website: http://www.nabaztag.com/en/index.html
Nabaztag services and message portal: http://my.nabaztag.com/vl/action/myHome.do?langSet=2
(note: may have to create an account to access some of the pages)

If you feel like messing with me and sending my bunny a message, the bunny's name is "MumblesDaBunny".

Andy

Lee Ormerod Assignment One: HTML learning the craft

Well here it folks, I had some problems getting this posted up in a timely matter as there was an error with me getting the blogger invite, anyways enough Jib Jab...

The primary focus of this assignment for myself will be the basic design, conceptualization and development of a website from the ground up. Using HTML scripting and incorporating elements of flash, I plan to create a simple website using the skills I have learned in the first two weeks of class.

The website will follow the format of a portfolio exhibition website. This coincides with one of my final objectives for this class: the creation of a portfolio website on which artists can host or display their work. This project can have several outcomes: Firstly it can become most simply a portfolio site for myself and secondly it can become part of a template that could be automated to be a tool that aspiring artists can use to build a portfolio web page for them selves. This website can be a walk through template to help guide others towards creating there own portfolio website where thy can host their work online. I plan on encouraging people to borrow the HTML scripting for their own use.

The target audience for this project is primary twofold, as per the nature of the website in question. The primary audience initially would be the artists or designers who are using the template to create a website showcasing their work. And secondary after the initial website is created the primary audience becomes the website visitor.

I want the site to be a stand-alone HTML site built in dream weaver or some other layout program. I want to shift the focus away from using some sort of automated page builder and focus on creating a site from scratch using HTML scripting.

The learning objectives for this project:

- the continuation of the learning of skills required to construct a website through basic scripting

- incorporation of flash elements

- incorporation of video elements

- user friendly user interface

Project Outline

The website which I will be creating is V’s Driving School. V’s Driving School is a beginner’s driver education course opened by my Dad. This is because someone offered my Dad to create a website, but I felt it was too expensive. Thus I have taken this opportunity to create this website. The targeted audience will be beginner drivers who have enrolled in the course. It will provide students with a course calendar and course material. Most of the website will be built in HTML with some Flash or Gif animations. Since this site is for information, so I want to keep it clean and clear, nothing too fancy. This website will be mainly used by the students enrolled in this course and future students to obtain information about the beginner’s driver education.

The work plan is as follows:

Week 1:

- Obtain information about my dad’s business

- Begin preliminary design of website

Week 2 to Week 5

- Design Flash animations which will be used for the website

- Design Images used for the website

Week 6 to Week 7

- Constructing website

Week 8

- Testing and launching website

SEMINAR TOPICS

For access to last year's seminar topics, take a look at :

last year's Publication Digital blog

I will add your names and topics later tonight. Also, assignment outlines.