Class Schedule

Week 1

Monday (7/13)

• Introduction to the class.
• Flash refresher
• Basic navigation
• Input & dynamic text.
• Making games
• Begin mystery project.

• Mad lib.
• Mystery: concepts.

Week 2

Monday (7/20)

• Mystery concept due.
• Variables, expressions and operators
• The "if/else" comparrison
• Making a Flash quiz

• Flash quiz
• Mystery: flow chart

Week 3

Monday (7/27)

• Mystery flow chart due.
• Arrays.
• Loading and attaching movies

• Flash Clock
• Flash Slide show
• Mystery: storyboards

Week 4

Monday (8/3)

• Mystery storyboards due.
• Loops

• Hangman game
• Mystery: Build main interface

Week 5

Monday (8/10)

• Mystery: main interface due.
• Dragging and dropping
• Hit tests

• Match game
• Mystery: Acquire assets, build the pages

Week 6

Monday (8/17)

• Mystery: basic page structure due.
• Unloading movie clips
• Swap depths

• 'Critter Catch' game
• Mystery: Acquire assets

Week 7

Monday (8/24)

• Mystery: assets due
• Sound

• Beatbox
• Mystery: construction.

Week 8

Monday (8/31)

• Mystery: demonstrate progress
• Parsing XML

• XML Jukebox
• Mystery: construction.

Week 9

Monday (9/7)

• No school ~ Labor Day

• Mystery: construction.

Week 10

Monday (9/14)

• Mystery update: prototype due
• Testing & feedback.

• Mystery: revision.

Week 11

Monday (9/21)

• Final critique