Course Description

Introduce students the histories and development of interactive media related to the digital computing technology. It encourages students to try out various approaches to design and develop interactive media content. A simple graphical multimedia platform Adobe Flash is used to enable students to have a quick start in experimenting digital interactive media without going through a steep learning curve of programming.

Announcements

Assignment 1 released - Instruction
Due date - 27-Feb-2012 23:59
Previous student work: demo1 demo2 demo3 demo4

Assignment 2 released - Instruction
Due date - 2-Apr-2012 23:59
In-class presentation - 26-Mar-2012
Previous student work: demo1 demo2 demo3

Assignment 3 released - Instruction
Due date - 30-Apr-2012 23:59
In-class presentation - 30-Apr-2012

Class Information

Lecture time: Monday 16:30 - 19:20
Venue: CMC M7062
Instructor: Oscar Kin Chung Au (kincau@cityu.edu.hk), CMC M6015, 3442-5725
Class homepage: http://sweb.cityu.edu.hk/sm1205/2011L1

Course Load and Marking Scheme

Attendance & Class participation 10%
Projects assignments 90% (Tentative: A1(20%) A2(30%) A3(40%))

Schedule

Week 1 Introduction
Slides Flash_overview example1 example2

Week 2 Introduction to ActionScript
Slides example1 example2 example3

Week 3 Flow Control
Slides zoom.fla zoom_solution.fla album_solution.fla picture.zip move_icon.fla move_icon_solution.fla

Week 4 Properties & Events
Slides Examples Solutions

week 5 Properties and Events II
Slides Examples Solutions

Week 6 & Week 7 Iteration and Multiple Objects
Slides Examples Solutions Image

Week 8 Interactivity for Games
Slides Examples Solutions

week 9 Sound Interaction
Slides Examples Solutions

week11 Motion Tracking Part I
Slides Examples Solutions Library

week12 Motion Tracking Part II
Slides Examples Solutions Library

week13 Motion Tracking Part III
Slides Examples Solutions Library