Covers intermediate and advanced concepts of Flash and ActionScript to create dynamic and interactive business and recreational web designs. A combination of CIM 264C and 264D may be taken a total of four times. Also provides a discussion on advanced Flash site and examines various Flash/ActionScript hacks used to create special effects such as rain drops, water and butterfly animation.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Create single frame and multiple frame loops.
2. Use conditional statements
3. Transform symbol instances with ActionScripts.
4. Build independent, self-contained ActionScripts
5. Explain and illustrate top-down and object-oriented programming techniques.
6. Build Flash components.

Flash Hacks 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools By Sham Bhangal First Edition  June 2004 Pages: 496 Series: Hacks
ISBN 10: 0-596-00645-4 | ISBN 13:9780596006457

Possible Recommended Textbook: Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move! (Foundation) (Paperback) by Keith Peters (Author) Paperback: 488 pages Publisher: friends of ED (October 17, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 1590595181 ISBN-13: 978-1590595183

Course grade consists of roughly 10 assignments (including several in class group projects); Final assignment is a group projects. Since this class meets only once a week, you will be required to forward your saddleback e-mail address to your main e-mail. When sending e-mails, make sure you include cim264d or hacks in subject line. The course grade will be calculated from:

92-100	A		Assignments	80%
84-91.9	B		Online-Quizzes	10%
65-83.9	C
55-64.9	D
0-54.9	F		Signing Up For Course	10%

It is the student's responsibility to officially withdraw (drop) from the class. However, Instructor may drop students under the following conditions:

1. Students who have not completed at least 1 assignments two days before the drop without W grade. (4/7/2009)
2. Students who have not completed at least 50% of the work  by two days before the drop with W grade. (4/28/2009)
3. Students who miss 2 or more class session

Sometimes you get a grade that you don't like, usually for one of the following reasons:

1. There was a clerical error  (i.e., the points were added up wrong).
2. You think you did something right, and I think you did it wrong.

If you discover a clerical error, tell me immediately. The following Statute of Limitations will apply: You have one week from the day any graded assignment or test is returned to you to appeal the grade you received. After one week, I will assume that you believe the grade you got is the correct one. After one week, grades are unchangeable, fixed, and permanen

Students with disabilities are entitled to appropriate accommodations.  If you have specific disabilities requiring accommodations, let your instructor know the first 10 days of the semester so that your learning needs may be met and for referral to the Special Services office where documentation of your disability will be provided to receive services and accommodations.  The Special Services Office is in Student Services Center, Room 113.

Any exceptions to the above statements will be considered individually & only if you approach me about the proposed exception at least a week in advance.