Before you begin, you need tools in your toolbox. Each person must do the individual Lessons.
Students should be able to:
use F5 to insert a frame (to extend an image for more frames)
use F6 to insert a keyframe (to edit an image)
use F7 to insert a blank keyframe (to start fresh with a new drawing)
use ctrl & enter to export your movie for a quick few
break apart a drawing and animate separate parts of the drawing
use motion tweens with grouped objects and shape tweens with ungrouped or broken apart objects
import an illustrator character and animate it
use the bone tool to rig an object
All mini lessons have a template and can be
found in This PC / HSS Student Common / Brucculieri / Digital Media Arts / Lesson Templates 2024 - COPY FOLDER
copy (CTRL + C) the ENTIRE folder
paste (CTRL + V) in E: Drive / Name / DMA / Animate
rename to Lesson Templates 2024 YourName
If working from home or personal computer, download the files here.
Level 1 Students Complete lessons 6-16
Lesson 9: Shape Tween (Flame) Updated Fall 2024
Lesson 10: Motion Tween 1 (Pinball) Updated Fall 2024
Lesson 11: Motion Tween 2 (Figure 8) Updated Fall 2024
Lesson 12: Motion Tween 3 (Spaceship) Updated Fall 2024
Lesson 14: Cartoon Running Man Updated Fall 2024
Lesson 15: Snake - Bone Tool Updated Fall 2024
Lesson 16: Animating w/ the Camera Tool
for this one open you finished 14 cartoon running man and file save as 16 camera. Add a camera and do some classic tweens with the camera. Move and zoom in.
OPTIONAL & BONUS MARKS - go to Help / Hands-On Tutorials... for any extra lessons. These will be bonus marks.
don't change the name of the file please (just Ctrl & S)
remember to Ctrl & Enter on each file to export the swf file
See Flash Mini Lessons Mark Sheet for Criteria
Level 2/3 Students complete Help / Hands-On Tutorials for a total of 50 points. See Level 2 Mark sheet for criteria
Use keyboard shortcuts to ensure the tutorial does not disappear
Links to YT tutorials are in mark sheet
Show completed tutorials/animations to the teacher to get graded
no need to post anything to google classroom or your portfolio for this one
teacher will mark animations at your desk