MMP 420

I’ve created a lot of screencasts. You can view them at http://www.teachingmultimedia.com/mmp420/screencasts/ They are also available at the class iTunesu site ( link through blackboard).

update: we didn’t get far today but here is the zip file with what we did do Here are the start files for YouTube youtubezipstart.zip

The final date is not that far away ( a little less than four weeks) so it’s time to get your final project ideas locked down. In the interest of time I’m going to encourage you to pick one of the following API’s for your final: Flickr YouTube Yahoo (Search, Answers or a combination of [...]

update: here are the files we worked on in class flickr_api_inclass.zip Today we are going to look at the Flickr API. I made a screencast on it but due to technical difficulties the sound wasn’t recorded so I’m going to have to remake it. What I’ve done is put together a zip file (below) that [...]

We will look at the Yahoo Web API today. The main page is here: http://developer.yahoo.com/flash/ The API itself is here: http://p.yimg.com/c/ycs/ydn/flash/pkg/astra-webapis-1.2.0.zip Here is some code for the Yahoo API Key we will need: I’m going to remove this after class so it won’t just be out there on the web. So if you need it [...]

Today I will be circulating among the groups. By the end of the day each group should have: Flash movie with movieclip for each screen. (don’t forget the instructions and about screens) each screen has a .as file associated with it. So for login screen there should be Login.as and for login help a LoginHelp.as, [...]

Today I’m going to let you mostly work in your groups. I’ve put up a few screencasts on Logging In Transitioning between Screens and others at http://www.teachingmultimedia.com/mmp420/screencasts/ I’ll show those to you and then let you get to work while I come around to each group to see how you are doing.

This homework is unusual because it is due on Monday, October 28. There are a few pieces to the homework and they are all related to the midterm project. PART 1: Written Document 1. A breakdown of: – each screen in your application, including help screens – For each screen I want to see: a. [...]

<em>UPDATE: here are some of the files we worked on in class  startfiles_inclass.zip </em> Today we will look at how to use the data property of the SharedObject to share information between flash movies. We will start with the following files and work from there: StartFiles.zip This example will show how to have an draggable [...]

Today we learned about the SharedObject and how to use it to send messages. Below are the files we worked on in class. sharedobject_chat.zip