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Forms and Projects:
Pacific Rim Project

In the Pacific Rim Web Project, you will demonstrate the most advanced levels of technical and academic proficiency. You will have an opportunity to use three Macromedia products (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash), and your knowledge of HTML language to design and create a web site for one of more than forty countries located along the Pacific Rim (only one student per country).

 

Project steps to follow:

  • Brainstorm and then summarize in writing, your understanding of the selected country. Your work should focus on modern culture, education, government, and industry (This should be done in Mr. Gotchy's course.).
  • Dreamweaver
    1. The Pacific Rim Web Project needs to be developed either in a Table or Frame layout in Dreamweaver
    2. Create a /Form that is appropriate to the subject area
    3. Create a Drag layer/swap file within a page
    4. Complete the Dreamweaver Lab projects using a Table Layout (separate grade for these labs)
    5. Create a style sheet, library, and template example (does not need to be related to the Pacific Rim Project)
    6. Create Rollovers with links
    7. Images/Anchors(bookmarks)
  • Fireworks
    1. Complete the Fireworks packet before applying the effects listed below (separate grade for this packet)
    2. Create your navigation buttons for the Pacific Rim Web Project in Fireworks
    3. Design 2 effects that will be incorporated into your web site and print out (the effects/text) the steps in creating these effects
    4. Create an animated GIF (in addition to a navigation button)
  • Flash
    1. Create these specific examples from the beginning packet:
    2. Motion Path
    3. Tween
    4. Multiple scenes
    5. Movie clips
    6. Motion & Shape Tweening
    7. Create these specific effects from the packet:

    8. Rolling Ball
    9. Spinning Text
    10. Zoom Text
    11. TJHS (fly from different angles)
    12. Chrome
    13. Rainbow
    14. Extruding/Embossing
    15. Exploding Text
  • Select 3 effects from above or from flash sites and incorporate into your project.

Review of Site Requirements

Dreamweaver: Table or frame layout for a 800 x 600 monitor screen, homepage (index.htm) with no scroll down, form, rollover, drag layer/swap files, images

Fireworks: Design 2 effects, navigation buttons, original animated GIF related to country

Flash: Select 3 effects from above or from flash sites and incorporate into your project (use of sound and a movie is extra credit)

Pacific Rim web pages should include information about culture, education, government, industry and agriculture according to Mr. Gotchy's guidelines. Create a Pacific Folder and place two subfolders into it-Files and Pictures.

Resources

Trainingtools.com: You can go through an entire Flash and Dreamweaver training course on the web for free.

Flashkit.com: Many good tutorials and examples to download.

Shockwave.com: A place to go to see what people in the industry are creating.

Were-Here.com: Many audio loops and FLA downloads.

Virutal-FX.net: Professional Flash development site-excellent tutorials and effects!

Macromedia.com: Download a 30 day free trial of any of the Macromedia products-Dreamweaver, Fireworks, or Flash.

 

Assessment

Dreamweaver 30%

Fireworks 10%

Flash 20%

Design/Stability (links/loading speed) 8%

Content (Spelling/Grammar) 8%

Readability of Text 8%

Image Quality 8%

Color balance/color choice 8%

Extra credit-use of sound and movie files depicting the culture of the country.

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