Columbia College Chicago
Programming for Interactive Multimedia I

Course Materials

Spring 2002 Syllabus (HTML), (Microsoft Word)
Online articles
Class notes
- Week One - Intro to Director
- Week Two - More about Director, intro to Lingo
- Week Three - score animation in Director, programming concepts and examples
- Week Four - Object Oriented Programming (OOP), events and hierarchies
- Week Five - Lingo building blocks, control structures revisited
- Week Six - Variables and puppeting
- Week Seven - work on midterm projects
- Week Eight - midterm project presentations
- Week Nine - in progress--sound is done, review book and examples for video
- Weeks Ten & Eleven - Lists
- Week Twelve - getPropertyDescriptionList and parent-child objects (in progress, review chapter 19 (look at the space invaders example) and the Lingo Lexicon)
Director example files
- move & rotate example* (Director file, .zip file 1--contains all items with an *))
- radio buttons and color* (Director file, .zip file 1)
- calculator* (Director file, .zip file 1)
- temperature conversion* (Director file (on disk in book also), zip file 1)

random number generator, rollovers, slideshows* (Director file, .zip file 1)
sound control (Director file, .zip file 2--contains both sound and video files and linked items 15+ megs)
movie control (Director file, .zip file 2--contains both sound and video files and linked items 15 + megs)
list (Director file, .zip file contains only list example)
getPropertyDescriptionList example# (Director file, .zip file 3--contains all items with #)
parent child objects#(Director file 1, Director file 2, .zip file 3)

Study guides
- Lingo rules, conventions, concepts (*last updated 4/21)
- Scripts you should know (*last updated 4/21)
- Test 1 review (terms, sample questions, references to review)
- Test 3 review (ditto)
- Test 4 review (ditto)
Assignments
- Homework One (due week two)
- Homework Two (due week five)
- Homework Three (due week six)
- Midterm Project (due week eight--after break)
- Homework Four (due week nine)
- Homework Five (due week eleven)
- Homework Six (due week twelve)
- Final Project (due week fifteen--May 28th)
Extra credit
- Shockwave site review (30 - 50 points) or extra project (50 to 100 points)

Macromedia Director Support Center--Information and Tutorials, basic to advanced
updateStage--Information and Xtras for Director developers
Director Web--Links, tips, demos, resources for Director
Developer Dispatch --Resources, articles, tips for Flash, Director, Lingo
Director University -- Check out the community center, or sign up for classes
Director Behaviorsª --Director Xtra for MIAWs