Using Sound in Flash

The following link shows many ways of using sound in Flash. You shall also find some good information on sound quality, compression and file formats accepted by Flash on this page. I know you will not forget to include this information in the Design section! Just a little reminder ;)

How to use Sound in Flash

5 ways to create a screensaver!

5 ways to Create a Screensaver

What goes in the Unit 10 eportfolio?

Your eportfolio for this unit should include:

(a) A functional specification that describes the purpose, audience and context for the multimedia product and explains what it is required to do.

(b) An initial design that:

− satisfies the functional requirements

− considers all aspects of multimedia design

− combines multimedia components — both ready made and original

— to convey information.

Plus evidence of your use of prototyping to improve and refine the design.

(c) A run-time version of a fully working multimedia product, with supporting ‘getting started with…’ instructions for users.

(d) Evidence of formative and summative testing.

(e) An evaluation assessing:

− the multimedia product

− your own performance and current skill level.

What goes in the Unit 8 eportfolio?

Your eportfolio for this unit should include:

(a) A project proposal, with evidence of how you presented it to senior management, and a project definition document that has been approved by senior management.

(b) A project plan covering all the key phases of the project. Plus evidence of your use of the plan to monitor and communicate progress throughout the project.

(c) Evidence of your performance as a project manager, showing how you communicated with stake holders, acted upon feedback, provided accurate information and ran meetings.

(d) The software product — plus any other specified deliverables – that you produce as outcomes of the project. Plus evidence showing how the production of the product correlated with the schedule specified in the plan.

(e) An evaluation — using feedback from the end-of-project review —assessing the success of the project, the effectiveness of the project management methods you used and your own performance.

Year 13 A2 Unit 8 Unit 10 Checklist

Stakeholders

Project Proposal + Feedback+ Approval to Proceed + Evidence + Review

Definition of Scope

Functional Specification

Initial Design

• Structure and Navigation
• Design (Annotated storyboards showing design choices and why) - colour, white balance, corporate identity, message
• Interactivity Design
• Image Capture and Manipulation (file formats, size, quality, capturing,editing)
• Video (file formats, size, quality, players and codecs needed, capturing,editing)
• Sound (file formats, size, sound quality needed, capturing,editing)
• Animation (what, how, why, formats)
• User interface (help messages, rollovers, hotspots)
• Test Plan (specify how and what you will test at each of the 4 stages)
• Feedback+ Approval to Proceed + Evidence + Review

Prototype

• Empty pages showing navigation and look and feel
• Feedback+ Approval to Proceed + Evidence + Review

Project Plan

• Tasks + subtasks
• Dependencies
• Build in contingency time and show how plan has been adjusted as project advanced
• Define human resources
• Define equipment needed
• Define material needed (consumables)
• Add commentaries; agendas, minutes, results of interviews

Development

• The revised prototype with content
• User Guide (for a novice)
• Technical Guide (getting started instructions)
• Feedback+ Approval to Proceed + Evidence + Review

Handover

• Training (Wink Tutorial)
• Multimedia Product
• Final questions for Acceptance Testing
• Feedback+ Acceptance + Evidence + Review

Open Access Journal Articles

Year 12 budding authors, you shall find some good journal articles here which you can use in your research for your ebooks!

I found articles on the topics we are studying in the social sciences section...see how you go...

http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=130