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1Developing Multimedia Assets using Fireworks and Flash Session-1

Developing Multimedia Assets using Fireworks and Flash (MM)

Andrew Taylor and Andrew Lowe

Developing Multimedia Assets: Aimed at people with limited experience

of multimedia and web-authoring Learn how to design, create and add

multimedia assets (images, audio, video and flash content) to web pages

Use Adobe CS3 Web Standard Edition (Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver)


Computer Facilities in School of Computer Science and Information Systems (SCSIS)

Need ID card for security purposes Contact: [email protected] Login to School Network using:

• Username = ITS Username• Password = School Password

Login to WebCT/Webmail using:• Username = ITS Username• Password = ITS Password

SCSIS & ITS Rules and Regulations Laser Printer Quota = 2500 A4 pages

(£5 per 500 pages thereafter)


MM January 2009: Dates of Classes

Mondays 6 to 9pm, Room 131, SCSIS Classes on:

11 May (Session 1) 18 May (Session 2) 25 May = Bank Holiday 1 June (Session 3) 8 June (Session 4) 15 June = Self-Study (TMA) 22 June (Session 5) 29 June (Session 6) 6 July (Session 7) 13 July (Session 8)


MM - Assessment

TMA (25%) Due at start of Session 5 TMA: Fireworks photo gallery

FMA (75%)Due by Tuesday 1 September 2009FMA: Website of your choice (images, sound, video using Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash)

www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/itapps/assessment.html


MM – Folder Structure/Files

Use I: drive allocation in SCSIS: Working files in I:/myfiles/mm/ Website files in I:/web/

I:/web/mm/index.html (MM Home Page)I:/web/mmtma/index.html (MM TMA)I:/web/mmfma/index.html (MM FMA)

URLs of MM webpages:MM Home page: www.bbk.ac.uk/~ITSUserID/mm/index.htmlTMA: www.bbk.ac.uk/~ITSUserID/mmtma/index.htmlFMA: www.bbk.ac.uk/~ITSUserID/mmfma/index.html


MM Working Files (in myfiles folder)

Keep working files in I:/myfiles folder: I:/myfiles/ho/ I:/myfiles/mm/ I:/myfiles/mmtma/ I:/myfiles/mmfma/

Sub-folders for images: I:/myfiles/mm/images I:/myfiles/mmtma/images I:/myfiles/mmfma/images

Sub-folders for resources: I:/myfiles/mm/resources/


MM Web Files (in web folder)

Keep website files (that will be published on your student website) in I:/web folder:

I:/web/mm/index.html I:/web/mmtma/index.html I:/web/mmfma/index.html

Sub-folders for images: I:/web/mm/images/ I:/web/mmtma/images/ I:/web/mmfma/images/


Email Support

Ian Harrison ([email protected]) Contact you via BBK email:

[email protected] Webmail – Access via:

http://webmail.bbk.ac.uk Forward BBK email to your personal

account http://www.bbk.ac.uk/its/services/email/students

http://webmail.bbk.ac.uk/


IT Systems - Getting Help

Admin: [email protected]

SCSIS Systems Group (I:/ drive)[email protected]

If it’s got a “DCS” contact us

No “DCS” but BBK then contact ITShttp://www.bbk.ac.uk/its/helpdesk_team

http://eros.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/dept/staffgroup.asp?sectrank=5


Multimedia Assets – Sessions 1 & 2

IMAGES: Common image formats: gif, jpeg, png Image capture, editing and optimisation Static Images, Image Maps Roll-over and Swap images Fireworks photo album Design, management and publishing

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