Adobe® Flash® CS6: Part 2
Course Specifications
Course Number: 
092042
Course Length: 
1 day
Course Description
Overview: 
You create Flash animations. You can find your way around the Library and can work in the timeline. You've even created symbols and have embedded one MovieClip inside another. But now you want to create functionality that can't be accomplished on the timeline alone. You want to import content from external sources, such as XML and video files, and you want to create items that respond to user interaction. These things require an understanding of ActionScript and other advanced features of Flash. 
Course Objectives:
Target Student: 
This course is designed for students who want to expand their Flash skills beyond developing simple animations, to use extended capabilities of Flash, including ActionScript, importing external multimedia content (graphics, video, and audio), and publishing options to customize the presentation of a finished movie. The target student will have experience using Flash, and will have used frame scripts to control Flash animations. This course provides an intensive introduction to object-oriented programming in ActionScript. It is beneficial for students to have some programming experience and understanding of programming concepts before taking this course. 
This course, combined with Adobe® Flash® CS6: Part 1, covers ACA and ACE exam objectives for Adobe Flash CS6, and is intended to help prepare students to take the Adobe Certified Associate and Adobe Certified Expert exams. 
Prerequisites: 
To ensure your success in this course, it is recommended that you first take the following Logical Operations course (or have equivalent knowledge): Adobe® Flash® CS6: Part 1. 
Course-specific Technical Requirements
Hardware
For this course, each student and the instructor will require the following hardware: 
•	A Windows® PC that meets Adobe's requirements for Flash Professional CS6:
•	Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
•	Microsoft® Windows XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 (Windows 7 recommended)
•	2 GB of RAM (3 GB recommended)
•	3.5 GB of available hard-disk space for installation (additional free space required during installation)
•	1,024 × 768 display or higher
•	Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6 (included)
•	DVD-ROM drive
•	QuickTime® 7.6.6 software required for multimedia features
•	Broadband Internet connection for software activation and access to online services
Instructor Hardware
Additionally, the instructor will require a projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.
Software
Each computer (students and instructor) will require Flash Professional CS6.
Instructor Software
The instructor computer (but not student computers) will require Microsoft® PowerPoint® to present the course slides.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Getting Started with an ActionScript Programming Project 
Topic A: Plan a Programming Project 
Topic B: Elements of ActionScript 
Topic C: Get Help on ActionScript Code 
Topic D: Testing and Debugging 
Lesson 2: Extending the Behavior of Flash Objects 
Topic A: Extend Movie Clip Behavior 
Topic B: Respond to Events 
Lesson 3: Accessing Structured Data 
Topic A: Parse XML 
Topic B: Use Arrays 
Lesson 4: Using Components for Display and User Input 
Topic A: Add Components and Set Properties 
Topic B: Populate Components with Content 
Topic C: Respond to Item Selection in a Component 
Topic D: Change the Appearance of Components 
Lesson 5: Using Media Content from External Sources 
Topic A: Load Image Content 
Topic B: Load Video Content 
Topic C: Load Audio Content 
Lesson 6: Making Rich Media Content Accessible 
Topic A: Improve Navigation for Accessibility 
Topic B: Make Content Readable by a Screen Reader 
Lesson 7: Publishing a Movie 
Topic A: Prepare to Publish from Flash 
Topic B: Edit the HTML Host Page 
Topic C: Add SWF Metadata 
Topic D: Publish to Various Formats 
Appendix A: Advanced Animation Techniques 
Appendix B: Flash File Formats 
Appendix C: Adobe Flash CS6 ACA Certification Exam Objectives 
Appendix D: Adobe Flash CS6 ACE Certification Exam Objectives