
Macromedia MAX 2005 - Anaheim, CA What’s New In Flash 8
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About the Course
What’s New in Flash 8 provides Macromedia Flash 8 users with the hands-on instruction that will
help them become competent with all the new expressiveness features in Flash 8.
By the end of the course, students should be able to use what they learned here to build rich user
experiences that include new features like complex gradients, blends, filters, Flash Video, and
mobile device emulation.
The methodology for the course includes the following:
y Clearly stated learning objectives
Each unit in this course starts with the objectives for that unit.
y Presentation of material to support the learning objectives
y The instructor uses slides and other media to get across
concepts.
y Model uses of new material
The instructors for this course demonstrate the use of the
product.
y Feedback from students
The instructors for this course test for understanding during
and after each unit.
y Guided practice
Each unit in this course has a series of walkthroughs that you
perform along with your instructor so that you get familiar with
new skills.
y Independent practice
Each unit in this course concludes with a hands-on lab that
lets you practice a set of new skills, on your own, in context.