The final project

You have spent the past 12 weeks exploring the use of Streaming Media in Flash. Now is your opportunity to demonstrate what you have learned.

Your final project is to develop a Flash-based portfolio of your work to date. You will include a minimum of 10 images of your work, audio, video, interactivity and dynamic data fed into the project from XML documents.

You are to approach this project as if I were an employer looking to hire you. This means everything counts- look, feel, usability, load time, design, functionality and general impressions. In short, I am looking for "pro quality" not "student quality" work.

If you are unsure as to how it should look, maybe a trip to a variety of portfolio sites is called for. I also used the New York Times Multimedia section of their site as a great example of what you can do with rather limited resources.

Deadline:

April 29, 2005. Assignments received after 5:00 p.m. on that date will not be accepted and graded 0.

My role:

This is your chance to "fly". This means you are on your own.

If you can't get it to work from your site or there is something you want to do that we didn't cover, you are on your own. I will not answer those questions. Figure it out on your own or get one of your classmates to help you.

I will be available if you want to talk about your plans and designs or if you wish to review anything we have covered off in this course.

This assignment counts for 20% of your final grade. Approach it with the seriousness the mark implies.