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=**Fall 2009 IMD 230 Programming Concepts (Art Institute of Charleston)**=

**Course Description**
This course is about taking creative control of the computer. Beginning with the fundamentals of programming and progressing along a track that focuses on user interaction, real-time animation, and programmatic creation, students learn to use the computer as a computational medium capable of realizing such original creations as interactive art, playful web sites, and video games. This is the first step toward creating these types of highly interactive experiences.

**Competencies/Learning Objectives:**
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
 * Write ActionScript Code for Adobe Flash
 * Plan and Execute program-driven interactive experiences and animations
 * Read, Write and Understand Programming Terminology
 * Know where to go for additional help and inspiration

Course Links

 * Basecamp

Instructor Contact Info
 Email: (send large files and general email) __pamela.berman@gmail.com__ Phone: 570 441 6770

Office Hours: Wednesdays 1 to 5 PM

Ai Email: __pberman@aii.edu__ Ai Phone: 727 3521

=ActionScript3 Language Reference= [] See also Wiki page ActionScript 3 Info


You can download the exercises that are in Learning ActionScript 3 at [|http://www.learningactionscript3.com/downloads/]

**Kelly Goto's Web Design Project Resources**
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**Free Time Tracking Online Application**
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=AS 3 to play an external audio file=

var myAudio:Sound = new Sound; myAudio.load(new URLRequest("sweetTalk_cmarquardt.mp3")); myAudio.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);

function completeHandler(event:Event):void { myAudio.play; }