SPECIAL SESSION

SPECIAL SESSION

 

Macromedia Flash MX: to Infinity and Beyond Animation

 

Francis Rabuck, President, Rabuck Associates, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

ABSTRACT

 

We all know and have experienced Flash as a rich development tool for creating animations. As we look into the future, we can see that Flash MX is evolving into the Swiss army knife for e-Learning projects, extending well beyond the initial animation role. This session will examine the capabilities of Flash MX now and how it can be used as a replacement alternative for HTML, a video standard format, a DVD development tool, a mobile/wireless cross platform solution, and more.

 

In this session we'll explore, through some case studies and examples:

 

- How a Flash user interfaces can replace HTML coding and improve front-end access to learning management systems like Blackboard

 

- Why Flash may be the ultimate winner of the video player wars beating out MPEG, Microsoft, Real and QuickTime.

 

- How Flash is becoming the perfect tool for developing applications for a PDA and the next generation of cell phones

 

I will also discuss the challenges of using Flash on different platforms, and alternatives to Flash MX

 

Francis Rabuck, CCP, PCLP, CWNA

President, Rabuck Associates

7414 Battersby St

Philadelphia, PA 19152

Phone: 215-708-0772

Fax: 215-708-8765

mailto:frabuck@att.net