CGT 212 - Advanced Interactive Media

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: This course provides an in-depth exposure to scripting used in interactive media. Students will learn to write scripts which extend and enhance non-linear, computer-based projects. During the semester, each student will design and produce a complex, highly interactive project such as a Web site, computer game or computer-based training module. Students should have a working knowledge of scripting techniques before beginning this class.

Prerequisites: CGT 141 with a minimum grade of 2.0 or Consent of department.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Fall Only
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Course Competencies

Apply good project management skills.
Create storyboards, flowcharts, prototypes, rough cuts and pencil tests for use in the creation of interactive projects.
Employ a professional production process in the creation of complex interactive projects.
Modify content as necessary to allocate memory effectively.
Apply good design and typographic skills to screen-based projects.
Create bitmap and vector graphics for use in screen-based projects.
Create scripts for interactive media employing navigation, variables, conditional statements and property changes using both mouse and keyboard inputs.
Solve scripting problems using logic and systematic troubleshooting techniques.
Create complex interactive projects using efficient navigation, feedback to the user and organization.