Student Workbook

Name:

Class:
Put a tick() next to your chosen topic below:

An animation for children about the benefits of endangered

animals.

An animation for teenagers to make them aware of the

benefits of recycling.

An animation for adults warning them about the issues of

global warming.

Why have you chosen this topic? (Explain in detail)

Write a list of 5 Success Criteria that you can use to judge your
animation against when you’re finished (you’ll complete the “Achieved”
column once you’ve finished your animation):

Achieved?
Success Criteria
( or x)

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Setting the Scene
What are you going to use for the setting of the animation? (ie, what is
the background going to be?):
Background Why does it suit the audience?

Characters
Your animation will almost certainly have characters. Use the boxes
below to outline the characters you intend to use and why they suit the
intended audience:
Characters Why do they suit the audience?

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Storyboard
Complete this storyboard to sketch out an overview of your animation.
Use the boxes below each section to explain what is happening.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

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 You now need to create the animation you have designed using Flash.

Here is a recap of some of the tools you will need to use:

Line tool: Selection & Sub-selection

tools:
Used for
drawing Use to select graphics or
straight lines. parts of graphics.

Text tool:
Pen tool:
Use this to add text.
Use this to create a path
Change the font using
to make detailed shapes.
the properties at the
- click to add points
bottom.
- click and hold to create
curves

Shape tools:

Pencil & Paintbrush For drawing circles and

tools: rectangles.

Used for free-hand

drawing Paint Bucket tool:

Used to fill shapes with

colour.

Free Transform tool:

Use this to skew,

rotate and resize Line Colour
objects.

Fill Colour
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 Allows you to see what you are
Use these to select
editing - either the main scene or
the scene or
one of your symbols (sub-
symbol you wish to
animations).
edit.

Click here to add

new layers. Double-
Right-click in the
click on the layers’
timeline to add new
name to change it.
Key Frames.

Don’t forget!
 If you want parts of a picture to move separately they must be in
separate layers (see below).
 If you need some objects to move independently convert to a
movie-symbol first (remember the stick man you made?)
Lots of

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Go back to your success criteria on page 1 and tick the ones you have
achieved.

Answer the following questions to evaluate your animation:

1. Do you think the animation was long enough?

Yes  No 

2. Did you include enough information in the

animation? Yes No 

3. Are you pleased with your animation? (give reasons why/why

not)

4. Does the animation match your designs? (explain and give

reasons for any changes)

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 5. Does your animation meet the target audience? (give
reasons why/why not)

6. Make a list of sensible improvements you could make:

7. Overall, how would you rate the effort you put into making your
animation, out of 5? (1 = Poor, 5 = Excellent)
1 2 3 4 5

Now get your partner to complete the next page. THEN go back and
make improvements to your animation (saving it as "Version 2”)

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Your partner needs to complete this page.

Name:

Give the following a rating (circle  or  or ):

Overall quality of the animation   

Suitability for audience   

Storyline   

Choice of background(s)   

Use of characters   

What did you like best about the animation?

What else should be included to make the animation better?

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To measure the impact of your animation you will be creating a
questionnaire to judge how the audience feels after viewing it (these
should have “yes” or “no” answers). Plan out six questions below then
create your Questionnaire using Word.

Number Number
Question
of “Yes” of “No”
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Once you’ve handed out the questionnaire record the “yes” and “no”
responses above. (If you have time you can create graphs in Excel).

Has the animation had the desired impact? (use the results above to
back up your answer)

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Complete the following to assess your achievement in this project:

Level I Can . . .   
 plan and develop a well thought- out
ICT product by using different
software together.
9a  use criteria to evaluate the quality of
my ICT work, spot ways to
make it better and make the changes.
 present information in lots of
different ways for a specific
purpose and audience.
 plan and develop ICT products by
planning well and using several types of
9b software and tools together.
 use criteria and feedback from
others to improve my work.
 explain why I have made choices
when presenting information for
different purposes and audiences.
9Ex  identify the impact of ICT on
people, communities and
cultures.

Teacher Comments: Student Comments:

My level should be
I am happy/unhappy* with this level
because . . .

I enjoyed/did not enjoy* the project

because . . .

* Delete as appropriate

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