Animating with a timeline is one of the most widely used 2-D animation methods on the Web today. This course will focus on Adobe Flash given its highly intuitive application and commercial popularity. Students will learn how to create keyframe animation, navigate the Flash interface, use the drawing and text tools, import sounds and graphics, optimize Flash movies, and publish the necessary files for display on the Web. This course will also explore how to apply keyframe-based animation to other programs.