Creating Animated Diagrams with Flash
Abstract
Photographs, illustrations and diagrams have long been used as a way to support and enhance textual material. The emergence of the Web as a teaching platform has focused the attention of educators on the use of multimedia as an instructional medium. Sound, video and animation are the primary components of multimedia. Animation can be a powerful tool for introducing concepts and processes. An animated diagram can support the text or go beyond the written explanation. Adding motion to a process diagram or an illustration, which shows how something works, can help to explain difficult concepts. Although most educators avoid multimedia packages due to their expense and complexity, Flash is a great tool for the beginner. Flash offers a quick way to create simple animations to be used on the Web.