Spring 2026 Notations
The goal of this exercise is to practice the skills needed to use the Adobe Creative Team’s After Effects. Following the LinkedIn Learning videos and exercise files will inform conventions and establish skills. Please disregard the Classroom in a Book lessons, though assignment and assessment names may stay the same to preserve continuity.
Objective
Complete the assigned lesson and deliver the files to the appropriate course D2L Dropbox.
Background
- Register for a Tulsa City County Library Card Enter your address, but enter the following information under the “Tulsa County Qualifying Address:” 7777 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK 74171
- LinkedIn Learning TCCL Login This link is a special access point for Tulsa Library users, and requires prior registration. Please use Register Online For A Library Card (above) to obtain a library card number. Use library card number and password to login in here. Using the “normal” login found on the LinkedIn Learning home page, will not get you the same access. If the site asks you to pay, you may be logging in to the wrong place.
- Learning After Effects 2022
- After Effects CC 2023 Essential Training
Assignment
Watch the following video in the series After Effects Essential Training 2023:
- Introduction
- Foundations
- Creating a Simple Animation
To receive full assessment credit, please submit a screen shot of the progress to date, the green checkmarks found on the left-hand side of the page. To receive late credit, submit a copy of the completed course certificate, found below the video portion of the page.
To take a screen-shot:
- Command-Shift-4-Spacebar: Takes a screenshot of the window, and saves it as a file on the desktop. The file will have a .png extension.
- Command-Shift‑3: Takes a screenshot of the entire screen, and saves it as a file on the desktop. The file will have a .png extension.
- Instead of using the keyboard shortcuts above, screenshots can be taken by using the Screenshot application included with Mac OS X. It is located at
/Applications/Utilities/Screenshotor by searching via Spotlight in the upper right of the Mac screen. - For more information, please visit: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201361
Goal
The goal of this exercise is to practice the skills outlined in the Adobe Creative Team’s Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book. (Also known as assignment 05.05 After Effects — Text, Shapes and Presentations)
Objective
Complete the assigned lesson and deliver the files to the appropriate course D2L Dropbox.
Background Reading
- Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book, Ch 3, 4, 5; p 62–148
Part One
Complete book Lesson 3.
Part Two
Complete book Lesson 4.
Part Three
Complete book Lesson 5.
Assessment
- The following rubric posted on D2L will determine exercise score: Assignment Grading
Supplies
computer access, D2L access, Adobe After Effects, Lesson Files,
Deadlines
As defined by corresponding calendar item, dropbox, discussion or content topic description.