Learn to Animate In Maya By Setting Up a Basic Animation
Animate quickly in Maya. This goes over the the concepts behind animating a scene. Letting a character, in this case a ball, act through the scene you built. Move your character and have it react to the scene as your character explores the environment you built. Start with a ball or box and then move your way up to a full character using Mixamo or the Control Rig with Human IK to drive your character through your scene.