This week’s topics
User Styles and Requirement Profiling
- Administrative and office users
- Creative media professionals
- Software developers and data scientists
- Accessibility and assistive technology needs
- Assistive Technology: Examples, Definition, and Evaluation
What you will be able to do
- 3.2 Describe the characteristics of different styles of computer system users.
- 3.3 Evaluate suitable components to meet user requirements within a professional environment.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the characteristics of different styles of computer system users.
Study materials
Videos
- Assistive Technology: Examples, Definition, and Evaluation · YouTube · Teachings in Education · 3 min · for registered students
- How to Choose (Buy) the right Computer ~PC with details & Tech. Specifications -Tips ♡#computer #pc · YouTube · Virtual World · 15 min · for registered students
- Understanding Computer Configuration: Types and Examples · YouTube · Computer Techniques Hub · 8 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Foundations of Information Systems, 4.2: Defining User Requirements · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 128–133 · for registered students
- Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility (poster set) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
- Web accessibility theory and practice: an introduction for university faculty · PDF · ERIC, article · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
