Software Design: Accessibility for Diverse Users and Green ICT Methods

This assignment provides solutions related to software development, focusing on accessibility for diverse users and the implementation of Green ICT practices. It addresses how software can be designed to be accessible to blind or visually impaired clients through screen readers and to color-blind clients using colorbrewer. Furthermore, it discusses ways organizations can reduce their carbon footprint using ICT, such as turning off computers when not in use and managing PC power plans. The assignment also distinguishes between projects and processes in the context of computer-related tasks, providing examples such as building computers on a production line, upgrading computers, and building houses. Desklib offers this document to aid students in their studies, alongside a variety of past papers and solved assignments.

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Question 1..................................................................................................................................3
Question 2..................................................................................................................................3
Question 3..................................................................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................5

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Question 1
Part 1
The computer program can be easily be accessed by Blind or visually impaired clients
with the help of screen readers. The screen readers are computer software, which directly
assists the blind or the visually impaired people in using the computers. It can be stated here
that it acts as a platform, which helps in the aspect of communication between the user and
the computer (Guo and Bigham 2018). Each of the screen readers comes along with a set of
commands, which are unique. Each of the commands performs a specific predefined
function.
Part 4
Clients who are colour-blind can use the concept of colorbrewer. This concept gives
the user a diverging, sequential and categorical (which is sometimes binary) palettes that are
very much colourblind safe. The concept can be modified according to the need of the user to
fit the style guide. They help the people to identify each colour very effectively and minimise
the problem which they are facing (Laudon and Laudon 2016).
Question 2
Few ways in which organisation can use ICT to reduce carbon footprint are stated
below:
 Turning off the personal computers when not in use: Turning off the computer can
highly reduce the carbon footprint due to the factor that if they are kept on they
consume almost the same amount of electricity as four bright (non-energy saving)
lights on full time (Stewart and Khare 2018).

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 Manage of PC power plan: Managing of the PC can be very much beneficial. Some
of the options which are available are stated below:
 Option of power saving when the pc is actively on.
 Turing off the monitor after a long period of inactivity.
 Activating the standby mode after a specific period of inactivity.
 Activating sleep or standby mode after a period of inactivity.
 Limited use of screen savers: It can be stated here that the use of screen savers can
be a part of personalising the personal computers. When they are directly triggered,
they can keep both the monitor and the computers active. They do not contribute to
any power saving options (Lazar, Feng and Hochheiser 2017).
Question 3
Part 1
The building a computer on a production line of identical computers can be
considered as a process, which involves a set of predefined task.
Part 2
Building a house as one of the series of identical houses can be considered as a
project. This is due to the factor that most of the emphasis would be put on the identical
aspect, which is the primary objective. Projects should have a specific aim (one aim) and in
this case, building the identical house is a part of the success factor of the project.
Part 3
Upgrading a computer from Windows 7 to Window 10 can be stated as a project,
which may include a predefined set of operation. The implementation of the task would be
done according to a sequence of the task which already existed.

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Part 4
Upgrading all the 120 computers from window 7 to window ten can be considered as
a process due to the factor that it can consist of more than one process and a sequence of
actions. In most of the cases, it can be stated that the up gradation process involves a
predefined set of process, which has to be executed to reach to the goal. It can be stated here
that processes usually have a set of functions, which follow a specific pattern of activity
(Abbasi, Sarker and Chiang 2016).

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References
Abbasi, A., Sarker, S. and Chiang, R.H., 2016. Big data research in information systems:
Toward an inclusive research agenda. Journal of the Association for Information Systems,
17(2).
Guo, A. and Bigham, J.P., 2018. Making Everyday Interfaces Accessible: Tactile Overlays
by and for Blind People. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 17(2), pp.66-70.
Laudon, K.C. and Laudon, J.P., 2016. Management information system. Pearson Education
India.
Lazar, J., Feng, J.H. and Hochheiser, H., 2017. Research methods in human-computer
interaction. Morgan Kaufmann.
Stewart, B. and Khare, A., 2018. Athabasca university reduces ICT carbon footprint. GSTF
Journal on Computing (JoC), 1(4).