++ Question 3

What sorts of computer skills is the application users expected to have in order to operate/access/use the application?

Basically, when the users are utilizing this application, they only need the basic computer and ICT skills. This is because of the application is developed using a simple CMS. If we can refer to the application, we can simply arrange the skills into two basic groups:

a) Information processing skill – This skill can be used while reading the following sections – Aspects of The Novel, Biography of The Novel and Summary of The Novel. We can say that the users are using computer-based technologies to manipulate, create, store and retrieve information to express ideas and communicate with others. So, users will read the information, gather, and store the information using any medium that they prefer to use.

b) Multimedia and Internet skill – Users will be using computer-based technologies to locate, access, evaluate, store and retrieve information and to express ideas and communicate with others. This can be seen when the users perform the interactive activity prepared in this application. The users need to know on how, where and what to be clicked when they operate the application.