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ST CHRISTOPHER'S SERVICES LTD
The CD-ROM uses audio, photography, artwork, and text to showcase the services and clients of each of 25 units in St Christopher's Services Ltd.

Target Audience
The CD-ROM is aimed primarily at parents of service users, although it also serves as a PR tool at conferences, school talks etc.

Usability
We decided at the project outset that the CD-ROM should be extremely user friendly taking into account an audience of differing abilities.

User friendliness was achieved in a number of ways:

• consistent layouts
• uncluttered screens
• large buttons
• use of audio on button rollover
• use of audio voiceover
• large text fonts

Content
Individual units spent time collecting & taking photos for inclusion on the CD-ROM. Additional content such as artwork was scanned and incorporated into the presentation.

To engage service users in the development of the project, we decided to include audio recordings of service users discussing a typical day at their unit. These recordings were made onsite.

Each unit contains the following sections:

1. About Us
General information on the unit such as services, activities, recreation, outings etc.

2. My Story
We decided that it was very important to give the service users a significant contribution to the project. One of the primary ways we did this was by including a section for each unit where a service user could describe the unit - what the unit meant to them… a day in the life type section. Digital cameras and recording equipment was brought onsite for this purpose.

3. Photo Gallery
Users can browse photos & artwork for each unit.

The presentation also includes a dedicated section outlining the history of St Christophers. This sections uses old photographs, newspaper cuttings, letters, and audio to present this story in an informative and entertaining manner.

From the main menu screen users can access all sections of the presentation.

Services are divided into categories from which individual units can be accessed.

Sections are colour coded.

The My Story section incorporates audio to allow service users discuss their unit.

Student artwork is incorporated throughout the project.

Users can browse a photo gallery for each unit