App Dev Worksheet: Accessibility
Developer's tip (Design for everyone): Our rule: text is at least 16 px; every icon has a text label for screen readers. Add captions to videos; never use colour as the only clue. Big touch targets and strong contrast help everyone.
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- 1.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) sudden loud sounds (c) strong colour contrast (d) big touch targets
- 3.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) colour as the only clue (c) icons with no labels (d) labels on every icon
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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 21 px
Menu: 19 px
Label: 23 px
Caption: 10 px - 6.True or false: “big touch targets” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 7.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 8.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) tiny tap areas (c) big touch targets (d) captions on videos
- 9.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a long animation (b) a bright colour (c) a sound (d) a text label
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10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 24 px
Label: 12 px
Footer: 25 px
Title: 17 px
Body text: 26 px (a) Label (b) Footer (c) Title (d) Caption - 11.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) text that can grow (c) sudden loud sounds (d) captions on videos
- 12.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) labels on every icon (b) sudden loud sounds (c) tiny tap areas (d) icons with no labels
- 13.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 25 px
Menu: 12 px
Hint: 16 px
Label: 16 px (a) Hint (b) Label (c) Body text (d) Menu - 15.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) tiny tap areas (c) fast-flashing lights (d) text that can grow
- 18.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) big touch targets (c) tiny tap areas (d) fast-flashing lights
- 19.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) text that can grow (c) captions on videos (d) big touch targets
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21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 20 px
Title: 17 px
Footer: 22 px
Menu: 19 px
Hint: 11 px (a) Footer (b) Body text (c) Hint (d) Title - 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) captions on videos (c) big touch targets (d) labels on every icon
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23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 20 px
Caption: 16 px
Title: 26 px
Label: 9 px (a) Body text (b) Label (c) Title (d) Caption -
24.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 17 px
Menu: 9 px
Title: 26 px
Hint: 22 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Body text (d) Menu - 25.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 26.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 27.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 17 px
Label: 19 px
Caption: 14 px (a) Label (b) Caption (c) Title - 29.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 30.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 11 px
Hint: 23 px
Footer: 22 px - 32.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) big touch targets (c) text that can grow (d) icons with no labels
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 12 px
Menu: 11 px
Label: 12 px
Footer: 13 px
Caption: 10 px -
34.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 10 px
Caption: 27 px
Footer: 19 px
Title: 19 px (a) Footer (b) Title (c) Caption (d) Menu -
35.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 23 px
Label: 22 px
Title: 24 px
Footer: 9 px (a) Footer (b) Label (c) Title (d) Hint -
36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 16 px
Menu: 19 px
Caption: 10 px
Title: 17 px (a) Hint (b) Menu (c) Caption (d) Title - 37.True or false: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 38.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) fast typists (b) the server (c) the battery (d) colour-blind users
- 39.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 24 px
Menu: 12 px
Title: 10 px
Hint: 12 px
Footer: 20 px
Answer key
- True
- sudden loud sounds
- makes it harder
- labels on every icon
- 1
- True
- makes it harder
- tiny tap areas
- a text label
- Label
- sudden loud sounds
- labels on every icon
- makes it harder
- Menu
- False
- False
- text that can grow
- big touch targets
- True
- fast-flashing lights
- Hint
- icons with no labels
- Label
- Menu
- 1
- makes it harder
- 5
- Caption
- True
- makes it harder
- 1
- icons with no labels
- 5
- Menu
- Footer
- Caption
- False
- colour-blind users
- True
- 3
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