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.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) text that can grow (c) colour as the only clue (d) big touch targets
- 2.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a sound (b) a long animation (c) a bright colour (d) a text label
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3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 22 px
Body text: 19 px
Title: 11 px
Menu: 22 px
Caption: 23 px (a) Footer (b) Body text (c) Menu (d) Title - 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) text that can grow (c) captions on videos (d) strong colour contrast
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) icons with no labels (c) big touch targets (d) tiny tap areas
- 6.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) strong colour contrast (c) colour as the only clue (d) fast-flashing lights
- 7.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) tiny tap areas (b) big touch targets (c) captions on videos (d) labels on every icon
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) captions on videos (c) text that can grow (d) icons with no labels
- 9.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 10.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 11.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 16 px
Menu: 18 px
Caption: 10 px - 13.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 14.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) colour as the only clue (c) strong colour contrast (d) tiny tap areas
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 25 px
Footer: 16 px
Hint: 14 px (a) Footer (b) Hint (c) Menu - 17.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) big touch targets (b) tiny tap areas (c) fast-flashing lights (d) icons with no labels
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18.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 9 px
Label: 24 px
Title: 19 px (a) Title (b) Footer (c) Label - 19.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only experts (b) everyone (c) nobody (d) only the coder
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20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 12 px
Hint: 11 px
Menu: 19 px
Body text: 15 px - 21.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) icons with no labels (c) colour as the only clue (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?
Title: 24 px
Hint: 11 px
Body text: 28 px
Label: 23 px
Caption: 26 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Label (d) Body text - 24.♿ 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
- 25.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to add colour (b) so anyone can follow (c) to slow them down (d) to hide the sound
- 26.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) takes photos (b) makes text tiny (c) reads the screen aloud (d) plays music
- 27.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 28.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) sudden loud sounds (c) colour as the only clue (d) captions on videos
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 10 px
Hint: 19 px
Title: 25 px (a) Footer (b) Title (c) Hint - 31.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 23 px
Label: 21 px
Hint: 15 px
Title: 14 px -
34.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 22 px
Title: 12 px
Menu: 16 px (a) Menu (b) Body text (c) Title -
35.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 13 px
Label: 21 px
Footer: 11 px -
36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 20 px
Footer: 16 px
Menu: 11 px - 37.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 17 px
Menu: 18 px
Caption: 20 px
Footer: 13 px -
39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 28 px
Footer: 27 px
Hint: 19 px
Caption: 10 px (a) Hint (b) Caption (c) Footer (d) Menu -
40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 21 px
Label: 15 px
Caption: 24 px
Title: 24 px
Hint: 19 px
Answer key
- colour as the only clue
- a text label
- Title
- colour as the only clue
- big touch targets
- strong colour contrast
- tiny tap areas
- icons with no labels
- True
- helps everyone
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 5
- strong colour contrast
- Hint
- big touch targets
- Footer
- everyone
- 3
- False
- labels on every icon
- Hint
- colour-blind users
- so anyone can follow
- reads the screen aloud
- makes it harder
- makes it harder
- captions on videos
- Footer
- True
- True
- 2
- Title
- 2
- 1
- False
- 1
- Caption
- 1
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