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