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