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