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.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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2.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 20 px
Caption: 21 px
Hint: 23 px
Footer: 20 px - 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) icons with no labels (c) sudden loud sounds (d) tiny tap areas
- 4.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) nobody (b) only experts (c) everyone (d) only the coder
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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 11 px
Label: 23 px
Title: 16 px
Body text: 17 px (a) Body text (b) Label (c) Menu (d) Title - 6.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) takes photos (c) makes text tiny (d) plays music
- 7.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) fast typists (b) the battery (c) the server (d) colour-blind users
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8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 17 px
Title: 11 px
Hint: 19 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Footer - 9.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to hide the sound (b) to slow them down (c) to add colour (d) so anyone can follow
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) labels on every icon (c) text that can grow (d) colour as the only clue
- 11.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 12.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 13.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 12 px
Footer: 14 px
Hint: 20 px
Title: 19 px
Body text: 18 px - 15.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 9 px
Body text: 23 px
Menu: 23 px (a) Title (b) Body text (c) Menu - 17.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 18.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 19.♿ 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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20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 16 px
Hint: 22 px
Menu: 10 px
Label: 15 px - 21.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a text label (b) a long animation (c) a bright colour (d) a sound
- 22.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 23.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) colour as the only clue (c) captions on videos (d) tiny tap areas
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) text that can grow (c) strong colour contrast (d) labels on every icon
- 25.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 13 px
Footer: 24 px
Menu: 16 px
Caption: 16 px
Title: 17 px (a) Footer (b) Menu (c) Caption (d) Label - 27.True or false: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 10 px
Footer: 23 px
Body text: 21 px (a) Title (b) Body text (c) Footer - 29.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) big touch targets (c) icons with no labels (d) tiny tap areas
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 23 px
Caption: 14 px
Label: 22 px
Body text: 22 px - 31.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 32.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) text that can grow (c) sudden loud sounds (d) tiny tap areas
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) strong colour contrast (c) captions on videos (d) icons with no labels
- 35.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 37.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 24 px
Label: 24 px
Hint: 10 px - 39.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 40.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
Answer key
- 2
- 0
- strong colour contrast
- everyone
- Menu
- reads the screen aloud
- colour-blind users
- Title
- so anyone can follow
- colour as the only clue
- 1
- helps everyone
- makes it harder
- 2
- helps everyone
- Title
- 9
- 9
- 5
- 2
- a text label
- 1
- captions on videos
- sudden loud sounds
- helps everyone
- Label
- False
- Title
- big touch targets
- 1
- makes it harder
- False
- text that can grow
- icons with no labels
- False
- True
- helps everyone
- 1
- 7
- 1
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