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