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