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.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to add colour (c) to slow them down (d) to hide the sound
- 2.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 3.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) icons with no labels (c) labels on every icon (d) strong colour contrast
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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 18 px
Footer: 20 px
Hint: 16 px
Label: 17 px - 6.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) plays music (c) takes photos (d) makes text tiny
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7.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 23 px
Body text: 23 px
Hint: 11 px
Label: 28 px
Title: 20 px (a) Body text (b) Menu (c) Hint (d) Label - 8.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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9.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 14 px
Caption: 22 px
Footer: 10 px - 10.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) captions on videos (c) icons with no labels (d) colour as the only clue
- 11.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 12.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 9 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 13.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 24 px
Menu: 21 px
Label: 15 px
Caption: 23 px
Title: 10 px - 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) sudden loud sounds (c) tiny tap areas (d) text that can grow
- 16.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 17.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) labels on every icon (c) tiny tap areas (d) text that can grow
- 19.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) icons with no labels (c) strong colour contrast (d) captions on videos
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20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 17 px
Caption: 11 px
Label: 14 px
Title: 14 px - 21.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 22.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 23.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) labels on every icon (c) fast-flashing lights (d) sudden loud sounds
- 25.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 26.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 10 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 27.♿ 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
- 28.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) sudden loud sounds (c) colour as the only clue (d) text that can grow
- 29.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 30.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 11 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. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 28 px
Caption: 18 px
Label: 26 px
Footer: 12 px (a) Body text (b) Footer (c) Caption (d) Label - 32.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 33.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 34.True or false: “big touch targets” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) text that can grow (c) captions on videos (d) fast-flashing lights
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36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 20 px
Caption: 13 px
Body text: 17 px
Hint: 24 px
Title: 19 px (a) Hint (b) Menu (c) Caption (d) Body text - 37.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 13 px
Hint: 15 px
Caption: 19 px
Footer: 18 px
Title: 22 px - 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) text that can grow (c) labels on every icon (d) big touch targets
- 40.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
Answer key
- so anyone can follow
- helps everyone
- 1
- icons with no labels
- 0
- reads the screen aloud
- Hint
- makes it harder
- 2
- captions on videos
- True
- 2
- makes it harder
- 2
- text that can grow
- helps everyone
- False
- tiny tap areas
- icons with no labels
- 3
- True
- 1
- False
- labels on every icon
- True
- 1
- a text label
- text that can grow
- 3
- 1
- Footer
- helps everyone
- makes it harder
- True
- fast-flashing lights
- Caption
- False
- 2
- tiny tap areas
- makes it harder
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