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