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 slow them down (c) to add colour (d) to hide the sound
- 2.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a text label (c) a sound (d) a long animation
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3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 27 px
Label: 16 px
Footer: 9 px
Caption: 21 px (a) Footer (b) Label (c) Body text (d) Caption - 4.♿ 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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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 26 px
Body text: 27 px
Footer: 13 px
Hint: 17 px
Menu: 27 px (a) Hint (b) Footer (c) Body text (d) Caption - 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) text that can grow (c) fast-flashing lights (d) icons with no labels
- 7.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 9 px
Hint: 17 px
Label: 24 px
Caption: 26 px (a) Label (b) Menu (c) Hint (d) Caption - 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) colour as the only clue (c) text that can grow (d) strong colour contrast
- 10.♿ 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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11.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 14 px
Title: 13 px
Label: 10 px
Footer: 13 px - 12.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the battery (b) fast typists (c) the server (d) colour-blind users
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13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 10 px
Hint: 13 px
Title: 12 px - 14.True or false: “tiny tap areas” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) labels on every icon (c) sudden loud sounds (d) fast-flashing lights
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 22 px
Hint: 21 px
Menu: 11 px (a) Menu (b) Title (c) Hint -
17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 19 px
Menu: 16 px
Body text: 23 px
Footer: 16 px - 18.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) captions on videos (c) colour as the only clue (d) fast-flashing lights
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) captions on videos (c) sudden loud sounds (d) labels on every icon
- 21.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 22.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 23.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 24.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 25.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 26.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 25 px
Hint: 26 px
Body text: 11 px (a) Body text (b) Footer (c) Hint - 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) colour as the only clue (c) big touch targets (d) sudden loud sounds
- 29.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 10 px
Footer: 13 px
Hint: 15 px - 31.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 32.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 33.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 34.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 35.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 8 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 36.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) big touch targets (c) captions on videos (d) text that can grow
- 37.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 38.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 39.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 13 px
Menu: 21 px
Label: 23 px (a) Label (b) Menu (c) Caption
Answer key
- so anyone can follow
- a text label
- Footer
- makes it harder
- Footer
- text that can grow
- helps everyone
- Menu
- colour as the only clue
- makes it harder
- 4
- colour-blind users
- 3
- False
- labels on every icon
- Menu
- 0
- False
- captions on videos
- sudden loud sounds
- 2
- 6
- 4
- 6
- True
- makes it harder
- Body text
- big touch targets
- True
- 3
- 1
- helps everyone
- 4
- makes it harder
- 3
- sudden loud sounds
- False
- 8
- False
- Caption
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