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