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