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