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