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