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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) to hide the sound (c) so anyone can follow (d) to add colour
- 2.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) text that can grow (c) fast-flashing lights (d) sudden loud sounds
- 3.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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4.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 22 px
Label: 13 px
Caption: 24 px (a) Footer (b) Label (c) Caption - 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) icons with no labels (c) big touch targets (d) strong colour contrast
- 6.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) colour as the only clue (c) fast-flashing lights (d) tiny tap areas
- 8.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 9.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 11 px
Caption: 22 px
Footer: 17 px (a) Body text (b) Footer (c) Caption - 11.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 23 px
Footer: 11 px
Label: 24 px - 13.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 3 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: big touch targets? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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15.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 17 px
Footer: 20 px
Label: 24 px - 16.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) colour as the only clue (c) icons with no labels (d) labels on every icon
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) sudden loud sounds (c) icons with no labels (d) labels on every icon
- 18.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 19.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 20.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a long animation (c) a text label (d) a sound
- 21.♿ 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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22.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 11 px
Hint: 14 px
Menu: 23 px
Title: 13 px
Body text: 15 px -
23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 14 px
Title: 22 px
Body text: 23 px
Label: 14 px
Footer: 13 px - 24.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 15 px
Label: 23 px
Title: 17 px
Hint: 22 px
Caption: 15 px -
26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 22 px
Title: 10 px
Label: 25 px (a) Footer (b) Label (c) Title - 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) text that can grow (c) captions on videos (d) strong colour contrast
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 21 px
Caption: 17 px
Menu: 10 px (a) Title (b) Menu (c) Caption - 29.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 30.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 32.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 33.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 34.True or false: “big touch targets” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) strong colour contrast (c) tiny tap areas (d) big touch targets
- 36.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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37.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 17 px
Hint: 15 px
Footer: 20 px
Body text: 14 px - 38.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only experts (b) only the coder (c) everyone (d) nobody
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 22 px
Menu: 18 px
Hint: 21 px
Label: 22 px
Caption: 13 px (a) Title (b) Menu (c) Caption (d) Hint - 40.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- so anyone can follow
- text that can grow
- True
- Label
- icons with no labels
- False
- strong colour contrast
- 5
- helps everyone
- Body text
- 9
- 1
- 9
- helps everyone
- 0
- labels on every icon
- labels on every icon
- True
- 1
- a text label
- makes it harder
- 4
- 3
- 10
- 2
- Title
- sudden loud sounds
- Menu
- 3
- True
- False
- helps everyone
- 2
- True
- tiny tap areas
- False
- 2
- everyone
- Caption
- False
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