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