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