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