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