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