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