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