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: strong colour contrast? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 2.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 3.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 4.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) text that can grow (c) sudden loud sounds (d) icons with no labels
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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 18 px
Body text: 24 px
Hint: 10 px
Label: 10 px - 6.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a long animation (c) a sound (d) a text label
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) text that can grow (c) sudden loud sounds (d) strong colour contrast
- 8.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 9.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 10.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 11.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 24 px
Hint: 13 px
Caption: 16 px
Label: 18 px
Footer: 20 px -
13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 11 px
Hint: 28 px
Title: 28 px
Footer: 19 px (a) Menu (b) Footer (c) Title (d) Hint -
14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 10 px
Title: 19 px
Menu: 25 px
Footer: 21 px
Label: 20 px (a) Menu (b) Body text (c) Footer (d) Title - 15.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) fast-flashing lights (c) big touch targets (d) colour as the only clue
- 16.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 13 px
Menu: 22 px
Label: 18 px
Footer: 11 px
Title: 11 px - 18.True or false: “icons with no labels” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 20.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) icons with no labels (c) fast-flashing lights (d) sudden loud sounds
- 22.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) fast-flashing lights (c) tiny tap areas (d) strong colour contrast
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) icons with no labels (c) labels on every icon (d) strong colour contrast
- 25.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 20 px
Hint: 9 px
Caption: 24 px
Label: 25 px (a) Menu (b) Caption (c) Hint (d) Label -
27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 9 px
Hint: 23 px
Caption: 19 px
Footer: 25 px (a) Footer (b) Caption (c) Hint (d) Title - 28.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) plays music (b) makes text tiny (c) reads the screen aloud (d) takes photos
- 29.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (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?
Caption: 14 px
Title: 24 px
Menu: 11 px
Label: 13 px
Body text: 13 px -
31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 22 px
Title: 13 px
Label: 17 px - 32.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 28 px
Title: 10 px
Hint: 18 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Label - 34.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 35.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) tiny tap areas (c) captions on videos (d) colour as the only clue
- 36.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) colour as the only clue (c) text that can grow (d) labels on every icon
- 37.True or false: “text that can grow” 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?
Caption: 18 px
Body text: 18 px
Title: 10 px
Footer: 24 px (a) Footer (b) Body text (c) Caption (d) Title - 39.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 11 px
Label: 17 px
Footer: 26 px
Body text: 20 px
Menu: 26 px (a) Body text (b) Label (c) Title (d) Footer
Answer key
- helps everyone
- True
- helps everyone
- text that can grow
- 2
- a text label
- sudden loud sounds
- 7
- True
- makes it harder
- 6
- 1
- Menu
- Body text
- big touch targets
- 4
- 3
- True
- True
- helps everyone
- text that can grow
- False
- strong colour contrast
- icons with no labels
- makes it harder
- Hint
- Title
- reads the screen aloud
- makes it harder
- 4
- 1
- helps everyone
- Title
- 3
- captions on videos
- colour as the only clue
- False
- Title
- 4
- Title
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