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