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.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 3.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a text label (b) a sound (c) a bright colour (d) a long animation
- 4.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 5.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 6.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) fast-flashing lights (c) colour as the only clue (d) labels on every icon
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) colour as the only clue (c) captions on videos (d) tiny tap areas
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8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 26 px
Footer: 13 px
Hint: 19 px (a) Title (b) Footer (c) Hint - 9.♿ 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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10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 17 px
Menu: 16 px
Body text: 22 px
Label: 20 px
Caption: 11 px (a) Body text (b) Menu (c) Title (d) Caption - 11.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the server (b) fast typists (c) colour-blind users (d) the battery
- 12.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) tiny tap areas (c) icons with no labels (d) fast-flashing lights
- 14.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) text that can grow (c) fast-flashing lights (d) tiny tap areas
- 15.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 16.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 3 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. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 19 px
Footer: 9 px
Menu: 17 px (a) Footer (b) Caption (c) Menu -
18.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 24 px
Hint: 26 px
Label: 22 px
Footer: 10 px
Title: 16 px (a) Footer (b) Body text (c) Hint (d) Label - 19.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 24 px
Hint: 12 px
Body text: 11 px
Label: 21 px - 21.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) to add colour (c) so anyone can follow (d) to hide the sound
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22.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 12 px
Menu: 19 px
Caption: 11 px
Footer: 13 px -
23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 10 px
Body text: 16 px
Hint: 20 px (a) Hint (b) Body text (c) Menu - 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) text that can grow (c) colour as the only clue (d) labels on every icon
- 25.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only the coder (b) only experts (c) everyone (d) nobody
- 26.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 27.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) icons with no labels (c) strong colour contrast (d) sudden loud sounds
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 17 px
Hint: 19 px
Label: 26 px
Body text: 9 px
Menu: 17 px (a) Label (b) Hint (c) Footer (d) Body text - 29.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 19 px
Menu: 19 px
Caption: 26 px
Title: 11 px (a) Menu (b) Footer (c) Caption (d) Title - 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) tiny tap areas (c) text that can grow (d) strong colour contrast
- 32.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 21 px
Caption: 12 px
Body text: 13 px
Menu: 17 px
Footer: 20 px -
34.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 23 px
Footer: 13 px
Title: 14 px - 35.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 36.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) makes text tiny (b) takes photos (c) plays music (d) reads the screen aloud
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37.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 12 px
Title: 11 px
Body text: 19 px
Footer: 16 px -
38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 17 px
Footer: 11 px
Label: 10 px
Caption: 10 px -
39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 22 px
Title: 19 px
Hint: 18 px - 40.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
Answer key
- helps everyone
- helps everyone
- a text label
- 2
- makes it harder
- labels on every icon
- captions on videos
- Footer
- 4
- Caption
- colour-blind users
- helps everyone
- text that can grow
- text that can grow
- makes it harder
- 5
- Footer
- Footer
- True
- 2
- so anyone can follow
- 3
- Menu
- colour as the only clue
- everyone
- 4
- strong colour contrast
- Body text
- True
- Title
- tiny tap areas
- makes it harder
- 2
- 2
- False
- reads the screen aloud
- 2
- 3
- 0
- 3
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