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