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: fast-flashing lights? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 2.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 12 px
Footer: 20 px
Label: 20 px (a) Label (b) Title (c) Footer -
4.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 14 px
Caption: 24 px
Title: 20 px (a) Caption (b) Title (c) Hint -
5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 25 px
Label: 11 px
Body text: 27 px (a) Title (b) Body text (c) Label -
6.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 17 px
Label: 28 px
Footer: 11 px (a) Label (b) Footer (c) Caption - 7.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) captions on videos (c) sudden loud sounds (d) labels on every icon
- 8.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the battery (b) fast typists (c) the server (d) colour-blind users
- 9.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) sudden loud sounds (c) tiny tap areas (d) text that can grow
- 10.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 11.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 3 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?
Hint: 19 px
Body text: 14 px
Menu: 11 px
Caption: 20 px
Footer: 13 px - 13.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to hide the sound (b) to add colour (c) so anyone can follow (d) to slow them down
- 14.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 15.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 16.♿ 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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17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 19 px
Title: 17 px
Footer: 20 px
Body text: 10 px
Hint: 20 px - 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) colour as the only clue (c) captions on videos (d) fast-flashing lights
- 19.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) tiny tap areas (c) colour as the only clue (d) labels on every icon
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20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 19 px
Title: 17 px
Body text: 10 px (a) Footer (b) Body text (c) Title - 21.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a sound (b) a bright colour (c) a long animation (d) a text label
- 22.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 10 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 23.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) colour as the only clue (c) tiny tap areas (d) icons with no labels
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 28 px
Body text: 22 px
Caption: 16 px
Menu: 17 px
Label: 14 px (a) Caption (b) Hint (c) Label (d) Body text -
26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 17 px
Hint: 24 px
Footer: 11 px
Title: 13 px
Label: 16 px -
27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 18 px
Menu: 18 px
Footer: 17 px
Title: 9 px (a) Title (b) Menu (c) Footer (d) Caption - 28.True or false: “tiny tap areas” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 21 px
Footer: 10 px
Label: 13 px - 30.♿ 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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31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 12 px
Footer: 15 px
Body text: 23 px
Title: 18 px - 32.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 11 px
Footer: 18 px
Label: 23 px (a) Footer (b) Menu (c) Label - 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) icons with no labels (c) labels on every icon (d) strong colour contrast
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) labels on every icon (c) tiny tap areas (d) text that can grow
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36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 20 px
Menu: 12 px
Caption: 10 px
Body text: 12 px -
37.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 16 px
Hint: 20 px
Body text: 16 px - 38.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 39.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 40.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- makes it harder
- True
- Title
- Hint
- Label
- Footer
- sudden loud sounds
- colour-blind users
- text that can grow
- helps everyone
- 2
- 3
- so anyone can follow
- 2
- helps everyone
- makes it harder
- 1
- captions on videos
- labels on every icon
- Body text
- a text label
- 1
- False
- labels on every icon
- Label
- 2
- Title
- False
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 2
- Menu
- icons with no labels
- tiny tap areas
- 3
- 0
- False
- makes it harder
- True
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