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