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