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