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