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