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