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