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