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.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 2.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) to hide the sound (c) so anyone can follow (d) to add colour
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) captions on videos (c) labels on every icon (d) strong colour contrast
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) colour as the only clue (c) big touch targets (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: 26 px
Caption: 24 px
Label: 13 px (a) Label (b) Body text (c) Caption - 6.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only experts (b) only the coder (c) everyone (d) nobody
- 7.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 8.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) tiny tap areas (c) captions on videos (d) colour as the only clue
- 10.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a long animation (b) a text label (c) a sound (d) a bright colour
- 11.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 19 px
Body text: 20 px
Caption: 23 px
Title: 17 px
Footer: 15 px - 13.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) tiny tap areas (c) sudden loud sounds (d) labels on every icon
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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 21 px
Hint: 19 px
Caption: 17 px -
15.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 12 px
Caption: 20 px
Body text: 17 px
Footer: 10 px -
16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 25 px
Caption: 21 px
Hint: 27 px
Title: 13 px (a) Hint (b) Caption (c) Title (d) Menu - 17.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) big touch targets (b) colour as the only clue (c) tiny tap areas (d) sudden loud sounds
- 18.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) strong colour contrast (c) sudden loud sounds (d) fast-flashing lights
- 19.True or false: “icons with no labels” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 24 px
Body text: 18 px
Label: 17 px
Menu: 10 px
Title: 17 px (a) Hint (b) Label (c) Menu (d) Body text -
21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 20 px
Body text: 27 px
Title: 14 px
Footer: 19 px
Hint: 17 px (a) Body text (b) Title (c) Footer (d) Menu - 22.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) takes photos (c) plays music (d) makes text tiny
- 23.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 24.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the battery (b) colour-blind users (c) the server (d) fast typists
- 25.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 26.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 27.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 28.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 10 px
Menu: 17 px
Caption: 18 px
Hint: 20 px (a) Menu (b) Caption (c) Hint (d) Label -
30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 21 px
Body text: 12 px
Footer: 20 px (a) Menu (b) Body text (c) Footer - 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) labels on every icon (c) big touch targets (d) colour as the only clue
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) icons with no labels (c) fast-flashing lights (d) text that can grow
- 33.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 35.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 36.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) big touch targets (c) text that can grow (d) captions on videos
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 13 px
Label: 17 px
Title: 25 px
Hint: 21 px
Body text: 19 px (a) Menu (b) Title (c) Label (d) Hint -
39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 23 px
Caption: 23 px
Title: 13 px
Hint: 23 px (a) Caption (b) Hint (c) Label (d) Title - 40.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 6
- so anyone can follow
- tiny tap areas
- big touch targets
- Label
- everyone
- True
- makes it harder
- captions on videos
- a text label
- 3
- 1
- labels on every icon
- 0
- 2
- Title
- big touch targets
- strong colour contrast
- True
- Menu
- Title
- reads the screen aloud
- helps everyone
- colour-blind users
- makes it harder
- False
- helps everyone
- False
- Label
- Body text
- colour as the only clue
- text that can grow
- False
- True
- makes it harder
- makes it harder
- fast-flashing lights
- Menu
- Title
- True
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