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