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) icons with no labels (b) sudden loud sounds (c) colour as the only clue (d) big touch targets
- 2.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 3.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 4.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 5.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) to hide the sound (c) to add colour (d) so anyone can follow
- 6.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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7.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 27 px
Footer: 13 px
Menu: 18 px
Caption: 28 px (a) Body text (b) Menu (c) Caption (d) Footer - 8.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 9 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 9.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) colour as the only clue (c) strong colour contrast (d) sudden loud sounds
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10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 16 px
Hint: 11 px
Caption: 21 px (a) Hint (b) Menu (c) Caption - 11.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 22 px
Footer: 20 px
Label: 25 px
Caption: 10 px
Title: 21 px (a) Footer (b) Caption (c) Hint (d) Label -
13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 25 px
Caption: 23 px
Hint: 22 px
Title: 13 px
Footer: 17 px (a) Hint (b) Body text (c) Title (d) Caption - 14.♿ 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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15.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 20 px
Caption: 10 px
Label: 22 px - 16.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 8 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 17.True or false: “tiny tap areas” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) text that can grow (c) sudden loud sounds (d) big touch targets
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19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 10 px
Footer: 15 px
Hint: 19 px
Menu: 23 px
Caption: 20 px -
20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 17 px
Footer: 12 px
Label: 16 px
Hint: 22 px - 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) icons with no labels (c) colour as the only clue (d) labels on every icon
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) tiny tap areas (c) text that can grow (d) icons with no labels
- 23.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 24.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) tiny tap areas (c) big touch targets (d) labels on every icon
- 26.♿ 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
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27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 14 px
Body text: 28 px
Menu: 20 px (a) Menu (b) Body text (c) Title - 28.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 29.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 22 px
Label: 26 px
Menu: 10 px (a) Label (b) Footer (c) Menu - 31.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 32.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 33.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) big touch targets (b) tiny tap areas (c) labels on every icon (d) captions on videos
- 34.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) big touch targets (b) labels on every icon (c) colour as the only clue (d) captions on videos
- 35.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) fast-flashing lights (c) labels on every icon (d) text that can grow
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36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 25 px
Caption: 13 px
Body text: 24 px
Label: 18 px (a) Body text (b) Title (c) Label (d) Caption - 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) big touch targets (c) colour as the only clue (d) captions on videos
- 38.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) tiny tap areas (c) captions on videos (d) sudden loud sounds
- 39.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 22 px
Menu: 25 px
Hint: 10 px
Title: 22 px
Footer: 17 px (a) Menu (b) Body text (c) Hint (d) Title
Answer key
- big touch targets
- makes it harder
- True
- makes it harder
- so anyone can follow
- makes it harder
- Footer
- 1
- strong colour contrast
- Hint
- False
- Caption
- Title
- helps everyone
- 1
- 4
- False
- sudden loud sounds
- 2
- 1
- labels on every icon
- text that can grow
- 5
- 4
- tiny tap areas
- colour-blind users
- Title
- 11
- helps everyone
- Menu
- False
- 5
- tiny tap areas
- colour as the only clue
- fast-flashing lights
- Caption
- colour as the only clue
- captions on videos
- 5
- Hint
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