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