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