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