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