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