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