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