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