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.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 3.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 11 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 4.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) sudden loud sounds (c) big touch targets (d) colour as the only clue
- 5.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 6.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) big touch targets (b) strong colour contrast (c) fast-flashing lights (d) labels on every icon
- 7.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 20 px
Footer: 22 px
Body text: 23 px - 9.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) big touch targets (c) labels on every icon (d) sudden loud sounds
- 10.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) makes text tiny (b) takes photos (c) reads the screen aloud (d) plays music
- 11.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 12.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) fast-flashing lights (c) text that can grow (d) sudden loud sounds
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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 14 px
Body text: 19 px
Caption: 17 px (a) Body text (b) Hint (c) Caption - 15.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 16.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the server (b) the battery (c) fast typists (d) colour-blind users
- 17.True or false: “tiny tap areas” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) tiny tap areas (c) colour as the only clue (d) sudden loud sounds
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19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 17 px
Caption: 10 px
Hint: 12 px
Menu: 22 px - 20.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) labels on every icon (c) sudden loud sounds (d) colour as the only clue
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22.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 18 px
Label: 26 px
Hint: 24 px
Footer: 10 px (a) Label (b) Title (c) Hint (d) Footer -
23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 14 px
Label: 23 px
Footer: 23 px
Title: 19 px (a) Footer (b) Label (c) Title (d) Body text - 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) labels on every icon (c) strong colour contrast (d) fast-flashing lights
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 18 px
Hint: 16 px
Caption: 12 px
Title: 20 px - 26.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 27.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) colour as the only clue (c) tiny tap areas (d) strong colour contrast
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 26 px
Hint: 28 px
Body text: 24 px
Title: 9 px
Caption: 16 px (a) Hint (b) Menu (c) Title (d) Body text -
29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 12 px
Menu: 23 px
Label: 10 px
Title: 23 px - 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) text that can grow (c) captions on videos (d) labels on every icon
- 31.♿ 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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32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 19 px
Body text: 23 px
Hint: 10 px
Footer: 18 px -
33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 9 px
Label: 19 px
Footer: 25 px (a) Footer (b) Caption (c) Label - 34.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) tiny tap areas (b) strong colour contrast (c) labels on every icon (d) captions on videos
- 35.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) icons with no labels (c) tiny tap areas (d) captions on videos
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) big touch targets (c) sudden loud sounds (d) colour as the only clue
- 37.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 19 px
Body text: 20 px
Menu: 12 px
Title: 12 px
Hint: 22 px - 39.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 40.True or false: “tiny tap areas” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- helps everyone
- makes it harder
- 1
- big touch targets
- helps everyone
- fast-flashing lights
- makes it harder
- 0
- sudden loud sounds
- reads the screen aloud
- 4
- helps everyone
- text that can grow
- Hint
- False
- colour-blind users
- False
- strong colour contrast
- 2
- False
- labels on every icon
- Footer
- Body text
- fast-flashing lights
- 1
- 4
- strong colour contrast
- Title
- 2
- tiny tap areas
- makes it harder
- 1
- Caption
- tiny tap areas
- captions on videos
- big touch targets
- True
- 2
- makes it harder
- True
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