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