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