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