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.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to add colour (b) so anyone can follow (c) to hide the sound (d) to slow them down
- 2.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 3.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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4.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 23 px
Title: 10 px
Caption: 17 px
Label: 19 px
Body text: 22 px (a) Menu (b) Title (c) Caption (d) Label -
5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 19 px
Menu: 26 px
Body text: 17 px
Caption: 21 px
Label: 12 px (a) Body text (b) Hint (c) Menu (d) Label -
6.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 17 px
Body text: 15 px
Menu: 10 px
Footer: 10 px - 7.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 12 px
Footer: 10 px
Label: 22 px - 9.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) text that can grow (c) colour as the only clue (d) captions on videos
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) colour as the only clue (c) sudden loud sounds (d) text that can grow
- 11.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 10 px
Body text: 18 px
Title: 24 px
Footer: 28 px (a) Body text (b) Title (c) Footer (d) Menu -
13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 11 px
Caption: 22 px
Label: 20 px
Hint: 21 px (a) Hint (b) Footer (c) Label (d) Caption - 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) icons with no labels (c) captions on videos (d) tiny tap areas
- 15.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 23 px
Caption: 16 px
Footer: 11 px
Title: 13 px - 17.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) sudden loud sounds (c) strong colour contrast (d) text that can grow
- 19.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) sudden loud sounds (c) fast-flashing lights (d) labels on every icon
- 20.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) captions on videos (c) text that can grow (d) fast-flashing lights
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21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 11 px
Caption: 17 px
Body text: 22 px
Hint: 16 px
Menu: 19 px (a) Hint (b) Caption (c) Title (d) Body text - 22.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) captions on videos (c) sudden loud sounds (d) fast-flashing lights
- 23.♿ 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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24.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 20 px
Menu: 19 px
Label: 9 px (a) Label (b) Menu (c) Hint -
25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 11 px
Title: 12 px
Label: 19 px
Caption: 22 px - 26.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) text that can grow (c) big touch targets (d) sudden loud sounds
- 27.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 13 px
Label: 15 px
Hint: 23 px - 29.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 4 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: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 31.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) everyone (b) only experts (c) nobody (d) only the coder
- 32.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 33.♿ 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
- 34.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 35.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 17 px
Label: 14 px
Caption: 14 px -
37.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 23 px
Caption: 14 px
Footer: 26 px
Label: 16 px (a) Label (b) Caption (c) Footer (d) Body text - 38.♿ 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
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 10 px
Title: 16 px
Menu: 17 px (a) Title (b) Caption (c) Menu - 40.True or false: “tiny tap areas” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- so anyone can follow
- 4
- True
- Title
- Label
- 3
- 3
- 2
- colour as the only clue
- text that can grow
- helps everyone
- Menu
- Footer
- captions on videos
- makes it harder
- 2
- helps everyone
- sudden loud sounds
- labels on every icon
- fast-flashing lights
- Title
- captions on videos
- reads the screen aloud
- Label
- 2
- sudden loud sounds
- helps everyone
- 2
- 2
- makes it harder
- everyone
- 9
- colour-blind users
- helps everyone
- False
- 2
- Caption
- a text label
- Caption
- True
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