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: fast-flashing lights? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 2.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) labels on every icon (b) icons with no labels (c) fast-flashing lights (d) tiny tap areas
- 3.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) to add colour (c) to hide the sound (d) so anyone can follow
- 4.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 5.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) labels on every icon (c) sudden loud sounds (d) icons with no labels
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7.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 21 px
Footer: 19 px
Label: 14 px
Title: 21 px
Body text: 16 px - 8.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 9.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 18 px
Caption: 13 px
Label: 22 px
Footer: 23 px
Body text: 17 px (a) Label (b) Caption (c) Footer (d) Title - 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) captions on videos (c) fast-flashing lights (d) icons with no labels
- 12.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) fast-flashing lights (c) tiny tap areas (d) text that can grow
- 14.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 15.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 27 px
Caption: 18 px
Title: 13 px (a) Body text (b) Title (c) Caption -
17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 10 px
Body text: 21 px
Hint: 17 px (a) Body text (b) Menu (c) Hint - 18.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) text that can grow (c) tiny tap areas (d) colour as the only clue
- 19.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only experts (b) only the coder (c) nobody (d) everyone
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20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 14 px
Hint: 20 px
Caption: 17 px
Label: 12 px -
21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 12 px
Menu: 25 px
Footer: 26 px
Hint: 22 px
Caption: 18 px (a) Footer (b) Hint (c) Body text (d) Menu -
22.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 15 px
Title: 24 px
Menu: 14 px
Label: 17 px -
23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 11 px
Menu: 18 px
Footer: 19 px
Label: 10 px
Title: 13 px -
24.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 19 px
Body text: 13 px
Caption: 22 px
Footer: 22 px
Menu: 17 px (a) Caption (b) Footer (c) Hint (d) Body text -
25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 12 px
Hint: 23 px
Caption: 18 px (a) Hint (b) Caption (c) Body text - 26.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) icons with no labels (c) text that can grow (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?
Title: 23 px
Body text: 23 px
Menu: 17 px
Caption: 9 px (a) Caption (b) Body text (c) Title (d) Menu - 29.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) strong colour contrast (c) labels on every icon (d) sudden loud sounds
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 9 px
Title: 27 px
Menu: 28 px (a) Title (b) Menu (c) Caption -
31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 16 px
Hint: 10 px
Caption: 27 px
Menu: 18 px
Title: 22 px (a) Hint (b) Label (c) Caption (d) Menu -
32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 12 px
Footer: 26 px
Title: 28 px
Caption: 27 px (a) Caption (b) Title (c) Label (d) Footer -
33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 28 px
Footer: 9 px
Title: 17 px (a) Footer (b) Title (c) Hint -
34.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 9 px
Label: 19 px
Caption: 25 px (a) Caption (b) Body text (c) Label - 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) fast-flashing lights (c) icons with no labels (d) colour as the only clue
- 36.True or false: “tiny tap areas” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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37.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 11 px
Hint: 25 px
Footer: 26 px
Caption: 22 px (a) Caption (b) Footer (c) Body text (d) Hint -
38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 10 px
Label: 26 px
Footer: 26 px
Title: 25 px
Caption: 26 px (a) Label (b) Hint (c) Footer (d) Title -
39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 12 px
Title: 16 px
Menu: 16 px - 40.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- makes it harder
- labels on every icon
- so anyone can follow
- helps everyone
- 3
- labels on every icon
- 1
- 8
- makes it harder
- Caption
- captions on videos
- True
- text that can grow
- helps everyone
- makes it harder
- Title
- Menu
- text that can grow
- everyone
- 2
- Body text
- 2
- 3
- Body text
- Body text
- 5
- icons with no labels
- Caption
- sudden loud sounds
- Caption
- Hint
- Label
- Footer
- Body text
- strong colour contrast
- False
- Body text
- Hint
- 1
- False
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