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