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