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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.♿ 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
- 2.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 3.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 4.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to hide the sound (b) to add colour (c) to slow them down (d) so anyone can follow
- 5.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) strong colour contrast (c) colour as the only clue (d) fast-flashing lights
- 6.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 7.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) plays music (b) makes text tiny (c) takes photos (d) reads the screen aloud
- 8.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) everyone (b) only experts (c) nobody (d) only the coder
- 9.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) colour as the only clue (c) sudden loud sounds (d) text that can grow
- 10.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 11.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) icons with no labels (c) big touch targets (d) fast-flashing lights
- 12.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 13.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 14.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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15.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 26 px
Footer: 16 px
Title: 28 px
Label: 12 px
Menu: 24 px (a) Label (b) Footer (c) Caption (d) Title - 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) tiny tap areas (c) labels on every icon (d) fast-flashing lights
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17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 26 px
Menu: 21 px
Caption: 10 px
Body text: 25 px (a) Title (b) Caption (c) Menu (d) Body text - 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) labels on every icon (c) big touch targets (d) strong colour contrast
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) colour as the only clue (c) tiny tap areas (d) fast-flashing lights
- 20.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) strong colour contrast (c) colour as the only clue (d) big touch targets
- 22.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 10 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 23.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) fast-flashing lights (c) captions on videos (d) labels on every icon
- 24.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 16 px
Title: 27 px
Menu: 11 px
Label: 28 px
Body text: 23 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Label (d) Menu - 26.True or false: “tiny tap areas” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 20 px
Title: 20 px
Footer: 24 px - 29.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) icons with no labels (c) captions on videos (d) tiny tap areas
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 13 px
Menu: 13 px
Caption: 10 px - 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) tiny tap areas (c) strong colour contrast (d) big touch targets
- 32.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) sudden loud sounds (c) captions on videos (d) tiny tap areas
- 34.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 35.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) tiny tap areas (c) strong colour contrast (d) big touch targets
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36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 20 px
Caption: 16 px
Footer: 15 px
Title: 22 px
Body text: 16 px - 37.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 11 px
Footer: 23 px
Menu: 21 px -
39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 16 px
Body text: 13 px
Title: 17 px
Label: 18 px
Caption: 23 px (a) Footer (b) Label (c) Body text (d) Title - 40.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- colour-blind users
- helps everyone
- makes it harder
- so anyone can follow
- strong colour contrast
- makes it harder
- reads the screen aloud
- everyone
- text that can grow
- helps everyone
- big touch targets
- 5
- 3
- True
- Label
- labels on every icon
- Caption
- icons with no labels
- big touch targets
- helps everyone
- colour as the only clue
- 2
- fast-flashing lights
- True
- Menu
- False
- True
- 0
- captions on videos
- 3
- tiny tap areas
- 4
- captions on videos
- makes it harder
- tiny tap areas
- 1
- makes it harder
- 1
- Body text
- False
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