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: captions on videos? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 2.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) icons with no labels (c) text that can grow (d) colour as the only clue
- 3.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) sudden loud sounds (c) colour as the only clue (d) icons with no labels
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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 13 px
Footer: 20 px
Label: 12 px - 6.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 7.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 8.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) colour as the only clue (c) labels on every icon (d) icons with no labels
- 9.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 10.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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11.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 15 px
Hint: 21 px
Body text: 20 px
Title: 21 px
Caption: 13 px - 12.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 16 px
Body text: 12 px
Menu: 13 px
Title: 14 px
Footer: 23 px - 14.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) colour as the only clue (c) big touch targets (d) captions on videos
- 15.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 16.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 17.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) tiny tap areas (c) colour as the only clue (d) big touch targets
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18.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 19 px
Caption: 21 px
Hint: 17 px
Body text: 10 px
Title: 15 px -
19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 21 px
Body text: 10 px
Label: 20 px
Footer: 22 px
Hint: 16 px (a) Footer (b) Caption (c) Label (d) Body text - 20.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) text that can grow (c) big touch targets (d) icons with no labels
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21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 14 px
Hint: 21 px
Footer: 14 px
Body text: 18 px
Caption: 15 px -
22.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 12 px
Footer: 11 px
Hint: 12 px
Title: 19 px - 23.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a sound (b) a text label (c) a bright colour (d) a long animation
- 24.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 26.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) plays music (b) makes text tiny (c) takes photos (d) reads the screen aloud
- 27.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 21 px
Footer: 16 px
Hint: 19 px
Body text: 13 px
Title: 18 px (a) Menu (b) Footer (c) Body text (d) Hint -
29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 14 px
Caption: 19 px
Hint: 20 px
Body text: 19 px
Footer: 23 px -
30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 21 px
Menu: 17 px
Label: 19 px
Footer: 18 px - 31.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to slow them down (c) to add colour (d) to hide the sound
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32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 15 px
Body text: 23 px
Title: 13 px -
33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 21 px
Menu: 12 px
Title: 24 px
Label: 26 px (a) Menu (b) Label (c) Footer (d) Title - 34.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) labels on every icon (c) fast-flashing lights (d) text that can grow
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) captions on videos (c) tiny tap areas (d) labels on every icon
- 38.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 39.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 40.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
Answer key
- helps everyone
- text that can grow
- False
- captions on videos
- 2
- 5
- 1
- labels on every icon
- helps everyone
- True
- 2
- False
- 3
- colour as the only clue
- 11
- helps everyone
- big touch targets
- 2
- Body text
- icons with no labels
- 3
- 3
- a text label
- False
- False
- reads the screen aloud
- makes it harder
- Body text
- 1
- 0
- so anyone can follow
- 2
- Menu
- True
- False
- fast-flashing lights
- tiny tap areas
- 5
- 8
- helps everyone
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