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