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