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