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