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 helps everyone use the app? (a) big touch targets (b) icons with no labels (c) tiny tap areas (d) colour as the only clue
- 2.♿ 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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3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 14 px
Caption: 26 px
Menu: 16 px (a) Caption (b) Menu (c) Hint - 4.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) fast typists (b) colour-blind users (c) the server (d) the battery
- 5.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) sudden loud sounds (c) icons with no labels (d) labels on every icon
- 6.♿ 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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7.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 22 px
Caption: 9 px
Menu: 25 px (a) Caption (b) Title (c) Menu - 8.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a text label (b) a bright colour (c) a sound (d) a long animation
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9.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 20 px
Footer: 10 px
Hint: 18 px (a) Hint (b) Label (c) Footer - 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) strong colour contrast (c) big touch targets (d) labels on every icon
- 11.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) tiny tap areas (c) strong colour contrast (d) fast-flashing lights
- 12.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 14.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to hide the sound (c) to slow them down (d) to add colour
- 15.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 28 px
Title: 9 px
Hint: 26 px (a) Hint (b) Footer (c) Title -
17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 21 px
Body text: 26 px
Hint: 19 px
Title: 27 px
Menu: 11 px (a) Body text (b) Menu (c) Footer (d) Hint - 18.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) labels on every icon (c) captions on videos (d) sudden loud sounds
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) labels on every icon (c) text that can grow (d) strong colour contrast
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20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 24 px
Body text: 20 px
Footer: 14 px
Caption: 19 px
Menu: 13 px -
21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 28 px
Footer: 21 px
Caption: 22 px
Title: 16 px
Label: 11 px (a) Footer (b) Caption (c) Menu (d) Label - 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) labels on every icon (c) strong colour contrast (d) text that can grow
- 23.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) sudden loud sounds (c) icons with no labels (d) text that can grow
- 24.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only the coder (b) only experts (c) everyone (d) nobody
- 25.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 26.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) takes photos (b) plays music (c) makes text tiny (d) reads the screen aloud
- 27.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 28.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 29.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) fast-flashing lights (c) text that can grow (d) strong colour contrast
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) fast-flashing lights (c) colour as the only clue (d) captions on videos
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32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 12 px
Menu: 23 px
Hint: 17 px
Label: 18 px
Title: 17 px (a) Label (b) Hint (c) Menu (d) Footer -
33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 24 px
Caption: 19 px
Title: 17 px
Label: 19 px - 34.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) icons with no labels (c) labels on every icon (d) fast-flashing lights
- 36.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) big touch targets (b) fast-flashing lights (c) text that can grow (d) strong colour contrast
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37.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 12 px
Menu: 18 px
Body text: 26 px
Hint: 23 px (a) Body text (b) Menu (c) Hint (d) Caption -
38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 28 px
Menu: 10 px
Footer: 24 px
Title: 25 px
Caption: 24 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Menu (d) Footer -
39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 28 px
Footer: 10 px
Title: 16 px (a) Label (b) Title (c) Footer -
40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 12 px
Caption: 23 px
Title: 18 px
Hint: 12 px
Footer: 16 px
Answer key
- big touch targets
- makes it harder
- Hint
- colour-blind users
- labels on every icon
- makes it harder
- Caption
- a text label
- Footer
- tiny tap areas
- strong colour contrast
- True
- False
- so anyone can follow
- False
- Title
- Menu
- sudden loud sounds
- sudden loud sounds
- 2
- Label
- icons with no labels
- text that can grow
- everyone
- False
- reads the screen aloud
- 6
- False
- 5
- fast-flashing lights
- captions on videos
- Footer
- 0
- makes it harder
- labels on every icon
- fast-flashing lights
- Caption
- Menu
- Footer
- 2
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