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