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