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