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