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