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) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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2.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 10 px
Footer: 15 px
Caption: 12 px
Body text: 15 px - 3.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 4.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) takes photos (b) plays music (c) reads the screen aloud (d) makes text tiny
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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 16 px
Hint: 25 px
Body text: 18 px
Menu: 9 px (a) Body text (b) Caption (c) Hint (d) Menu -
6.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 20 px
Menu: 13 px
Body text: 12 px
Caption: 16 px
Title: 22 px -
7.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 18 px
Hint: 13 px
Label: 15 px
Caption: 12 px
Footer: 15 px - 8.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) big touch targets (b) tiny tap areas (c) sudden loud sounds (d) colour as the only clue
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9.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 22 px
Title: 20 px
Caption: 19 px
Label: 23 px
Menu: 19 px -
10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 22 px
Title: 12 px
Menu: 11 px
Hint: 14 px
Body text: 15 px - 11.True or false: “tiny tap areas” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 12.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) nobody (b) only the coder (c) everyone (d) only experts
- 13.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 14.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 9 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) labels on every icon (c) strong colour contrast (d) colour as the only clue
- 16.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 17.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a long animation (b) a sound (c) a text label (d) a bright colour
- 18.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 14 px
Menu: 12 px
Title: 11 px -
20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 14 px
Hint: 24 px
Label: 28 px (a) Label (b) Caption (c) Hint - 21.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 22.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 9 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. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 16 px
Title: 12 px
Label: 16 px
Body text: 23 px (a) Label (b) Body text (c) Caption (d) Title - 24.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) sudden loud sounds (c) labels on every icon (d) captions on videos
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 25 px
Body text: 25 px
Title: 13 px
Menu: 26 px
Label: 28 px (a) Menu (b) Title (c) Body text (d) Caption - 26.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) to hide the sound (c) to add colour (d) so anyone can follow
- 27.♿ 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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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 21 px
Body text: 16 px
Menu: 11 px
Footer: 28 px (a) Caption (b) Body text (c) Footer (d) Menu -
29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 10 px
Title: 10 px
Caption: 16 px
Body text: 22 px - 30.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) labels on every icon (c) colour as the only clue (d) fast-flashing lights
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) colour as the only clue (c) fast-flashing lights (d) icons with no labels
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32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 9 px
Menu: 16 px
Label: 25 px (a) Label (b) Footer (c) Menu - 33.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) strong colour contrast (c) sudden loud sounds (d) tiny tap areas
- 35.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) text that can grow (c) sudden loud sounds (d) tiny tap areas
- 36.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 37.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 38.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) big touch targets (b) labels on every icon (c) strong colour contrast (d) tiny tap areas
Answer key
- makes it harder
- 4
- makes it harder
- reads the screen aloud
- Menu
- 2
- 4
- big touch targets
- 0
- 4
- True
- everyone
- helps everyone
- 3
- colour as the only clue
- helps everyone
- a text label
- helps everyone
- 3
- Caption
- False
- 1
- Title
- sudden loud sounds
- Title
- so anyone can follow
- helps everyone
- Menu
- 2
- labels on every icon
- text that can grow
- Footer
- helps everyone
- strong colour contrast
- text that can grow
- 10
- makes it harder
- False
- False
- tiny tap areas
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