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