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