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