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