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