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