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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) text that can grow (c) icons with no labels (d) strong colour contrast
- 2.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 3.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 4.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a text label (b) a long animation (c) a bright colour (d) a sound
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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 24 px
Hint: 11 px
Label: 19 px
Title: 12 px -
6.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 9 px
Footer: 24 px
Hint: 27 px
Body text: 27 px (a) Footer (b) Hint (c) Label (d) Body text - 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) icons with no labels (c) tiny tap areas (d) sudden loud sounds
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8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 13 px
Menu: 18 px
Hint: 25 px
Caption: 26 px
Label: 17 px (a) Hint (b) Caption (c) Body text (d) Menu - 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) tiny tap areas (c) captions on videos (d) big touch targets
- 10.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) labels on every icon (c) captions on videos (d) strong colour contrast
- 12.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) captions on videos (c) sudden loud sounds (d) strong colour contrast
- 14.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 15.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 16.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) makes text tiny (c) plays music (d) takes photos
- 17.True or false: “tiny tap areas” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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18.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 18 px
Footer: 26 px
Label: 17 px
Hint: 10 px (a) Footer (b) Hint (c) Label (d) Body text -
19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 22 px
Hint: 24 px
Body text: 17 px
Footer: 22 px - 20.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to add colour (b) so anyone can follow (c) to slow them down (d) to hide the sound
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21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 10 px
Title: 24 px
Body text: 27 px (a) Title (b) Body text (c) Footer - 22.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) big touch targets (c) icons with no labels (d) captions on videos
- 23.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 24.True or false: “colour as the only clue” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) sudden loud sounds (c) text that can grow (d) tiny tap areas
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) sudden loud sounds (c) icons with no labels (d) tiny tap areas
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27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 20 px
Menu: 20 px
Label: 26 px
Footer: 10 px
Hint: 23 px (a) Menu (b) Label (c) Body text (d) Footer - 28.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 29.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
- 30.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 10 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 31.♿ 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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32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 12 px
Menu: 20 px
Caption: 27 px
Footer: 17 px (a) Caption (b) Menu (c) Footer (d) Hint - 33.♿ 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
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) colour as the only clue (c) text that can grow (d) captions on videos
- 35.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 24 px
Label: 24 px
Caption: 23 px
Menu: 10 px
Title: 17 px - 37.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 38.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 39.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) colour as the only clue (c) labels on every icon (d) icons with no labels
Answer key
- icons with no labels
- makes it harder
- True
- a text label
- 2
- Label
- strong colour contrast
- Body text
- tiny tap areas
- False
- fast-flashing lights
- True
- sudden loud sounds
- False
- 4
- reads the screen aloud
- False
- Hint
- 0
- so anyone can follow
- Footer
- icons with no labels
- 3
- True
- text that can grow
- labels on every icon
- Footer
- helps everyone
- big touch targets
- 1
- makes it harder
- Hint
- colour-blind users
- colour as the only clue
- False
- 1
- False
- 2
- True
- labels on every icon
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