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