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