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