PLNU is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability.
This website endeavors to comply with best practices and standards as defined by Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities. Conformance with these guidelines will help make the web more user-friendly for all people.
All site pages are being run through a W3C compliance validation product, currently Monsido™, to monitor compliance with WCAG guidelines and fix issues as they are identified.
We will continue to test the site to ensure content is accessible to all visitors. We will continue to work to improve the accessibility standards of our website, and to adapt to new accessibility standards as they evolve.
If you would like additional assistance or have accessibility concerns, please contact the Educational Access Center at (619) 849-2533.
Accessibility Features
This site includes accessibility features such as:
- Text alternatives available for all non-text content
- Skip to content
- Captions accessible for all pre-recorded videos with sound
- Use of proper HTML markup and structure
- Minimum color use for contrasts
- Responsive design available on website
- Content published is easily accessible with organized page structure and formatting
For third-party web-based tools PLNU uses, we endeavor to select products that are WCAG 2.2-compliant. We periodically review our third-party tools and seek to replace them with better alternatives as they become available. We are working to ensure we do not introduce accessibility errors into those systems by the way we enter information and to correct errors as they are identified.
Accessibility References
1. W3C accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
2. U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.