North Centers, State Center Community College District, and the design do not warrant that any site linked from this site is in compliance with Section 508. We attempt to alert you when you are leaving the North Centers web site. You can tell if you are at the official web site if the URL starts with http://www.northcenters.com/

Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications (1194.22)
The criteria for web-based technology and information are based on access guidelines developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium. Many of these provisions ensure access for people with vision impairments who rely on various assistive products to access computer-based information, such as screen readers, which translate what's on a computer screen into automated audible output, and refreshable Braille displays. Certain conventions, such as verbal tags or identification of graphics and format devices, like frames, are necessary so that these devices can "read" them for the user in a sensible way. The standards do not prohibit the use of web site graphics or animation. Instead, the standards aim to ensure that such information is also available in an accessible format. Generally, this means use of text labels or descriptors for graphics and certain format elements. (HTML code already provides an "Alt Text" tag for graphics which can serve as a verbal descriptor for graphics). This section also addresses the usability of multimedia presentations, image maps, style sheets, scripting languages, applets and plug-ins, and electronic forms.

Colors and Tables
Throughout the North Centers web site, we utilize tables as design elements and not as tables, such as those found on a spread sheet that would have a column heading. The purpose of this is to organize the page information and flow of information and to maintain performance across browsers.

Colors, and bold type are also used across the web site. They are used for visual appeal and to bring visual attention to such items as links. For the most part, navigation is by text links, and not through graphic mapping.

While we make every attempt to keep pages in compliance, there are times that a page may be in development, or a page that has been missed, as there are over 600 pages in this web site. If you find a page that you feel is not in compliance with Section 508, please contact the webmaster through the link at the bottom of this page.

Overall Goal
The overall goal is to make this web site and the information: easy to access; comply with Section 508; have navigation ease; understandable and logical flow and to help you find what you are seeking from North Centers.