Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Alerts

About this component

Alerts display across the top of all pcc.edu webpages and on the MyPCC login page as part of our emergency notification system to inform our community about emergency or unplanned closure information. To avoid confusion, every attempt is made to keep the text for an alert consistent with the message broadcast via other communication channels.

Alerts are posted by Communications staff upon direction from college administrators. The Web Team acts as a backup in case there are any issues with the system put in place to manage alerts. The Web Team may also post alerts in the case of a technology issue.

Guidelines

In most cases, alerts are used for closures related to weather events. During periods of questionable weather, the Web Team posts a public notice to educate our audience on where to look for closure information. If there’s an imminent large storm, we can post a spotlight, taken down as soon as the storm is past.

Alerts are not displayed for closures due to scheduled events, such as national holidays. College practice is also to not announce openings (e.g., we won’t post a “college open” alert even following a closure).

Styling

When an alert is issued, a notice will appear as a red bar with white text across the top of all pcc.edu webpages and on the MyPCC login page. The alert includes summary text that links to alert.pcc.edu for additional details. There is an exclamation mark warning icon before the text.

How to use for Alerts

Only the Web Team and certain other stakeholders have access to the college alert system.

<div id="alert" role="complementary" aria-label="Test announcement">
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        <p>Alert message</p>
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