{"id":33,"date":"2020-07-10T14:09:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:24:33","slug":"migration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Migration Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Upcoming Deletion of Migrated cuLearn Courses (May 2026)<\/h1>\n<p>In accordance with the University\u2019s data retention policy, which dictates that courses are maintained on the system for a maximum of five years, <strong>all courses migrated from cuLearn to Brightspace will be permanently deleted in May 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To prevent unexpected loss of access, all users were unenrolled from these migrated shells in the Summer of 2025. This was a proactive step to signal which courses are nearing the end of their retention cycle.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to Prepare<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Our strongest recommendation is for instructors to create their own backup copies of any legacy materials they wish to keep for long-term reference.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Create a Backup:<\/strong> Follow our guide on <a id=\"menur12fu\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/how-to-guides\/content\/export-course-content\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/how-to-guides\/content\/export-course-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link Exporting Brightspace Course Content (Brightspace Packages)\">Exporting Brightspace Course Content (Brightspace Packages)<\/a> to save a local copy of your course files.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Request Temporary Access:<\/strong> If you need to view a specific migrated course to retrieve content, you may request temporary access through the <a id=\"menur12g0\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/get-support\/\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/get-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link TLS Support Portal\">TLS Support Portal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Request a Sandbox Transfer:<\/strong> If you require ongoing &#8220;live&#8221; access to migrated materials, we can set up a new sandbox course and manually copy the content over for you. Please note that this is a manual process; we recommend submitting these requests well in advance of the May 2026 deadline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Future Communications<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Moving forward, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) is implementing an improved communication workflow. Instructors will receive direct email notifications at several intervals prior to any scheduled course removals to ensure ample time for data management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Deletion of Migrated cuLearn Courses (May 2026) In accordance with the University\u2019s data retention policy, which dictates that courses are maintained on the system for a maximum of five years, all courses migrated from cuLearn to Brightspace will be permanently deleted in May 2026. 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