Timeline

Summer 2022

Canvas available for use by Notre Dame instructors, with transition support, on-boarding, and orientation.

  • May 9, 2022 – the last day Sakai will be available for teaching.
  • Summer 2022 – Sakai will not be available for teaching. All courses will be created in Canvas.
  • January 20, 2023 – All access to retrieve any content from Sakai will become unavailable to faculty and students.

Spring 2022 Final semester to use Sakai

The last day Sakai will be available for teaching is May 9, 2022 and the last day faculty & staff will have access to content in Sakai is January 20, 2023.

  • Canvas is available for use by Notre Dame instructors, with transition support, on-boarding, and orientation.
  • Workshops available for Canvas professional development opportunities
  • Spring 2022 is the final semester Sakai will be available for teaching.   
  • Campus campaign to build awareness and desire to use Canvas as ND new Learning Management System (LMS)

Fall 2021

  • All Notre Dame courses moved to Canvas and available to teach in either Sakai or Canvas
  • Faculty can opt in to conduct courses in Canvas
  • Campus-wide campaign in full swing to move from Sakai to Canvas

Summer 2021

  • Fall 2021 migration efforts for select faculty/courses. (Faculty whose courses are prioritized to move to Canvas for Fall 2021 have been contacted).
  • All summer courses (with the exception of Summer Online program) will remain on Sakai.

Spring 2021

  • Faculty chosen to participate in the pilot will test one of the two finalist platforms (BrightSpace and/or Canvas) in live instruction, supported by the OIT Teaching and Learning Technologies team. 
  • The faculty committee will continue to collect faculty and student feedback, evaluate the results of the pilot, and recommend the successor platform by the end of May 2021.

Fall 2020

  • All faculty are invited to vendor presentations by Instructure on Friday, October 23 (Canvas) and D2L on Friday, October 30 (Brightspace). 
  • The TLT identifies faculty volunteers to use one of the candidate platforms in a live pilot during the Spring 2021 semester.