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.