Sakai Migrations to Box and Canvas
Modified on: Thu, Mar 20 2025 4:20 PMMigrations for Sakai course and project sites are currently underway.
Beginning with Summer Session 2025, Canvas is the LMS (Learning Management System) for the Claremont Colleges. From Summer Session 2025 onward, Sakai cannot be used for live classes, only for migrating or archiving information.
Pitzer faculty and instructors will retain direct access to Sakai until July 1, 2025.
Starting July 2, 2025, only Sakai admins will have access to Sakai for archiving and migrating sites, and this access ends July 1, 2026.
After July 1, 2026, Pomona College (the consortial host of Sakai) may preserve data, but the details of this process are yet to be determined.
Sakai Course Sites
Course sites are created by the Registrar for teaching. Course site details and participants are maintaned by a sync with Registrar data. Course sites in Sakai can be archived to Box, or they can be migrated to Canvas for continued usage.
- Pitzer Sakai course sites will only be migrated or archived by IT upon request
- Course sites can be migrated or archived by faculty, instructors, and student assistants until July 1, 2025
Sakai Project Sites
Project sites in Sakai were manually created, often for committees, workshops, or business purposes. Active project sites can be moved to Box or another location according to the needs of the site. Some project sites in Sakai are used for teaching, and these may transition to Canvas for active usage depending on the needs of the site.
- Dormant Pitzer Sakai project sites on IT's list will be archived in Box by Pitzer IT
- Project sites can be migrated or archived by faculty, instructors, and student assistants until July 1, 2025
- Project sites are generally not migrated to Pitzer Canvas, as project sites in Canvas must be for teaching and academic purposes
- Sites for committees, workshops, and business purposes will move to Box or another location
Pitzer Sakai admins may not have access to all Sakai Project sites, especially if they were created in another college's Sakai.
Please email edtech@pitzer.edu to ensure your Sakai project site is scheduled for archiving or migration by Pitzer IT.
If your Sakai project site was created at another 5C, or with non-Pitzer credentials, please contact the college's IT Help Desk for support:
- CMC Information Technology Services
- HMC Computing and Information Services
- Scripps College Information Technology
- Pomona College Information Technology Services
Timeframe for Sakai Migrations
Fall 2024 (Sakai sunset in progress)
- Sakai course sites migrated to Canvas for active courses upon request
- Sakai materials can also be migrated by faculty, instructors, and student assistants
- Sakai project site migration planning
Spring 2025
- Last semester of active courses in Sakai
- Sakai project site migration begins
Summer 2025 (Sakai retirement complete)
- Summer Session and future semester courses will take place in Canvas
- Continued migration of Sakai course sites to Canvas upon request
- Sakai materials can also be migrated by faculty, instructors, and student assistants
- Sakai project site migrations to Box
- Dormant Pitzer Sakai project sites to be archived in Sakai
- Active Pitzer Sakai project sites, such as those for committees, will be transitioned to Box for active use
Fall 2025
- Sakai access limited to admins for continued migrations or archiving as needed
Sakai Migration Assistance
Please contact the EdTech/Canvas Team in Pitzer IT for assistance with Pitzer Sakai migrations: edtech@pitzer.edu
- Online assistance and meetings (Zoom or Teams) can be scheduled on our Microsoft Bookings appointment page
- Please send an email request with availability for in-person meetings at Pitzer
Please contact the Pitzer IT Help Desk for assistance with Box: help@pitzer.edu
On the Sakai homepage (sakai.claremont.edu) there is a Migration Guide in the left menu.
The EdTech/Canvas Team can also assist with Pitzer Canvas training and support.
- Steve Anderson and Nick Webster are the primary support for Pitzer Canvas: canvas@pitzer.edu
- Pitzer Canvas also includes 24/7 Support in the Help menu on the left of Canvas
- Pitzer Canvas includes tutorial sites, including Getting Started with Pitzer Canvas