Graduating seniors: Guide to preserving email, data and domains

Congratulations on your upcoming graduation.  As you prepare to depart Davidson, we wanted to share some important information regarding your account access.

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Email and Office 365 applications

Good news! Although you are graduating, your current Davidson College email and Office 365 apps will remain active until July 1, 2021. This means you will have access to your email, calendars, contacts and Office 365 applications, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You can continue to access your email in the same way as when you were a student, via your smartphone/tablet, the Outlook desktop app or outlook.davidson.edu.

After July 1, 2021, you will no longer have access to your Davidson College email, Office 365 applications or any college resources associated with your account.  It is important that you update all applications associated with your Davidson College email address to a personal email address prior to account expiration.   

Email and Office 365 Applications
You can continue to access your Davidson College email and Office 365 applications until your Davidson College email account expires, July 1, 2021.  

Before your Davidson College email expires: Forward, move or export any Davidson College Outlook emails you want to retain to a personal email account of your choice. Review this article outlining the process to export and import Outlook email.

After your Davidson College email expires: Remove or uninstall Davidson College Office 365 applications from your personal devices.  

Duo

You will continue to use Duo to access applications that require two-factor authentication until your email account expires on July 1, 2021. 

What if I get a new phone? No problem, just contact T&I at ti@davidson.edu or call 704-894-2900 and we will assist you with Duo activation on your new device.  For security purposes, T&I will verify your identity as part of this process. 

 

Dropbox

On June 30, 2020, T&I will convert your Davidson College Dropbox account to a free Dropbox account using your Davidson email address.  Free accounts are limited to 2GB of storage. If you need more storage, you’ll have to upgrade to a paid account or move the files to another cloud storage account. If you choose not to upgrade, your files will remain intact; however, file access will be limited to read-only and you won’t have the option to add any new files.

Once converted, your Dropbox account is no longer accessible using single sign-on.   As a result, you will need to change your Dropbox password.  Go to dropbox.com from any web browser, enter your Davidson College email address, then choose forgot password.  This will generate a password reset link sent to your Davidson College email account.  Follow the steps to create a new password and log in.  Please note, your Davidson College email is not impacted by this change.  

Although you can continue to access the free Dropbox account until your Davidson College email account expires, July 1, 2021, we recommend creating a personal email account (or choose an existing one) to link with your free Dropbox account in order to continue access to your files. This article provides details on how to move Dropbox files from your school account to your personal account. 

Google Drive

You can continue to access your Google Drive account until your Davidson College email account expires, July 1, 2021.  

Before your Davidson College email expires: Move any files from your Davidson College Google Drive account to a personal Google Drive account or another cloud storage option of your choice. Review this article from Google support, outlining the process of moving data.

 

OneDrive

You can continue to access your OneDrive account until your Davidson College email account expires, July 1, 2021.  

Before your Davidson College email expires: Move any files from your Davidson College OneDrive account to a personal OneDrive account or another cloud storage option of your choice. This knowledge base article from Microsoft describes the steps to download OneDrive content in this article. 

 

Moodle

On June 30, 2020, you'll lose access to courses and materials in Moodle.

Before June 30, 2020, be sure to log into Moodle (https://moodle.davidson.edu) to retrieve copies of any academic submissions you would like to retain.

 

Davidson Domains

On June 30, 2020, you'll lose access to any personal domain you created through Davidson Domains. You need to take action before this date to preserve or migrate content.

Before June 30, you need to transition to paid hosting to maintain your site and domain.

One option we recommend is to keep all your files and your domain by signing up for a paid hosting account with Reclaim Hosting. This is the hosting service we use for Davidson Domains. This is an easy and affordable option at $30/year.  There are additional options, so please review our knowledge base article for instructions and options that best meet your needs.

Davidson Domains Migration for Alumni

 

LinkedIn Learning

On June 30th, 2020, you'll lose access to LinkedIn Learning. Review LinkedIn Learning purchasing options for additional options.

 

Adobe Creative Cloud 

On July 6th, 2020, you'll lose access to Adobe Creative Cloud.  Review these Adobe instructions to migrate content to a free Creative Cloud account.  

Adobe has made it easy for you to continue creating and learning with Adobe Creative Cloud after graduation. As soon-to-be-graduates, you can migrate your Creative Cloud assets from school-assigned accounts to a new account.  To learn more about this offer from Adobe, review their article on Creative Cloud free membership accounts. 
 

YouTube

You can continue to access your YouTube account (if associated with your Davidson College network account) until your Davidson College email account expires, July 1, 2021.  

Before your Davidson College email expires:  If your YouTube account is currently associated with your Davidson College email address, use these instructions to download any content you would like to retain or transfer to another account.

Library Resources
For a list of library resources, please review this guide: https://davidson.libguides.com/access-after-graduation