Prepare Your Spring 2026 Courses for the Google Retirement
PNW Instructors,
On Oct. 1, you received an email explaining that the Google Workspace environment at Purdue Northwest will be retired in February 2026 and services will transition to Microsoft 365.
Please note that all Google tools and services, including the following, will no longer be accessible from your pnw.edu Google account:
– Google Calendars
– Google Drive
– Google Workspace Tools (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.)
– Google Classroom
– Sign-in with Google (username@pnw.edu email address)
As you prepare for teaching in spring 2026 and this transition, take this time to review your course content in Brightspace. Identify any Google links and resources that you share with students.
We recommend you:
- Make no new content in your PNW Google account.
- Instead, create and share new files and resources using Microsoft 365 equivalents.
- Review your existing Google files/resources.
- Download any necessary files and re-upload them to Microsoft 365. Refer to this Google article for steps on how to perform this task.
- Take this time to clean up any files that are no longer needed (including files you have re-uploaded to Microsoft 365.)
- Replace shared Google links with new Microsoft links in your Brightspace courses and other materials.
Visit the PNW Information Technology Services webpage for additional information and FAQs. For questions and concerns not addressed there, please contact the CSC at csc@pnw.edu.
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