{"id":5456,"date":"2017-11-03T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news?p=5456&preview=true&preview_id=5456"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:13","slug":"ctools-migration-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/03\/ctools-migration-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"CTools project site migration clinic happens Nov. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ITS CTools team will host a project site migration clinic on\u00a0Friday, November 10, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the ScholarSpace<\/a> in Hatcher Graduate Library, room 206<\/strong>. If you own a project site in CTools<\/a>, this is a great opportunity to meet one-on-one with a CTools expert to get help downloading your project site content and learn about alternative services. Sign up for an appointment<\/a> or drop in during the day to talk with a consultant.<\/p>\n

For more than a decade, the U-M community has used project sites in CTools to store files and collaborate. The increased availability and expanded capabilities of other collaboration tools, combined with declining CTools usage, has led to the plan to retire the service<\/a>.\u00a0The target date for transitioning all active project sites from CTools is\u00a0August 31, 2018<\/b>; however, individual units may choose an earlier date. All historical content in CTools will be available at least through\u00a0July 1, 2019<\/b>. (The ability to create new sites in CTools was suspended in February.)<\/p>\n

Communications to project site owners, which began in September, will continue into early 2018.\u00a0Site owners should first\u00a0<\/span>review their sites<\/span><\/a>. Depending on their level of readiness to transition out of CTools, they can then:<\/span><\/p>\n