IT Graduation Checklist
Transition Overview
The checklist will guide you through what you need to do and when.
Access to Services
We know many of you are wondering: What services will I still be able to access after graduation?
Northwestern Pritzker Law email, OneNote, OneDrive, Teams, and Office 365 will continue for approximately 4 months after graduation when your NetID expires. Later this summer, you will have the opportunity to move to an alumni account offering similar email and storage features.
You can find information and instructions to manually export and import your email, contacts, and calendar on the Microsoft website. Select the applicable link under "Export from Outlook app."
You can also use the following paid services to automatically migrate directly to several email platforms:
(Note: Paid Services are not supported by Northwestern Pritzker Law IT.)
Canvas access will continue until your NetID expires, though course materials may be removed as instructors see fit. Remember to download any materials you may need before the end of the quarter.
May to June Timeframe
Download software. Once you have graduated, you will no longer have access to the software sites. If you wish to download your installation files or purchase any new software, visit the Northwestern software site before you graduate.
Save email messages you want to keep. All emails, contacts, calendar appointments, OneDrive files, and OneNote notebooks are deleted from the Northwestern servers when your NetID is deactivated. Once deleted, the data is non-recoverable. You can find information and instructions to manually export and import your email, contacts, and calendar on the Microsoft website. Select the applicable link under "Export from Outlook app."
You can also use the following paid services to automatically migrate directly to several email platforms:
(Note: Paid Services are not supported by Northwestern Pritzker Law IT.)
Back up your OneNote notebooks manually by following these steps.
Save course materials/Canvas files. While you will still be able to access Canvas until your NetID expires, your instructors may remove access to your course materials at the end of the quarter. Before the end of the quarter, download any course materials you wish to keep from Canvas.
Save important Northwestern Pritzker Law files/Teams Files. If you use any data storage service that requires logging in with your NetID, access will expire when your NetID expires. Your NetID will remain active for about 4 months after graduation, but to ensure you don’t lose anything important, we recommend downloading your Northwestern Pritzker Law files, Teams files, OneNote notebooks and OneDrive files before graduation.
Back up your computer. It is always a good idea to make sure that you have your personal data backed up in the event something goes wrong with your computer's hard drive. There are many methods of backing up, and you can use one or more of copying files to personal cloud storage accounts, TimeMachine for Apple Computers.
You can also use paid services such as:
(Note: Paid Services are not supported by Northwestern Pritzker Law IT.)
Change your password if you have not changed it in the last 6 months.
Mid-July
Add/Update your profile in Our Northwestern with your current (post-graduation) contact information.
For questions about your Alumni Network, please contact the Northwestern Pritzker Law Alumni Relations team at law-alumni@law.northwestern.edu or (312) 503-7609.
Optional: purchase your own Office 365 subscription & migrate OneDrive data. Your subscription to Office 365 through Northwestern Pritzker Law will expire with your NetID expiration. If you wish to continue using Office after your NetID expires, you will need to purchase a new subscription using a non-Northwestern Pritzker Law email address and migrate whatever data you wish to keep from OneDrive before your NetID expires.
Mid-July to August
Activate your Northwestern Pritzker Law alumni email account. You can request a Northwestern alumni email account (example: firstname.lastname@alum.northwestern.edu).
Please note that access to your Northwestern Pritzker Law student email account will expire approximately 4 months after graduation when your NetID expires.
You can find information and instructions to manually export and import your email, contacts, and calendar on the Microsoft website. Select the applicable link under "Export from Outlook app."
You can also use the following paid services to automatically migrate directly to several email platforms:
(Note: Paid Services are not supported by Northwestern Pritzker Law IT.)
Back up your OneNote notebooks manually by following these steps.
August
Archive your Northwestern Pritzker Law student emails. Once you graduate, your NetID is considered expired and begins to go through the process of deactivation. You should receive your first notification of pending NetID deactivation approximately four months after graduation. If you haven't archived your emails by this time, you have approximately a month to do so before your email account is no longer accessible.
You can find information and instructions to manually export and import your email, contacts, and calendar on the Microsoft website. Select the applicable link under "Export from Outlook app."
You can also use the following paid services to automatically migrate directly to several email platforms:
(Note: Paid Services are not supported by Northwestern Pritzker Law IT.)
Back up your notes in OneNote. Your subscription to Office 365 through Northwestern Pritzker Law will expire with your NetID expiration. Back up your notes manually by following these steps.
Optional: purchase your own Office 365 subscription & migrate OneDrive data. Your subscription to Office 365 through Northwestern Pritzker Law will expire with your NetID expiration. If you wish to continue using Office, you will need to purchase a new subscription using a non-Northwestern Pritzker Law email address and migrate whatever data you wish to keep from OneDrive if you haven't done so already.
September
Archive your Northwestern Pritzker Law student emails before your account is removed. Approximately 4 months after graduation, your password is scrambled, and you are no longer able to access email or any other university resources; your NetID is removed from Northwestern systems. If you have already archived your email and set up your alumni account, you can skip this step.
FAQs
Q: Will I be able to access my current Northwestern Pritzker Law email account after I graduate?
A: After your NetID is deactivated, you will no longer have access to your current Northwestern Pritzker Law email account. While this does not happen for approximately 4 months after graduation, we recommend you backup your emails and set up your current contact information on Our Northwestern immediately after you graduate.
Q: What happens to my Northwestern Pritzker Law software after I graduate?
A: Your access to the Northwestern Pritzker Law Software Distribution Site and to subscription-based software (e.g., Office 365) expire at graduation. If you wish to purchase/download software from the Software Distribution Site, you must do so before graduation. Any software that is not subscription-based that you’ve already downloaded is yours to keep, but you must retain the installation files and activation keys, as these are no longer available once you graduate.
Q: Will I be able to access campus IT resources after I graduate?
A: After your NetID expires, you will no longer have access to Northwestern and Northwestern Pritzker Law resources. Refer to the information above for more specific information and timing for different services.
Q: Will I be able to print using Webprint after I graduate?
A: Your access to the Webprint service expires once you are NetID has been deactivated, which is typically five months after graduation.