OWL Migration Plan
Many projects are in progress as we continue to take flight with OWL Brightspace, Western's New Learning Management System!
We are working project by project as we phase out Sakai, our former learning management system (LMS), which will no longer be available on April 30, 2026.
Now that the Academic Course Migration is complete, WTS is working on:
The Sakai Project Site Transition
Project Site Maintainers are required to:
- Claim their Project Sites by July 30, 2025
- Transition content from Sakai Project Sites to alternative solutions or migrate to OWL Brightspace if eligible by April 30, 2026.
If you have a project site used for Research purposes, we ask that you complete the claim process to provide us with information, but no further action needs to be taken to transition or migrate your data (pending further discussions with Research Western and other campus partners).
If your project site is an HR Training Site (stores training content and is used to deliver central HR training) there will be additional information required to assist you.
Western Continuing Studies Migration
Western Continuing Studies courses will be migrating to their new home in OWL Brightspace!
Published on and maintained in Cascade.
Migration Projects News:
April 30, 2026
Access to OWL Sakai will be unavailable.
July 30, 2025
Deadline to claim your OWL Sakai Project Site
January 2025
Work in progress for Western Continuing Studies Migration project.
January 2025
Planning in progress for OWL Sakai Project Site Migration project.
September 2024
All Academic Courses are now officially taking place in OWL Brightspace.
Quick Links:
Academic Course Migration Project
Western Continuing Studies Migration Project
Sakai Project Sites Migration Project
Training Sites Migration Project