If you are leaving the University, your IT and Blackboard accounts will be shutdown a few weeks after you complete your course.
You will receive a warning email 30 days before your account is due to close.
Once your IT username has been closed down you will no longer be able to access any University of Reading IT systems.
If there are any files stored on University systems which you wish to keep, please make sure you have retrieved these before your account is closed.
Files that you need to save might include:
- any personal files stored on your OneDrive. See guide “Download files and folders from OneDrive or SharePoint“
- emails. See guide “Export emails, contacts, and calendar items to Outlook using a .pst file“
- coursework from Blackboard
- feedback on assessed work from Blackboard i.e.
- work submitted to Turnitin assignments / feedback on work submitted to Turnitin assignments
- work submitted to Blackboard assignments / feedback on work submitted to Blackboard assignments
- any other personal files stored on university computers.
In particular, please remember to download Dissertations and other coursework files from OneDrive, as Support Centre staff won’t be able to retrieve these for you once you’ve left the university.
Guide last updated on May 22, 2023