By: Ryan Johnson
Penn State IT will retire the Penn State WikiSpaces service on December 16, 2022. If you content owner of a WikiSpace, you will start receiving email reminders to delete your space.
Moving forward, you should now use other collaboration platforms and applications such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Sites at Penn State, Google Workspace, and Canvas as an alternative to WikiSpaces to store and manage your work (Note: use of Canvas for course materials is for faculty and learning designers only). If your WikiSpace(s) is no longer needed, please delete it now.
Please refer to the following Knowledge Base articles for more information and instructions for transferring content to other collaboration platforms or for deleting your WikiSpace(s):
- WikiSpaces Retirement: Overview
- WikiSpaces Retirement: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- WikiSpaces Retirement: Export Your Content from WikiSpaces
- WikiSpaces Retirement: Move Your Course to Canvas
- WikiSpaces Retirement: Delete a Page or an Entire Space
Several factors contributed to the decision to retire the Penn State WikiSpaces service, including the increase in the cost of the contract, costly required upgrades to the platform, as well as the availability of alternative collaboration and learning management tools that are included in the University’s existing contracts and at no charge to students, faculty, and staff.
You may continue to receive email reminders until your WikiSpace(s) is deleted by you or upon the retirement of the Penn State WikiSpaces service on December 16.
For questions or concerns about the Penn State WikiSpaces retirement or to report a unique use case, email the Penn State WikiSpaces Retirement Team.
For assistance with exporting or deleting your WikiSpace(s), contact the IT Service Desk via chat, phone, or email by visiting Get Support.