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4.0 - Updated on 2024-04-23 by John Kelly

3.0 - Updated on 2023-03-31 by John Kelly

2.0 - Updated on 2021-03-03 by John Kelly

1.0 - Authored on 2015-08-07 by Caitlyn Faust

For graduating students, your Box.nd.edu account will be removed when your Notre Dame NetID becomes inactive, which is ~60 days after graduation. In order to maintain content that exists in Box.nd.edu, you must either download the content yourself or follow the new roll-out process below to retain access to this content before your Notre Dame NetID account becomes inactive.

There are 2 areas that you should be aware with regards to Box content: (1) Change Folder Ownership; and (2) Roll-out content to a personal Box.com account (new option offered starting in May, 2015).

Change folder ownership

For any folder that you own and have collaborators, if the content of that folder should remain with the University, you need to transfer ownership of that folder to someone else who remains at the University. See this link on how to transfer folder ownership. As an example: if you were a student worker and created a Box folder for use by people in the department where you worked, that content should stay with that department. Another example may be where a student worked in a lab or was a club member.

** Reminder: you will continue to have access to login to Box.nd.edu using your Notre Dame NetID and password for ~60 days after graduation.

General Information on Roll-out Option

Graduating students may roll-out their content to a personal Box.com account. Information on this option includes:

How to Check Your Current Box Storage Amount

To Roll-out Content from Box.nd.edu to your Personal Box.com Account:

Please be sure to read the "General information on Roll-out Option" above before following the steps below.

  1. Login to your account at box.nd.edu
  2. Click on your name and select Account Settings
  3. Under the default tab Account, scroll to the area Login and Email Addresses
  4. Click the add more emails link and enter an email address that you own. This will become the account username for your Box.com account
  5. A verification email will be sent to that email address. Be sure to verify the email address to complete the setup process
  6. That is all you need to do to complete this process

How to Access Your Content once it moves from Box.nd.edu to Box.com?

The content that you own will be moved to this new Box.com account when your Notre Dame NetID becomes inactive, which is ~60 days after graduation.

  1. When the personal Box.com account is created and the content is moved, several emails are sent to the email address you added (i.e. not your NetID@nd.edu account).
  2. One email will tell you to Reset Your Password. This is the email where you need to take action. Please click this option to Reset Your Password.
    1. You need to reset the password because when the account is created, a temporary password is set. The password set is NOT your Notre Dame password.
  3. To access your personal Box account, you will go to Box.com

Additional information on this process

Revised by John Kelly
Last modified 2023-03-31 08:24:42 AM