Graduates & Students Transferring Out of VCS

Leaving VCS? Save Your Digital Content

Before you go, take time to save your emails, photos, documents, and other files — you may regret it later if you don't. Contact us at techhelp@vcschools.org if you need help with any of these steps.

1. Remove iPad Supervision

When VCS releases your iPad, go to *Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPad > Erase All Content and Settings **to restore it to factory defaults. Make sure all your files and photos are saved elsewhere *before you do this.

2. Save Canvas Submissions & Course Content

Log into Canvas, go to Settings, and use the download link in the right panel to export your files and course content. Canvas will email you when the download is ready. Move those files to Google Drive before transferring your Google account (see Step 4).

3. Save iCloud Photos & Files

  • Files – Use the Files app to move items from iCloud to a Google Drive folder.
  • Photos – Open Photos app and sync your library. This may take a while; check progress via the account icon in the top right.
  • For more ideas see this article.

4. Transfer Your Google Account Data

Your school Google account is deactivated in January after leaving VCS. You have two options:

  • Google Transfer (takeout.google.com/transfer) — Copies Gmail and Google Drive to a personal Gmail account. Does not include contacts or Google Photos. Only works with a personal @gmail.com account. Note that your personal account is limited to 15GB of free storage — check your current school storage usage at myaccount.google.com/preferences before transferring.
  • Google Takeout (google.com/takeout) — Archives all Google data for download. A few things to know:
    • Google Docs are converted to Office formats
    • Emails are saved as .mbox files (must be imported into a mail client)
    • Contacts are saved as .vcf files; groups/distribution lists must be recreated manually (alternatively, export contacts as Google CSV directly from Gmail Settings for easier import)
    • Only files you own are exported — make copies of any shared files you want to keep

In either case, Google will email you when your data is ready.

Valley Christian Schools — Tech Support: techhelp@vcschools.org