Canvas outage disrupts students’ classwork amid midterm season

Canvas Outage Disrupts Students' Classwork Amid Midterm Season

The Emory Wheel, an independent student-run newspaper of Emory University since 1919, reports a widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) server error.

A 15-hour outage of the Canvas platform occurred, starting around 3:00 a.m. and lasting until 6:00 p.m., blocking students from accessing assignments and class materials.

"I have assignments due tomorrow that I had planned out time in my schedule to do today, but because they're on Canvas and Canvas isn't working, I can't do them," said Anahata McCallum-Moore (27Ox). "I'm feeling stressed about not being able to do my work."

Many students, like McCallum-Moore, expressed frustration over the outage, which affected their ability to manage assignments.

Author's summary: Canvas outage causes stress.

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