Amazon Web Services Issues Cause Canvas Outage
Canvas, the platform used by Emory University to facilitate classes, is experiencing a full outage due to Amazon Web Services (AWS) issues.
According to Canvas' status website, the outage has impacted half of all North American higher education institutions that use its services.
- Downdetector reports around 5,000 complaints per hour about the service.
- Typically, Downdetector receives about 5-10 complaints an hour about Canvas.
Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, first reported issues at 3:04 a.m. EST, blaming the outage on AWS.
The outage has caused issues with the Canvas login service and submission system, leaving users unable to sign in or submit work.
Author's summary: Canvas outage affects Emory University classes.