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 affects half of all North American higher education institutions that use its services.
- Downdetector reports around 5,000 complaints per hour, significantly higher than the typical 5-10 complaints per hour.
- Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, first reported issues at 3:04 a.m. EST, blaming the outage on AWS.
The outage has left users unable to sign in to view courses or submit their work.
Author's summary: Canvas outage affects Emory University due to AWS issues.