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Message from Senior UNLV Leadership: Canvas Service Disruption Update, May 8

May. 8, 2026, 6:42am

Dear Rebels,

We are writing to provide an update to yesterday’s notice regarding the cybersecurity incident involving Instructure, the parent company for Canvas, which supports our WebCampus learning management system. Access to WebCampus (Canvas) has been restored, and normal system operations have resumed at this time. Users may now access WebCampus course materials, assignments, grading tools, and communication features.

We are encouraging faculty to provide some flexibility for students with assignments or exams due between yesterday and Sunday. The goal is to provide relief to students impacted by this outage. As a simple precaution to minimize disruption in case of any additional unanticipated Canvas issues, we recommend that you download any essential WebCampus course materials that you may need for the remainder of the semester.

Our UNLV Information Technology team will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide timely updates as needed. Status updates can be found at status.unlv.edu.

We appreciate your patience and persistence, and we wish you a successful end of the semester.

Sincerely,

Chris Heavey
Interim President

Kate Hausbeck Korgan, Ph.D.
Acting Executive Vice President and Provost

Kivanc Oner
Vice President for Digital Transformation and Chief Information Officer

Message from Senior UNLV Leadership: Canvas Service Disruption Update

May. 7, 2026, 4:35pm

Dear University Community,

As we shared yesterday, UNLV learned of a nationwide cybersecurity incident involving Instructure, the parent company for Canvas, which supports our WebCampus learning management system. Canvas has been experiencing an outage that is impacting the university and other educational institutions across Nevada and the country.

We understand that it’s the end of the semester and the timing of the outage has the potential to disrupt final exams and projects. Faculty are asked to remain flexible with students during this time as access to materials, assignments, and communication tools may be limited or unavailable.

The UNLV Office of Information Technology is in contact with NSHE and the parent company of Canvas and continues its ongoing assessment. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and will provide updates as additional information becomes available and no later than tomorrow morning. As a reminder, never open any links in suspicious messages.

Thank you for your understanding and continued commitment to our students and our university.

Sincerely,

Chris Heavey
Interim President

Kate Hausbeck Korgan, Ph.D.
Acting Executive Vice President and Provost

Canvas Outage

May. 7, 2026, 2:08pm

Canvas is experiencing system-wide outages. These are not specific to UNLV, and university-owned systems are secured. Never click on any links in suspicious messages. Please await additional information as we continue to investigate.

Check the IT Status Page for updates.

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