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Issue Details

Canvas Outage - Nationwide Disruption

Posted 5/7/2026 3:01:54 PM
closed 5/8/26

Who is affected?

Students, faculty, and staff trying to access WyoCourses, WyoGroups, and WyoLearn.

Problem:

Canvas Outage - Nationwide Disruption

Systems involved:

Other

Updates:

5/8/2026 8:10:39 AM:
Canvas is now available.

Details:

Instructure (Canvas) is currently reporting that Canvas (branded WyoCourses, WyoGroups, and WyoLearn at UW) is currently unavailable and the issue is being investigated. This is a nation-wide outage of Canvas, and is not limited to UW. Information on the status can be found at https://status.instructure.com/ .

Problem resolution:

Canvas (Instructure) is investigating the problem. No estimated resolution time is currently available.

Information Technology apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please contact the Help Desk at 766-HELP (4357), option 1, or send an email to the Help Desk (userhelp@uwyo.edu) if you have any questions.

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