--- title: Update on Canvas Outage date: 2026-05-08T09:25:00-04:00 author: Hafsa Siddiqi canonical_url: "https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/update-on-canvas-outage" section: News Releases --- News Releases # Update on Canvas Outage May 08, 2026 ## Contacts Media Relations: **Update - 5/8/26, 11 AM EST** Canvas is restored. Following an assessment by the Division of IT, access is being fully restored at UMD. We remain vigilant in assessing this situation and ask that you report any issues you may notice while using the platform to . Continue to check [it.umd.edu](http://it.umd.edu/) for more. **5/8/26, 9 AM EST** For those closely following the nationwide Canvas outage, you may have noticed that some K-12 systems and select higher education institutions have resumed using the platform. UMD's Division of IT is currently rapidly assessing the feasibility, data integrity and safety of resuming access to Canvas. Even if you receive Canvas updates or can access the platform, DIT Security urges you not to do so until we provide further guidance. We continue to [ask faculty to deliver course materials to students](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10pE_Q1KCv3fkHFLloAt1hiEFvUsC2Esw4AMqdbAooks/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.a4dtdrbl3x8u) and provide course-specific updates to assist end-of-semester preparations. We aim to provide further updates later today. Topics [ Campus & Community ](/news-releases?topic[]=campus-community)