Campus Announcements
May 12, 2026 | 4:38 p.m.
Dear Campus Community,
Thank you for your patience during the recent Canvas outage. We know disruptions like this can be stressful, and we appreciate your understanding as the situation continues to be addressed. While access has been restored, we want to take a moment to share some important reminders and helpful resources to keep you informed and prepared going forward.
Please keep the following in mind:
- The CSU will never ask for payment from faculty or students for the use of Canvas, including for examinations. If you receive any such request, do not comply and report it immediately. Explore our cybersecurity best practices to learn more.
- We strongly recommend downloading any important or necessary documents for added security.
- Timely updates are available on the CSU Canvas Incident webpage.
Faculty Best Practices and Resources
Cal State Fullerton
May 8, 2026 | 1:24 p.m.
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,
Instructure has restored Canvas services, and the platform is back online. However, in an abundance of caution, CSU has been actively working closely with state partners and security teams to ensure the system is fully secured before restoring access to Canvas by 2 p.m. today.
This is a global issue driven by actors that targeted Instructure’s data system, the company which develops and hosts Canvas for thousands of educational institutions. The CSU is carefully balancing security risks with faculty’s and students’ need to access resources for finals. Campus teams are proactively backing up critical grade data and securing the system environments to the extent possible before taking the step of reopening the instances for broader campus use.
Given that this was a cybersecurity incident, please use caution and keep the following in mind as you use this service: The CSU will never ask for payment from faculty or students for the use of Canvas, including for examinations. We strongly recommend that you download any important or necessary documents for added security.
We will share updates as they become available. In the meantime, you can find more information on the CSU Canvas Incident webpage.
May 7, 2026 | 4:39 p.m.
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,
We are aware that Canvas is down across many CSU campuses, including Cal State Fullerton. Instructure, the vendor that provides Canvas, Cal State Fullerton's learning management system, is working diligently to gather more information and get systems restored.
Cal State Fullerton is activating a business continuity plan to help mitigate any disruption. This situation is fluid, and we are working with Instructure to determine the full scope of impact and will provide updates as soon as they are available.
Please continue to refer to the CSU Canvas Incident Reports page for updates and resources for affected individuals. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the IT Help desk.
Faculty/Staff:
[email protected] / 657-278-7777
Students:
[email protected] / 657-278-8888
May 7, 2026 | 2:16 p.m.
This is an update about a recent cybersecurity incident involving Instructure, the vendor that provides Canvas, Cal State Fullerton’s learning management system.
We have been informed that the threat actor has escalated their attack on Instructure. Canvas has been taken offline at all campuses while they deal with the threat.
You can find more information as it becomes available at: https://lts.calstate.edu/csu-canvas-incident-reports.
