Posted on October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 by Susan HicksUPDATE: Webcourses@UCF (Canvas) Issues or Interruption WHAT IS HAPPENING? At 3:11 AM EDT on Monday, October 20, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began experiencing service interruptions. As a result, Webcourses@UCF (Canvas) and integrated applications may be unavailable or running slowly. Users may encounter:Complete loss of serviceSlowness or latency when accessing course content and integrated toolsOur vendor is awaiting full recovery as AWS works to resolve the issue.You can follow real-time updates on the incident here:AWS Health Status: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/statusInstructure Status: https://status.instructure.com/ WHO IS IMPACTED? Students, Faculty, and Staff WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT? Our vendor is closely monitoring the situation and working with AWS to restore access as quickly as possible. Additional updates will be shared as they become available. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? We are continuing to monitor the situation WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? Nothing at this time.