The Brief

Students across the country are reporting trouble accessing Canvas, the popular online learning platform.

The outage is linked to an ongoing Amazon Web Services (AWS) incident affecting multiple systems.

Engineers say they are working to restore service "as soon as possible."

PHILADELPHIA - Many college and K-12 students were unable to access assignments or course materials Monday morning as the learning management platform Canvas reported widespread connectivity issues caused by an Amazon Web Services outage.

As of 12:20 p.m., the "ongoing AWS incident" message is still present on the Canvas website.

What we know:

Canvas , owned by Instructure, confirmed the issue on its status page, citing "an ongoing AWS incident" as the cause of the disruption.

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