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Canvas cyberattack forces chemistry professor to adapt teaching methods mid-lesson

By

Brianna Barbu

5h ago· 6 min readenNews

Summary

A cyberattack on Canvas, the widely-used learning management system, forced chemistry professor Amanda Holton and her students to adapt mid-lesson when they lost access to the platform. The incident highlights the vulnerability of educational technology and how educators had to creatively pivot to continue instruction during an already challenging period of remote learning due to the pandemic.

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Amanda Holton was in the middle of a Zoom meeting of the online general chemistry class she teaches on Thursday, May 7, when the chat started 'blowing up' with students saying they had lost access to Canvas.
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