TEMPE, Ariz. — Some exams have been canceled by Arizona State University following a cyberattack on the online platform Canvas.
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ASU officials announced Thursday afternoon that all exams scheduled to take place in Canvas on Friday and Saturday have been canceled. Instructors are set to update students on how grading will be adjusted.
In-person exams are set to take place as scheduled unless the instructor reaches out to students.
Instructure, the company that runs the Canvas learning management system used by more than 7,000 universities, K-12 districts and education ministries worldwide, disclosed the breach to affected institutions this week. The company confirmed names, email addresses, student ID numbers and private messages between users had been accessed before the breach was contained.
Instructure posted shortly after 8:15 p.m. Arizona time that services had been restored.
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Before it was back up and running, students at ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus were worried what this would mean for their grades.
“I can’t get in there and check any of my grades. Can’t see what I made for any of it, and I worked really hard, so now I don’t know if I passed,” said freshman Marissa Bean.
“That’s kind of nerve wracking, because I’m waiting for like, three of my teachers to still grade stuff and to look if it’s rounded or not. Like that’s really kind of important for scholarships for me too, I feel like that’s like, a big deal,” said Ashley Sharbit who is also a freshman.
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