MCPS -- Canvas Is Messed Up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are using a browser extension for security/privacy, disabling it temporarily might allow Canvas to work. It did for me.

That's a terrible approach, though, and it shouldn't rely on web code that needs functionality that might be considered intrusive.

Nevermind. That solved the layout/GUI issue, but kids' accounts are not linked, and old links to their current courses result in access denied errors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case there are any MCPS employees watching this forum, please be aware that canvas is seriously messed up. There are several of us that posted on a different thread that we are unable to see or add any courses in canvas. Thanks.

Why isn't replacing this awful platform one of Taylor's #1 priorities? Yes he has many #1s to address.

Which non-awful platform should he switch to?
Should MCPS pay to develop a custom platform? Like they did with Curriculum 2.0?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case there are any MCPS employees watching this forum, please be aware that canvas is seriously messed up. There are several of us that posted on a different thread that we are unable to see or add any courses in canvas. Thanks.

Why isn't replacing this awful platform one of Taylor's #1 priorities? Yes he has many #1s to address.

Which non-awful platform should he switch to?
Should MCPS pay to develop a custom platform? Like they did with Curriculum 2.0?

My kids had Google classroom and PowerSchool in their school before McpS. I never gave it much thought because it actually worked. it didn’t require my time to troubleshoot and figure out why it wasn’t working on a given day.

[Anonymous]

My HS kid's stopped working last week.

[Anonymous]

Double check all your kids grades. Capture your kids' grades from time to time or request a FERPA.

MCPS has been caught on more than one occasion tampering with grades of record in the computer system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Double check all your kids grades. Capture your kids' grades from time to time or request a FERPA.

MCPS has been caught on more than one occasion tampering with grades of record in the computer system.

When?

[Anonymous]

Canvas for my kid appears to be down after the latest Synergy update. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

[Anonymous]

Yep. Canvas has been down all day for me. All of my courses are wiped out at the moment. I cant grade and students can’t do any work.

- HS teacher

[Anonymous]

Canvas is back up for me now and all the classes are visible again.

[Anonymous]

Message from MCPS, maybe stale already:

Please Note: There is a system-wide Canvas and Synergy issue. MCPS is working on the solution. The official message is: "We have identified the issue and we are working with our vendor partners to move sections back to their original course tiles. Please note that no course data was lost or deleted, new courses were provisioned and the sections were moved to the new courses. As the sections are returned to the courses originally in use by staff, assignments and scores will be restored for the classes. We will provide another update once we have a status on the restoration of sections and courses. Thanks for your patience.