Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals

[Anonymous]

Put a $10 million bounty on each and every one of these hackers and their families

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all sound ridiculous with this "My kid's school has been hit!!" stuff. Like there are missiles landing or something.

Canvas is down everywhere. And it isn't the end of the world. And I say this as someone giving an exam tomorrow that requires the students to long onto Canvas and take a timed quiz. If we can't do it, we'll figure out what to do. We all managed to learn things before Canvas came along, and we'll continue to do so tomorrow.

But how???

How exactly are you going to post assignments, provide grades & feedback and communicate with your students?

You went to college before these things existed and somehow, professors were able to do this stuff.

Thankfully, higher ed faculty are smart people who have above average critical thinking skills and will be able to tough this one out. lol

[Anonymous]

A bigger problem is that the reading and study materials are only accessible through Canvas. Schools have been moving away from textbooks offering the texts online but you have to have access to Canvas to get there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put a $10 million bounty on each and every one of these hackers and their families

IDK - of all the things to hack. My kids were like, why would I care if you show people my papers???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all sound ridiculous with this "My kid's school has been hit!!" stuff. Like there are missiles landing or something.

Canvas is down everywhere. And it isn't the end of the world. And I say this as someone giving an exam tomorrow that requires the students to long onto Canvas and take a timed quiz. If we can't do it, we'll figure out what to do. We all managed to learn things before Canvas came along, and we'll continue to do so tomorrow.

But how???

How exactly are you going to post assignments, provide grades & feedback and communicate with your students?

You went to college before these things existed and somehow, professors were able to do this stuff.

Thankfully, higher ed faculty are smart people who have above average critical thinking skills and will be able to tough this one out. lol

Are you the professor who posted before? Or are you just thinking you can speak on behalf of faculty? Canvas being down for multiple days would have absolutely been a problem. What alternative method do you have for securely and privately posting grades that doesn’t involve significantly more work at a very busy time in the semester? Universities are requiring faculty to do everything in the LMS now. They aren’t simultaneously maintaining some sort of alternative system. Think about courses that use the discussion board or third party tools integrated into Canvas.

Maybe you’re one of those bad professors who just gives a midterm and a final with minimal feedback, leaving students to wonder how they’re doing in a course until the very end. Most are highly dependent on having access to the LMS to manage student feedback and grades, because that’s what their institutions have essentially forced on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Put a $10 million bounty on each and every one of these hackers and their families

IDK - of all the things to hack. My kids were like, why would I care if you show people my papers???

The hackers got personally identifying info such as names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and private messages between users. They don’t care about student work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Put a $10 million bounty on each and every one of these hackers and their families

IDK - of all the things to hack. My kids were like, why would I care if you show people my papers???

The hackers got personally identifying info such as names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and private messages between users. They don’t care about student work.

my kid doesnt care if someone has their college email address or ID number. the college can reissue all this. . and canvas is not how anyone messages gossip.

I can see why colleges would care but nobody else does

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Put a $10 million bounty on each and every one of these hackers and their families

IDK - of all the things to hack. My kids were like, why would I care if you show people my papers???

Your kids may care if the hackers publish all their grades for all to see. They've hacked so many major school systems (universities and our local DCPS and MCPS).

[Anonymous]

I was told UVA was back in business this morning and everything is fine?

[Anonymous]

VT is fine. Crisis is over.