Event Brief
UT moves finals to Saturday after Canvas outage
Filed: May 08, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET
Summary: UT shifted Friday final exams to Saturday due to a national Canvas outage affecting the education platform.
WHO: University of Tennessee students and faculty
WHAT: Final exams were moved from Friday to Saturday because of a Canvas outage.
WHEN: May 08, 2026 at 11:56 AM ET
WHERE: Knoxville, TN
WHY: A national outage impacting the education platform Canvas disrupted access, prompting the reschedule.
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