California Colleges Went Big on Online Learning Tools. Then the Worst Happened

Online Learning Tools BY COLIN LECHER AND MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN, CalMatters Esther Mejia and Kelly Merchant had a question Friday afternoon for their professors: Where were you? The UC Riverside public…

By Connor Forbes

May 15, 2026 · 1 min read

Online Learning Tools. The breach of online education platform Canvas hit especially hard in California, where the software is used at all 24 California State University campuses and all 116 community colleges. Tina Rocha’s laptop displays a maintenance screen as she tries to log into Canvas at her home in Stockton on May 7, 2026. Credit: Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters — The breach of online education platform Canvas hit especially hard in California, where the software is used at all 24 California State University campuses and all 116 community colleges. Tina Rocha’s laptop displays a maintenance screen as she tries to log into Canvas at her home in Stockton on May 7, 2026. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters

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