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System Status

Real-time and historical information about the status of ODU's technology systems and services.

If you experience an issue not listed below, contact the IT Help Desk at ithelpdesk@odu.edu or (757) 683-3192.

Some systems are experiencing issues

Stickied Incidents

21st October 2026

Security Update: System Outages & Network Access Changes

Security Alert: October 21, 2026

The Security team is applying critical security patches across our environment. To protect our systems during this process, please note the following updates:

Certain internal tools (including forms.odu.edu and some faculty personal web pages) will temporarily require connection from on-campus networks or through the ODU VPN only.

Additionally, a small number of internal apps are being taken offline temporarily until further notice.

Past Incidents

22nd October 2025

No incidents reported

21st October 2025

No incidents reported

20th October 2025

Canvas CANVAS outage

Canvas has been affected by the nationwide AWS outage.

  • Canvas service has been fully restored following the global Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage earlier today. You should now be able to access Canvas as usual.

    We appreciate your patience and understanding during the interruption.

  • Canvas status updates can be found here: https://status.instructure.com/

  • 19th October 2025

    No incidents reported

    18th October 2025

    No incidents reported

    17th October 2025

    No incidents reported

    16th October 2025

    No incidents reported