# Canvas LMS (كانفاس إل إم إس)

> Canvas LMS is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: In Review
- Company: [Instructure](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/instructure.md)
- Categories: Online Courses, Universities & Degrees
- Official site: https://www.instructure.com/canvas
- Community votes: 9
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/canvas-lms

## About

Learning management system for universities, schools, and corporate training

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, where Canvas LMS instances return a message that access is barred for countries under U.S. trade restrictions, confirmed in February 2026. The team sent an official outreach email to Instructure in April 2026, but received only a generic automated privacy reply that did not address the Syria access request. No substantive response yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-04-11 — Company Responded. Instructure's privacy team responded to the Canvas LMS unblocking request via an automated email from privacy@instructure.com. The response is a generic auto-reply focused entirely on data subject rights requests under GDPR and CCPA, with no acknowledgment of our Syria access inquiry. It directed us to submit data privacy forms or opt out of marketing communications, neither of which is relevant to our request. The response appears to be an automated acknowledgment rather than a human review.
- 2026-04-11 — Contacted Company. Official outreach email sent to Instructure at privacy@instructure.com requesting review of Syria IP restrictions for Canvas LMS under the current OFAC and BIS framework.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-07 — Evidence Added. Blocking confirmed from Syria. Instructure displays "Not Authorized — You are not authorized to access this site because you are located in a country subject to U.S. trade restrictions." when accessing Canvas instances (e.g. ju.instructure.com) from a Syrian IP. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/gv8rn3x8wikbvsm1kj6vowp0/r9hq8g5d5g29kwxf5h1j83mc-screenshot-2026-02-07-at-16.59.01.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/canvas-lms?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/canvas-lms/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/canvas-lms
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/canvas-lms.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/canvas-lms.md