Lake Land Renews $137,967 Canvas Contract as Vendor Reports Cyber Incident Resolved

Lake Land College Board of Trustees Meeting | May 11, 2026

Article Summary: Trustees approved a one-year, $137,967.36 renewal of the college’s Canvas learning management system, the same night administrators relayed word from provider Instructure that a recent cybersecurity incident had been resolved with assurances that customer data will not be further shared.

Canvas Renewal Key Points:

• The renewal with Instructure, Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah, runs June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027, covering both the Canvas Cloud and Studio Cloud subscriptions.
• Pricing is per full-time-equivalent user: $30.34 for Canvas and $6.14 for Studio across 3,782 FTE, serving more than 3,800 users including faculty, students and staff.
• In other business, Vice President John Woodruff shared a communication from Instructure’s CEO stating an agreement was reached with the unauthorized actors involved in a recent cybersecurity incident, that data was returned and deleted, and that no Canvas customers will be extorted.

MATTOON — The Lake Land College Board of Trustees on Monday, May 11, 2026, approved a one-year renewal of the college’s Canvas learning management system and Studio Cloud video services for $137,967.36 with Instructure, Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah — and later in the meeting heard the vendor’s account of how a recent cybersecurity incident was resolved.

The renewal passed unanimously on a roll-call vote, 7-0, on a motion by Vice Chair Denise Walk, seconded by Trustee Doris Reynolds. Student Trustee Wyatt Draper was absent.

Canvas has been Lake Land’s primary learning management platform, providing faculty and students with tools for communication, assignment management, grading, course content delivery and analytics, according to a memo from Chief Information Officer David Stewart. Canvas Studio adds interactive video content and media analytics that the memo says have proven especially valuable in hybrid and online course formats.

The agreement, outlined in Instructure’s Order Form Q-551933-1, covers the term June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027. Pricing is set per full-time-equivalent user: $30.34 for the Canvas Cloud subscription ($114,745.88) and $6.14 for the Studio Cloud subscription ($23,221.48), each across 3,782 FTE. Stewart’s memo says renewing ensures no disruption in access for more than 3,800 full-time-equivalent users, including faculty, students and staff, and cites high faculty adoption and integration with other key systems. The order form’s special terms provide that recurring items automatically renew for successive 12-month terms at a 10% annual price increase unless either party gives 60 days’ written notice.

Vendor Reports Data Returned After Incident

During the non-action other-business portion of the meeting, Vice President for Business Services John Woodruff shared a communication from the CEO of Instructure regarding a recent cybersecurity incident. According to that communication as summarized in the minutes, an agreement was reached with the unauthorized actors involved in the system, data was returned to Instructure, assurances were received that data will not be further shared on the dark web or elsewhere, proof was received that any copies of the data were deleted, and no Instructure or Canvas customers will be extorted as a result of the incident.

The minutes record no board discussion or action on the incident, and the record does not describe when the incident occurred, what data was involved, or whether Lake Land data was affected.