Access Denied: Students Unable to View Discussion
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
One of our teachers created a discussion in a course and shared it with all students. However, when students try to access the discussion, they receive the following error message:
"Access Denied: You don't have access to view this resource."
Here’s what we’ve checked so far:
- The discussion is published.
- The teacher confirmed it was shared with all relevant students.
Could this be related to:
- Section-specific restrictions?
- Availability dates or settings?
- Any course or account-level permissions?
We’d appreciate any suggestions on how to resolve this issue so students can access the discussion.
Abdul
Solved! Go to Solution.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Hi @AbdulKhadar,
At my institution, the most common cause of similar messages is having content (the discussion) added to a module and not publishing the module itself. Could this perhaps be the scenario in this course? There are probably other potential causes too, but I thought I'd at least share this one with you quickly.
Please do come back and update us in the community here if this or something else fixes the issue!
-Chris
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Just following up on the issue I mentioned earlier about the Discussion feature on Canvas. It turns out the problem was related to disabling certain permission settings, which led to students sharing comments. I really appreciate Chriscas input—it turned into a great learning experience. Thanks for helping out with this!
