Access Denied: Students Unable to View Discussion

[AbdulKhadar]

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

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

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

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

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

[AbdulKhadar · Accepted solution]

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!