Students cannot access an Assignment, Quiz, Page (or other tools) despite the tool being published

Students cannot access an Assignment, Quiz, Page (or other tools) despite the tool being published

This article is applicable in the following situations:

  1. Your students attempt to access an assignment or quiz through Assignments or Quizzes and receive the following error message:
    This assignment/quiz is part of an unpublished module and is not available yet, or

  2. Your students report encountering an error message on the course home page that states:
    This page is part of an unpublished module <module name> and hasn't been unlocked yet.

In cases where the assignment, quiz, page, or other tool has already been published but is part of a Module (referring to Canvas's Modules feature, not the Course), please ensure that you publish the respective Module.

To publish the Module, click the crossed-out icon. Once published, it will display a green checkmark.

Additionally, please verify the Available from date (via the three dots > Assign To), if applicable.

Other possible causes include:

  1. The student attempting to access the content may have a Guest Student role, which restricts access to graded assignments and quizzes.

  2. The course may not have reached its open date or could be past its end date.