Hello all using Moodle 3.3 - when logged in as the admin I can view the Site Announcements, however, when logged in as a student it is all hidden. Clicking on the 'Subscribe to this forum' displays an error message ' Sorry, this activity is currently hidden'. Frontpage settings are set to show announcements when logged in. what am I missing here?
Hi Luke,
I would go in to the forum itself as an admin and check the settings of that forum e.g. under Common Module Settings is it hidden? What is the forum type - the warnings above look like what you'd see in a Question and Answer forum type.
Catherine
Thanks for the advice, however, there is no such option (Common Module Settings) in the settings of the frontpage site announcements.
Have you tried changing the default front page role setting on that page to authenticated user and then logging in as a student? I'm not sure there are 'students' on the front page.
Thanks John, yes I ahve tried the Auth User setting as well.
Some additional information - If I log in as one of my site managers I can see the site announcements. It is only when I am logged in as a student that the announcements show has hidden.
Hello Luke,
Unless you have a good reason to change it, you should leave the setting 'Default frontpage role' (defaultfrontpageroleid) as default - Authenticated user on frontpage.
If you change it to a different role, you'll need to make sure that the role has all the permissions that the role 'Authenticated user on frontpage' has.
Another place to check your permissions to see if any changes have been made are the ones when you look at your front page Admin block. Click on Front Page Settings - Users - Permissions
Make sure your front page role/authenticated user/student (whatever it may be) can "mod/forum:viewdiscussion"
Also go to the Main Menu block on your Front Page and click on School News (or whatever that news forum is called), and then click on Permissions to check "mod/forum:viewdiscussion" is enabled there as well.
Finally, (like above), go to the Main Menu block on your Front Page and click on School
News, and then click on
Edit Settings. Scroll down to the Common Module Settings & Restrict Access settings and see if there are any restrictions set there (like a grouping).
When logged in as admin, can you edit the individual posts? What do you see? Did you change any settings in the 'timed display' section?