Students can start new discussions in announcements forum when they are in a group, even though they do not (seem to) have the necessary permissions

Students can start new discussions in announcements forum when they are in a group, even though they do not (seem to) have the necessary permissions

by Raymond Culp -
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I have a weird situation.

Students can start new discussions in the announcements forum in a course (if they are in a group, but not if they are not in a group) even though they do not have the necessary permissions to do so.

Has anyone else run into this? Is it by design? I have scoured the web but was unable to find any information on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Moodle version is 3.6.2+ (build 20190215)


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In reply to Raymond Culp

Re: Students can start new discussions in announcements forum when they are in a group, even though they do not (seem to) have the necessary permissions

by Howard Miller -
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If it's the announcements/news forum then the capability you want to look at is mod/forum:addnews
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In reply to Howard Miller

Re: Students can start new discussions in announcements forum when they are in a group, even though they do not (seem to) have the necessary permissions

by Raymond Culp -
That did the trick! Thanks for the help! smile
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