Students cannot access the discussion forums

Are your students getting this error when trying to work on their forums:

You are not able to create a discussion because you are not a member of any group.

This is a common user error we see in our platform. Please notice this is not a technical issue, but a the result of a setting wrongfully enabled on your course shell. You can fix this yourself by doing the following:

1. Click on the Admin (cog) button, on the far top-right corner of your course screen.
   
2. Select the Edit Settings option.
   
3. On the right side of the Edit course settings screen, go to Groups.
   
4. Change the Groups mode option to No groups. Then set the Force Group Mode option to Yes.
   

Save your changes, and your students will now be able to participate on the discussion activity.