I Am Unable To Publish an Activity. There's an Error Message – InteDashboard

This article shows you what to do when your receive specific error messages during your activity setup process.

ERROR MESSAGE 1:

Error Message: "You have made changes in your questions and we need to sync it. Please go back to Step 3 and update your point settings. Click Save and Exit or Go to Optional Settings (Step 4) after."

The above message appears when you edit your activity and add a new question from the "5- Review" step of activity creation.

Here's what you need to do

STEP 1: Go back to Step "3 Scoring"

Click "3 Scoring" or the blue "Step 3" in the orange box

STEP 2: Update the points for your newly added question(s)

Update the points.
Click "Go to Optional Settings" to save and go to the next step, OR
Click "Save and Exit" button to save the changes (if you want to go back to it later).

ERROR MESSAGE 2:

Error Message: "Warning! There are 2 student(s) in your course who are not yet assigned to teams. If you continue to publish this activity, these student(s) MIGHT NOT be able to see the activity in their student dashboard. Click here to manage student teams first."

The above message appears when you have unassigned students in an activity within your course. Unassigned students are those who do not belong to a section and team.

Here's what you need to do

STEP 1:

Click "here" in the red box.
You'll be taken to the STUDENTS tab of your course.
Find the "Unassigned Students" table in the students list.

You'll be able to see the names of the students who are not assigned to any team and section. If you think the student accounts (like your own student account) should not be in a team, then go ahead and publish your activity.

STEP 2: Click "Organise Students" button

"Organise students" will allow you to make changes to the student's team assignments.
Clicking this button will also allow you to :
- Add new teams in a section.
- Create new sections.
- Rename teams and sections.
- View student details and so on.

STEP 3: Drag and Drop the student(s) into the team(s)

Click on the student name, drag into a team and drop it there.

STEP 4: Click "Update" to save changes.

Now that all students have been assigned to their respective section and teams, click the "Update" button to save your changes.

*NOTE
You can leave student accounts (For example, your own student account) as unassigned. You'll still be able to publish your activity.

STEP 5: Publish your activity

You can go back to the activity and "Continue Setup" and publish the activity.