Why can't my students access their assignments in Teams?

Dear @Foster Kayla,

The issue “Looks like you haven’t been added to this assignment” means that the student’s account is not included in that specific assignment’s recipient list. Team membership and assignment membership are related, but they are not identical.

Most commonly, the assignment was published before the students were added to the class team, or it was assigned only to selected students or groups. A channel notification can still be visible to a student even when the underlying assignment was not distributed to that student.

Kindly try these steps:

Open Teams and go to the affected class team.

Select Assignments > open the affected assignment > More options (...) > Edit assignment.

Review Assign to:

• If it shows Individual students, select every affected student.
• If collaboration groups were used, confirm each affected student belongs to one of the assignment’s groups.
• If appropriate, change the selection to All students.

Select Done, then save or update the assignment.

Ask one affected student to open the assignment from the class team’s Assignments tab rather than using the original notification. Add a student to a class team | Microsoft Support

Note: If the assignment’s close date has already passed, Teams will not allow newly added students to receive it. Extend or remove the close date first, then add the students.

To prevent it for future assignments:

In the class team, go to Assignments > Settings.

Find New students.

Enable the option that allows new students to receive assignments created before they joined the class.

Save the setting.

This setting applies to future assignments after it is saved. Existing assignments may still need to be edited individually. It is recommended checking the full roster under More options (...) > Manage team. Adjust assignment settings in your class team | Microsoft Support

Try to test with a new assignment

Create a small test assignment and leave the audience set to All students. Assign it immediately.

If students can open the test, the original assignment’s recipient list is the issue.

If they cannot open the test, investigate roster synchronization, account identity, licensing, or a tenant-side Assignments problem.

In addition, please remove and re-add the affected students and check if they can access the assignment.

I hope the information shared helps point you in the right direction. Please try the steps above and let me know if they work. If not, we can continue working together to narrow this down.

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