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The permission propagation from the Membership Module to the Forum tool could can sometimes take up to five hoursan hour. If you are unable to get access within a day, contact learning-modules-support@mit.edu.
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Permissions to the section Forum is controlled by the Section portion portion of the Membership module. The permission propagation from Stellar membership to the Forum tool could take up to five hours. Thus, if you were just added to a section it could take up to five hours to get accessan hour in some cases. If you are unable to get access within a day, contact stellar-support@mit.edu.
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