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"Akindi Refuses to Connect" from D2L

What to do if you receive the error "Akindi Refuses to connect" when launching Akindi from D2L.

Christa Plumley avatar
Written by Christa Plumley
Updated over 2 years ago

This error is caused when Akindi isn't set to open as an External Tool.

1. Log into Akindi, select the course, go to "Content", and locate the Akindi link you created.

2. Select the down arrow beside the Akindi link and select "Edit Properties In-Place".

Click the dropdown arrow. Select "Edit Properties in-place"

3. Ensure the option to "Open as External Resource" is checked. Once you've done this, can you try accessing Akindi again please and let me know if that works.

Click the "Open as External Resource" checkbox

4. Refresh your browser and click the 'Launch Akindi' link again.

Here is a gif of full workflow:

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