diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_course_index.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_course_index.py
index c9ff5f9c36e3..eebb6cd90ebb 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_course_index.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_course_index.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.config.waffle import CUSTOM_RELATIVE_DATES
 from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.rest_api.v1.mixins import PermissionAccessMixin
 from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.tests.utils import CourseTestCase
-from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.utils import get_lms_link_for_item
+from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.utils import get_lms_link_for_item, get_pages_and_resources_url
 from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.views.course import _course_outline_json
 from common.djangoapps.student.tests.factories import UserFactory
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.waffle_utils.testutils import WAFFLE_TABLES
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ def test_course_index_response(self):
                 "enable_in_context": True,
                 "enable_graded_units": False,
                 "unit_level_visibility": True,
+                'discussion_configuration_url': f'{get_pages_and_resources_url(self.course.id)}/discussion/settings',
             },
             "advance_settings_url": f"/settings/advanced/{self.course.id}",
         }
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ def test_course_index_response_with_show_locators(self):
                 "enable_in_context": True,
                 "enable_graded_units": False,
                 "unit_level_visibility": True,
+                'discussion_configuration_url': f'{get_pages_and_resources_url(self.course.id)}/discussion/settings',
             },
             "advance_settings_url": f"/settings/advanced/{self.course.id}",
         }
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/utils.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/utils.py
index 91e85f8df660..c72a7e3c3aa0 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/utils.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/utils.py
@@ -1756,6 +1756,9 @@ def _get_course_index_context(request, course_key, course_block):
     proctoring_errors = CourseMetadata.validate_proctoring_settings(course_block, advanced_dict, request.user)
 
     user_clipboard = content_staging_api.get_user_clipboard_json(request.user.id, request)
+    course_block.discussions_settings['discussion_configuration_url'] = (
+        f'{get_pages_and_resources_url(course_block.id)}/discussion/settings'
+    )
 
     course_index_context = {
         'language_code': request.LANGUAGE_CODE,
diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/modals/course_outline_modals.js b/cms/static/js/views/modals/course_outline_modals.js
index 1e90b8455f41..f79e65d20779 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/modals/course_outline_modals.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/modals/course_outline_modals.js
@@ -985,9 +985,14 @@ define(['jquery', 'backbone', 'underscore', 'gettext', 'js/views/baseview',
             }
         },
         getContext: function() {
-            return {
-                hasDiscussionEnabled: this.currentValue()
-            };
+            return $.extend(
+                {},
+                AbstractEditor.prototype.getContext.call(this),
+                {
+                    hasDiscussionEnabled: this.currentValue(),
+                    discussion_configuration_url: course.get('discussions_settings').discussion_configuration_url
+                }
+            );
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/discussion-editor.underscore b/cms/templates/js/discussion-editor.underscore
index cbc734e9bf33..4ccbbeb346bd 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/discussion-editor.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/discussion-editor.underscore
@@ -12,7 +12,19 @@
         <%- gettext('Topics for unpublished units would not be created') %>
     </p>
     <p class="graded-tip tip tip-inline">
-        <%- gettext('Please enable discussions for graded units from course authoring app') %>
+        <span>
+            <%- gettext('Please enable discussions for graded units from the') %>
+            <a
+                id="discussion_configuration_url"
+                name="discussion_configuration_url"
+                rel="noreferrer noopener"
+                target="_blank"
+                href="<%- discussion_configuration_url %>"
+            >
+                <%- gettext('Discussion Configuration') %>
+                <i class="fa fa-share-square-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+            </a>
+        </span>
     </p>
 </div>
 </div>