Document Illustrator won't let me draw a shape

I take an online training course to learn illustrator.  I have a document open and I try to draw a simple circle.  When I click on the tool shape and move to the document, a small icon appears, it's a pencil with one zero bar (think Ghostbusters symbol), which I assume means 'no design '.  How can I get rid of this?  Thank you

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