[ARCHIVED] [ARCHIVED] How do I search class content?

[ZeSteele]

I can't believe that Canvas doesn't have a way to search my course materials. That is a quite negligent oversight for a system of this nature.

My instructor referred to a previous lesson, but I don't remember which lesson it was, all I have is a word to search by. And there is no search. So, I am left clicking through dozens of links trying to figure out which one it was (a small) part of.

Canvas can be confusing enough, it should at least have searchable content.

[ChristopherNapi]

Another weird way to go about it, if the suggested method doesn't work is doing this: Like a list of your classmate right? Not sure if there's a smarter way to do this, but you can identify the people by going to Canvas and click: Message--> Compose a Message---> Select Course--> then the recipient field would pop up. Click on the address book icon (very right hand side) of the recipient field, then select Students

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[KristinL · Accepted solution]

Hi @ZeSteele -

You're correct. There isn't a notable search feature in Canvas right now.

As part of our Idea Process, there is a thread that is Open for conversation, and I hope you add your comments and rate (star) the idea. I understand it's not technically a solution, but hopefully, your involvement with the request will help bring the feature to Canvas someday.Comprehensive Course Search Tool (Searching Course Content for a Topic)