I recently updated my Canvas LMS Mods (Basic) Chrome extension to provide some new enhancements to the course search and admin flyout menu.
In the course search, I have added the following enhancements:
- Adding a select menu to search for courses based on their published state (published only, unpublished only, both [default]).
- Adding a button to sort by the Canvas course ID. This can be helpful if you are trying to find and/or audit the most recently created courses.
- Showing the course code under the course name in the search results.
- Adding a lock icon before the course name, if the course is concluded.
- Converting the number of students to a link to People in the course.
- Adding a link to the gradebook under the number of students.
- Converting the subaccount name to a link to that subaccount, if the admin has the manage settings permission in the current account.
In the admin flyout menu, I have added some enhancements based on an older idea I saw in the community:
- A select menu is loaded when opened with accounts accessible by the admin user.
- It will load in all of the manageable accounts for the admin.
- If there are no accounts returned from the manageable accounts' endpoint, then it will fall back to just the accounts the admin has access to view.
- The account that is selected will be used as the account for each of the searches/buttons below it.
- A course search section is loaded.
- The terms are loaded into a select menu.
- The native search options are included along with the enhanced search options that I have added on the course search page.
- A people search section is loaded.
- The course roles are loaded into a select menu.
- An input for the search term is included.
- Additional buttons for the following:
- Admin tools
- Account reports
You can view the code for the Chrome extension in the GitHub repository. The JavaScript for the enhancements can be found in the following:
- https://github.com/Code-with-Ski/Canvas-LMS-Mods/blob/main/admin/course-search.js
- https://github.com/Code-with-Ski/Canvas-LMS-Mods/blob/main/global/global-nav.js
If you use the Chrome extension, you can use the extension options to disable features you don't need or may not be fully functional with your instance. I appreciate any feedback you have and will do my best to resolve bugs in a timely manner.
