Add or improve search functionality

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Theme Overview

Make it easy to quickly find content, and to narrow the results down more effectively to find content.

What value could this provide to users?

Find specific things without having to page through or scroll through long collections of content.
Apply filters to further narrow search to expedite finding your desired content.

Referenced Ideas

[ePortfolios] Provide for Admins partial search in User Directory Submitted by: joe_fahs

[Studio] Ability to sort/search video list when trying to move a video to a Collection Submitted by: kona

[Courses] Course Search Enhancements (Course Templates Checkbox, etc.) Submitted by: DanL

[Courses] Make "2 Courses" count in Sub-Account tree a link to showing those courses Submitted by: DanL

[Announcements] Ability to search all text in Announcements Submitted by: Hildi_Pardo

[Pages] Find a Link Tool Submitted by: andrea_potter

[Admin Tools] Create a 'Sections' page in the account admin interface Submitted by: d_j_corbin

[Accounts] Case and character sensitive search bar Submitted by: JBMaurice

[Accounts] remove consecutive whitespace from user names Submitted by: julian_ebeli

[External Tools] External Tools - Search Box Submitted by: dholik

[Groups] Search in Group to Switch Students Submitted by: AnyaCheng

[Studio] Canvas Studio Collections: Searching and Moving Videos to Collections Submitted by: Chris_Hofer

[Enrollments] Search for user option in course enrollment page Submitted by: mahola

[Files] Allow Users to Search Files by Size Submitted by: aaron_bahmer

[Courses] Add Crosslisted Information to New Course Search Submitted by: cms_hickss

[Inbox] Add search feature for Inbox/Conversations Submitted by: stevenwilliams

[Courses] Comprehensive Course Search Tool (Searching Course Content for a Topic) Submitted by: tweiler

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