Hi there.
I have been asked by every person I show our Canvas course to, if it is searchable.
I see in the forums that a suggection for this development was made back in 2015: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Courses-Comprehensive-Course-Search-Tool-Searching-Course/idi-p/367099#U367099
Again in 2021: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Courses-Comprehensive-Course-Search-Tool-Searching-Course/idi-p/367099#U367099
And again twice in 2022: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Courses-Comprehensive-Course-Search-Tool-Searching-Course/idi-p/367099#U367099 https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/how-do-I-search/m-p/525103#M171020
I asked in Chat, and the answer is "it's a feature that's been requested and is being looked at by our design team."
Is there an estimated time that this will be developed? Eight years is a long time to wait!
Many thanks,
Emma
@EmmaChapman -
What do you want to search for on the Canvas course? Or I guess what exactly do you want from the search request?
Ron
Hi @EmmaChapman ...
As I mentioned in another thread you had commented on, there is a revised feature idea process now called "Ideas & Themes". One of the themes that was identified was for a search tool in Canvas...which you can read more about here:
Add or improve search functionality - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
This is the new "Ideas & Themes" space if you want to take a look: Canvas Ideas and Themes - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
Thanks for pointing out Ideas and Themes Chris. I am very confused about the avenues open to provide feedback and ideas. One of the helpdesk people linked me to a page, but I could not vote or comment or anything, I think because I am currently still: "
This rank is for our newest Instructure Community members. This helps the Community team identify and help new members. New Members can only participate in select areas of the Instructure Community and have very limited permissions."
So, I have also done much delving into community ranks and roles and how to post ideas etc.
Anyhow, despite all this, it is good to see the Search functionality is picked up as a theme 🙂
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