How do I keyword search my Canvas messages?
This seems like a very basic functionality that is just... absent? Am I missing something?
Indeed, Canvas Inbox doesn't have a keyword search feature, even though it has been requested years ago, seemingly multiple times. See, for example, [Inbox] Add search feature for Inbox/Conversations - Instructure Community Ideas.
Alternatively, it's possible to create a simple (and probably slow) search feature using the API, by looping through the conversation IDs returned in /api/v1/conversations and then getting the body of each message in /api/v1/conversations/:id, but I agree that could have been available in the UI.
See Conversations - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation for more details.
To the developers: yes please add a key word search function to Canvas!! We are using it for educational materialls and now we have to search every 'tile' and every list! Thank you!!
YES! The year is 2025 and I still cannot search my Canvas inbox by keyword... which is so useful when wanting to re-use something. The inbox does not let me CC my personal email address, and thus I have to rely on user name (or doom scrolling) when looking for an old email. Again, it's 2025, Canvas!
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